EFF leader Julius Malema flanked by MP Vuyani Pambo and Sinawo Thambo. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema is expected to be sentenced in the East London Magistrate’s Court in the Eastern Cape this Wednesday morning. He was convicted last year on multiple charges, including unlawful possession and discharging a firearm in a…
Service delivery vehicles unveiled by the Emfuleni Local Municipality at their offices in Vanderbijlpark. Gauteng CoGTA MEC Jacob Mamabolo has hit back at ActionSA, dismissing their claims of a R16 million fleet procurement process in the Emfuleni Local Municipality as baseless and misleading. Mamabolo says the allegations by ActionSA’s Funzi Ngobeni reflect a misunderstanding of…
Businessman Sulieman Carrim appears before the Madlanga Commission. The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria says it is still awaiting formal communication from Suliman Carrim’s legal team regarding his appearance before the inquiry this week. Carrim, a North West businessman, was hospitalised on Monday after allegedly suffering a heart attack. He was set to continue…
FILE| Eskom banner at an event. Labour unions at Eskom are heading back to their members this week to seek a mandate following a tense fourth round of wage talks. On Friday, the utility tabled its final offer of a seven percent salary increase. This comes after months of deliberation at the Central Bargaining Forum,…
Mpumalanga Division of the High Court. A former police officer accused of stabbing his wife to death in Barberton in 2023 has pleaded guilty to the murder at the High Court sitting in Mbombela, Mpumalanga. Lucky Maduna stabbed and killed Nonkululeko Mtsweni with a broken beer bottle and injured her friend during a birthday celebration held at the…
The newly appointed SA ambassador to the US, Roelf Meyer. The DA says Roelf Meyer’s primary objective should be the swift repair of South Africa’s trade relations with the US. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Meyer as the newly appointed ambassador to the US on Tuesday. The DA’s spokesperson on International Relations, Ryan Smith, says as a veteran…
Court Gavel A Northern Cape man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for raping a minor and three women between 2016 and 2019. Douglas Mthukwane was arrested last year and was remanded in custody until his sentencing. He’s also been declared unfit to possess a firearm and his name will be recorded in the National Register for Sex…
[FILE] Newly appointed coach of Ghana National team Carlos Queiroz Ghana have appointed Carlos Queiroz as head coach, ahead of the FIFA World Cup in the Americas later this year. Queiroz, who coached Bafana Bafana in the early 2000’s, will make his fifth consecutive World Cup appearance. He left his role as coach of Oman last…
Deputy Judge President A P Ledwaba being interviewed by the JSC for the position of Judge President of the Gauteng Division of the High Court. The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has resolved to recommend Deputy Judge president Judge Aubrey Ledwaba for the post of Judge president for the Gauteng division of the High Court. Ledwaba,…
KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport Siboniso Duma at the scene of the horrific accident. KwaZulu-Natal Transport MEC Siboniso Duma says his department will continue to fight corruption in the issuing of driver’s licences. The department is considering introducing an initiative to fight what it describes as criminal syndicates. Duma says they are seeking to encourage those who obtained licences fraudulently to…
