KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi will be the first to take the stand at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry when it begins public hearings in Pretoria this Wednesday morning. The commission, which retired Constitutional Court Justice Mbuyiseni Madlanga is chairing, will look into Mkhwanazi’s allegations that senior police…
SABC building in AucklandPark. 3 minutes Member of Parliament Colleen Makhubele says there have been no clear indications from the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) leadership about how to fix the challenges facing the public broadcaster. She says the SABC continues to struggle to find creative ways of raising revenue. Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Communications…
Tourism Minister Patricia De Lille. Political parties in the Tourism Portfolio Committee want Minister Patricia de Lille to reinstate the South African Tourism Board, which she dissolved last month. However, de Lille insists that she stands by her decision to dissolve the board. The committee’s chairperson, Ronaldo Nalumango, says she will seek legal advise on…
A woman carries buckets to a public water distribution. 1 minute The eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal has confirmed that it is implementing water rationing. The Metro says this is because demand continues to outstrip supply. In October, uMngeni-uThukela Water implemented its water curtailment, reducing its bulk supply. A spokesperson for the eThekwini Municipality, Gugu…
Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen. Agriculture Minister, John Steenhuisen, says the looming export tariff hike by the United States on South Africa shows the country needs urgent reforms. US President, Donald Trump, announced a 30% tariff on South African exports to the US effective from August 1. Economic experts react to the 30% tariff imposed by…
Rabid dog showing aggression A man from eZimbokodweni, south of Durban, has died after being bitten by an unvaccinated dog, that later showed signs of rabies. The eThekwini Municipality has in a statement said that the victim was bitten in March but only sought medical attention a couple months later. By that time, the virus…
The case against a suspect arrested in connection with the murder of two young women in Mamelodi East, Pretoria, has been postponed to January 19, 2026, at the Mamelodi Magistrate’s Court. The women who are aged 21 and 22, respectively and are said to be cousins, were fatally shot and their bodies found lying next…
KwaZulu-Natal police and Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi are seen inside a warehouse in Durban where counterfeit goods and expired food items were discovered during a raid on 20 November 2024. 2 minutes KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi says an investigation has been launched to establish which country the imported expired food discovered at a warehouse…
A 47-year-old man from Tsakane, in Ekurhuleni, has been sentenced to four life terms for repeatedly raping and impregnating a 13-year-old girl who was battling cancer. The National Prosecuting Authority says the man also infected the child with HIV. The court ordered that his name be added to the National Register for Sexual Offenders and…
Samwu members protest in the Johannesburg CBD on December 12, 2024. 1 minute Several City of Johannesburg employees affiliated to the South African Municipal Worker’s Union (Samwu) have been injured after the police fired rubber bullets at protesting workers. Samwu members had barricaded several roads in the Braamfontein area yesterday afternoon, causing traffic disruptions that…
