IFP calls on Parly to improve protection of MPs

FILE: IFP Deputy Chief Whip, Khethamabala Sithole. 1 minute The Inkatha Freedon Party (IFP) has called on Parliament to urgently improve the protection of its members. This follows the killing of IFP MP and Deputy Chief Whip, Khethamabala Sithole. He was shot dead in Katlehong on the East Rand on Saturday. The motive for the…

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Kubayi to attend Cradock Four re-opened inquest

Justice and Constitutional Development Minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi arrives at Westpark Cemetery in Johannesburg for the reburial of activists in May 3, 2025. 2 minutes Justice and Constitutional Development Minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi will this morning attend the proceedings of the re-opened inquest into the deaths of the Cradock Four in the High Court in Gqeberha, Eastern…

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Inquest into Chief Albert Luthuli’s death resumes

Chief Albert Luthuli. 2 minutes The re-opened inquest into the death of former African National Congress (ANC) president Chief Albert Luthuli is set to resume in the High Court in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, this morning. The Luthuli family is seeking to overturn the findings of the original inquest, which concluded that his death was accidental. Chief…

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Teenage girls’ mutilated body discovered in Roodepoort

FILE: Crime scene. 2 minutes Police are investigating a murder case following the discovery of a mutilated body of a 14-year-old girl in Durban Deep, Roodepoort in western Johannesburg. A passerby notified police after finding body under a shrub yesterday. Police say in a statement that the suspects are unknown. The Tshegofatso Pule Foundation has…

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Rabada looks ahead to World Test Championship final after drug ban

South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada in action. 2 minutes South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada said life moves on and he will never be “Mr I-Apologise-Too-Much” after serving a one-month ban for testing positive for recreational drug use at this year’s SA20 competition. The 30-year-old Rabada can resume playing for his country in June, after being…

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Parliament Committee receives 250 submissions to review Constitution

Constitutional Court 1 minute Parliament’s Joint Constitutional Review Committee says it received around 250 submissions seeking to review the Constitution by Friday. However, the committee expects that between then and the deadline, which was midnight Saturday night, a flurry of last-minute submissions were sent. The committee is now tasked with sifting through all the submissions…

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SACP confirms it will contest 2026 LGE independently

Members of the SACP at Joe Slovo commemoration 2 minutes The General Secretary of the South African Communist Party (SACP), Solly Mapaila, has reiterated the party’s decision to contest the local government elections (LGE) independently next year. Mapaila spoke during the party’s Augmented Provincial General Council at Polokwane in Limpopo. Mapaila says the SACP also…

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