[File photo] President Cyril Ramaphosa 2 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver the keynote address at the opening of the 2025 policing summit at the Emperors Palace Convention Centre in Ekurhuleni metro, Gauteng, on Tuesday. The summit will address the high levels of crime in the country under the theme “Efficiency in Action: Optimizing South…
The National Head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation Lieutenant General Godfrey Lebeya. 1 minute Hawks Head Godfrey Lebeya has reaffirmed the Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigations’ commitment to combating the scourge of money laundering and terror financing in alignment with the Financial Action Task Force standards. This after the arrest of a 35-year-old…
State witness Lourentia Lombaard testifies in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping case. 2 minutes In a dramatic turn of events at the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human trafficking trial, the Kelly Smith’s lawyer has said his client believes Lourentia Lombaard and her boyfriend, Ayanda Letoni, are the masterminds behind Joshlin’s disappearance. Lombaard is the state’s key…
[File photo] 1 minute Three people suffered smoke inhalation following a building fire in Brooklyn, Pretoria, earlier on Wednesday. They were treated on the scene and transported to nearby hospitals. Firefighters arrived to find one of the apartments on the top floor of a three-storey building on fire. City of Tshwane Emergency Services spokesperson Lindsay…
[File Image]: Flooding in KwaZulu-Natal. Disaster management teams across KwaZulu-Natal have been placed on standby to react to possible disruptive rainfall. The provincial Department of Cooperative Governance says the South African Weather Service has issued warnings for the whole of the province for Wednesday and the rest of the week. The rain can lead to…
The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry into allegations of criminality, political interference and corruption in the criminal justice system goes into its sixth day of hearings with a new witness on the stand. LIVE STREAM:
FILE: ANC members at a rally. The African National Congress in the Eastern Cape says it will await the court’s advice on a suitable date to hold its 10th provincial elective conference. This is after the KuGompo (East London) High Court interdicted the party from convening the conference, which was expected to sit between the…
President Cyril Ramaphosa at the 2024 SONA. 1 minute The African National Congress (ANC) in Parliament says it is looking forward to the State of the Nation Address (SONA) later this week which will focus on the key priorities such as strengthening water and energy supply, as set out by the party that leads the…
DOJ describes the shooting of a witness at the Lenasia Magistrate’s court as concerning. 2 minutes The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has expressed concern following the killing of a witness at the Lenasia Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg on Wednesday. A witness scheduled to testify in a 2021 murder case was shot and killed…
Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi speaks at a government function. 1 minute Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi says contrary to media and health experts’ reports, South Africa’s HIV-AIDS programme is not on the verge of collapse. Motsoaledi’s statement comes after the US government’s withdrawal of funding for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)….
