Suspended Deputy National Commissioner for crime detection Shadrack Sibiya and National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola are appearing in the High Court in Pretoria. Sibiya wants the court to declare his suspension unlawful in a bid to be reinstated. Masemola suspended Sibiya in July for the alleged unlawful disbandment of the KwaZulu-Natal team tasked with investigating…
File | Contralesa President Kgoshi Mokoena addressing a CoGTA event in Mpumalanga. The President of the Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) Kgoshi Mathupa Mokoena has warned politicians against interfering in traditional leadership succession. Mokoena was among dignitaries, who attended the ceremony to hand over certificate of recognition to Chief Nyalala Pilane of…
Arrested foreign nationals in the back of a police van. A tense afternoon unfolded in Bruma, east of Johannesburg, where several undocumented individuals were arrested during a major raid conducted by the City’s Public Safety Department. The operation which targets spaza shops mostly owned by foreign nationals. This is part of an ongoing citywide effort…
ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the NEC Lekgotla in Boksburg. 2 minutes African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa says the ANC will not deviate from its mission to advance the interests of the majority of South Africans, even as it forms part of the Government of National Unity (GNU). Ramaphosa was speaking at the…
Activists from the Vaal region protested outside the Department of Mineral Resources in Pretoria against Glubay’s proposed mine. Residents are concerned about water, soil and air pollution from the proposed mine. Photos: Ihsaan Haffejee / GroundUp Residents of communities near a proposed coal mining project in the Vaal region say they fear that their entire…
Prison cells 1 minute A former councilor in the Okahlamba Municipality at Bergville in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) has been sentenced to life imprisonment after the Ladysmith Regional Court found him guilty of murdering his fiancé and their three children. Forty-eight-old Michael Buthelezi was a DA councilor when there was a fire at his home in the…
Minister John Steenhuisen visits Dr Böhmer School of Skills in Bloemfontein Some learners at Dr Bohmer School of Skills in Bloemfontein have expressed their excitement over the visit by the Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen. Steenhuisen visited the school, which offers an agricultural programme for children with special educational needs. The pupils say they have…
1 minute The pre-trial hearing of three accused in the February 2020 theft at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm is expected to start today in the Modimolle Regional Court in Limpopo. Immanuela David, Floriana Joseph and Ndilinasho Joseph allegedly broke into Ramaphosa’s farm and stole over $580 000 stuffed in a sofa. Accused number one,…
Delegates attending the Higher Education Facilities Management Association (HEFMA) Conference at the North-West University’s (NWU) main campus in Potchefstroom. Higher Education Facilities Management Association (HEFMA) Executive Committee Member Lindokuhle Mzolo says protests at tertiary institutions impact negatively on facilities management. HEFMA concluded a four-day conference at the North-West University in Potchefstroom. The gathering brought together…
A sewerage treatment plant. Two men died in Orkney in the North West earlier today after they seemingly inhaled toxic gasses while unblocking a sewer pipe. According to the Matlosana Local Municipality, the men were not employees of the municipality, neither were they contracted by the municipality to provide such services. Executive Mayor Fekile Mahlope says investigations are…
