Cards, poker, dices are seen on the picture illustrated. Gambling regulatory bodies from across Southern Africa, including Botswana, Kenya, Swaziland and Tanzania, are expected to gather at the Sun City Resort in the North West for the Gaming Regulators Africa Forum. The event, from November 17-21, will put a spotlight on the growing challenge of…
Empty benches in court. The Umzimkhulu Magistrates’ Court has heard that one of the men charged with the murder of the former ANC Youth League Secretary-General Sindiso Magaqa, is linked with an accused in another murder case through a cellphone that was found during a prison raid. Prosecutor Advocate Lawrence Gcaba says the cellphone was…
The by-elections would have been the last ahead of the scheduled 27 October local government elections. 1 minute A by-election is under way at ward 18 of the Mandeni Municipality on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast. This after an African National Congress (ANC) ward councillor Phendukani Mabhida was gunned down at his home in February this…
Police management in North West say the double life imprisonment handed to Tatlhego Dire by the Ditsobotla Regional Court should send a strong message to perpetrators of gender-based violence. Dire was convicted for crimes committed in 2011 and 2013. Police say in the 2011 incident, he stabbed the victim and chased her friend away before…
Slain Kgaugelo Marota and murder accused, Lazarus Antonio. An additional charge of contravention of a protection order has been added to charges against the man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend and attempting to murder his current partner. Mozambican national Lazarus Lito Anthonio appeared in the Temba Magistrates’ Court in Pretoria. He has also provisionally abandoned…
Moroadi Cholota at the High Court in Bloemfontein. 1 minute The family of Moroadi Cholota says they will consult with their legal team to map a forward. Cholota’s father, Happy Tilotsane says they are happy that their daughter has been freed. Judge Philip Loubser ruled in favour of Cholota in the trial within a trial…
The Ndimande brothers, Siyabonga and Malusi, have been extradited from eSwatini and are expected to appear in court on Tuesday. The brothers landed at Durban’s King Shaka International Airport. They were wanted in South Africa for a string of cases, including the murder of musician Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and his friend Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane in…
A Russian vessel arrives at the Simon’s Town Naval base ahead of the BRICS Plus countries which include China, Russia and Iran for a joint naval exercises in South Africa’s, in Cape Town, South Africa, January 9, 2026. The African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has defended South Africa’s role in the recent BRICS…
Bafana Bafana players during a training session. Bafana Bafana have fallen on the FIFA rankings from 59 to 61 and subsequently dropped out of the top 10 on the continent. FIFA will use the November rankings to determine both the seeding and pots for the World Cup draw on Friday, December 5, in Washington DC,…
Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee Chairperson Soviet Lekganyane. Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee investigating allegations by the KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, will be meeting in Cape Town on Monday. Mkhwanazi made wide-ranging allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the criminal justice system. The meeting will discuss housekeeping issues, including questions to President Cyril…
