North West businessman, Brown Mogotsi. Brown Mogotsi, an alleged associate of Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, (who has been placed on a leave of absence) is expected to take the stand at the Madlanga Commission on Tuesday, 18 November 2025. The North West businessman has been placed in the centre of allegations of criminality, political interference…
The first batch of SANDF soldiers arrived at Air Force Base Waterkloof in Pretoria on 13 June 2025. 2 minutes The third batch of South African National Defence Force (SANDF) troops from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is expected to land at the Waterkloof Air Force Base in Pretoria today. Two hundred and forty-nine…
Court gavel A 24-year-old man accused of the murder of his two-year-old niece is expected to appear in the KwaMhlanga Magistrate’s Court, Mpumalanga. The man is accused of stabbing to death the toddler at Phola Park in KwaMhlanga. Provincial police spokesperson Jabu Ndubane says three children aged between two and six years were playing outside a house, when…
FILE | Protesters condemned a new by-law by the City of Cape Town, claiming that it will criminalise people without formal houses. 2 minutes Cape Town based civil society organisation, Ndifuna Ukwazi, says the proposed changes to laws aiming to clamp down on illegal occupation of public land, will be unfair to homeless people. The…
1 minute A recent video circulating on social media platforms of suspects committing robberies in broad daylight in the Bloemfontein CBD, Free State, has sparked a public outcry. This as people are worried about their safety. However, nine suspects have been arrested in connection with the robberies. One of the suspects has been arrested for…
Accused one, Muzi Sibiya on the stand at the Senzo Meyiwa trial. Accused number one in the Senzo Meyiwa trial, Muzi Sibiya, says he was at his homestead in KwaZulu-Natal in October 2014 when Meyiwa was murdered. However, the state’s key witness, Constable Sizwe Zungu, has testified that all five accused were at a hostel in Vosloorus on Gauteng’s East Rand…
Gauteng health worker checking a patient’s blood pressure at George Goch Men’s Hostel Men and young people between the ages of 15 and 24 have been urged to get tested for HIV and AIDS. Recent statistics reveal that many men and boys remain reluctant to get tested, fueling the spread of the virus. In Gauteng, 80 000 people…
Lottery draw 1 minute Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Parks Tau has named Sizekhaya Holdings as the preferred bidder to operate the fourth National Lottery and Sports Pools Licence. The company’s shareholders include gambling company Goldrush linked to businessman Sandile Zungu. It was one of eight consortiums that bid for the licence. In a…
A person being arrested Gauteng police have arrested more than 1 200 suspects during its high-density operation, Operation Shanela, in Vanderbijlpark in the Vaal, south of Johannesburg, overnight into this morning. Among those arrested were 964 wanted suspects, 253 for crimes against women and children, 59 undocumented immigrants and two suspects for possession of unlicensed…
Police tape at a crime scene. A 75-year-old woman has been murdered in her house in Hanover Park on the Cape Flats. Police spokesperson, Joseph Swartbooi, says the killing happened during a robbery. He says the deceased’s son discovered her body when he returned from work. “The victim aged 75 was declared deceased on the scene…
