[FILE IMAGE]: Police crime scene tape. 1 minute Limpopo police have launched a manhunt for three armed men after a female officer was robbed of her service pistol in a village outside Lebowakgomo. She was also locked inside the boot of her car but her colleagues rescued her the following day. The colleagues had gone…
1 minute Two men accused of the murder of alleged underworld boss Mark Lifman have appeared in the George Magistrate’s court in the Western Cape for their bail applications. It is alleged that the accused shot and killed Lifman in the parking lot of the Garden Route Mall in November last year. They were arrested…
[File photo] A worker counts money 1 minute Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has reversed the 0.5 percentage point VAT increase he announced during the passing of the budget in March. The VAT increase was later approved by the National Assembly with a slight margin with recommendations from ActionSA which was against the increase, saying that…
Indian indentured workers arrive in South Africa on November 16, 1860. 1 minute The eThekwini Municipality and the KwaZulu-Natal government have confirmed that about R4.4 million has been set aside for the construction of a monument in honour of indentured Indian labourers. The labourers arrived on Durban’s South Beach in 1860 to work in the…
1 minute The National Head for the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) , Godfrey Lebeya, briefs media to outline progress and take stock of milestones achieved during the third quarter of financial year 2024/2025. Live proceedings below:
A gun that was confiscated after a shooting in Limpopo. 2 minutes Limpopo police have opened an inquest docket following the killing of a suspect during a shootout at Ga-Komape village outside Polokwane. Police spokesperson Malesela Ledwaba says the 36-year-old suspect started shooting at them when followed at his hideout. The suspect was wanted for…
On the business front, the High Court ordered the release of Wadyajena’s trucks and all the other vehicles after he was cleared of any wrongdoing in the corruption case. JUST a few months ago, it looked almost certain that factional wars in Zanu PF had buried Justice Mayor Wadyajena. Yet, his detractors, especially in his…
uMkhonto weSizwe’s Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla at a party event on December 8, 2024. 2 minutes uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party member Bonginkosi Khanyile says Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, the daughter of party leader and former president Jacob Zuma, was not part of the July 2021 unrest. Khanyile is among the many prominent MK Party members including Zuma, who are…
National Health Insurance (NHI) Colloquium at the Progressive Business Forum (PBF) and Progressive Citizens Forum (PCF) led by Minister Aaron Motsoaledi with Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma in attendance 2 minutes Health Minister Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi says he will not be deterred by court cases seeking to halt the implementation of the National Health Insurance in…
Former President Thabo Mbeki 2 minutes Former President Thabo Mbeki has defended the singing of the “Kill the Boer Kill the Farmer” song, saying it is just a chant, and doesn’t mean white farmers must be killed. Speaking to the SABC in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Mbeki says he explained the song during the Truth…
