Acting National Police Commissioner Puleng Dimpane. Acting National Police Commissioner Puleng Dimpane says the recommendations that will be made by the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry will be taken with the due diligence they deserve. The South African Police Service (SAPS) and the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) are currently briefing Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Police on…
Vehicle at a fillong station Government has officially extended the temporary reduction of the fuel levy to shield South Africans from another massive price hike expected next month. In a joint move to stave off economic pressure, the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources have confirmed that the relief measures…
Accused number two in Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, Bongani Ntanzi. The state has concluded its cross-examination of accused number two in the Senzo Meyiwa trial, Bongani Ntanzi, at the High Court in Pretoria. Five men are currently on trial for the 2014 murder of the late Bafana Bafana captain. Ntanzi, who has been on the…
Barrels of oil. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) says it is withdrawing from the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and OPEC+, delivering a major blow to the oil-producing alliances. It comes at a time when the war on Iran has triggered an energy shock and rattled the global economy. The departure of the…
SANParks apprehends several suspects during coordinated operations to stop crime in Table Mountain. South African National Parks (SANParks) says they have made several arrests following coordinated operations to stop crime in the Table Mountain National Park. SANparks spokesperson, Peter Mbelengwa, says the arrests were made during the long weekend. He says the arrested people include…
[FILE] A person in handcuffs following an arrest. A 69-year-old medical doctor has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting four female patients at a hospital in Madadeni in KwaZulu-Natal. The alleged assaults took place between August last year and April this year. The doctor was arrested after the patients reported incidents of being touched inappropriately….
Community member is tested for diabetes at Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital in Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal. Wits University says the newly launched National Diabetes Dashboard will help to improve timely intervention in diabetes management. The National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) launched the dashboard on Tuesday. The institution’s Chemical Pathology Department Head, Dr Siyabonga Khoza, says old methods…
Bellarmine Mugabe and co-accused Tobias Matonhodze’s sentencing under way in the Alexandra Regional Court in Johannesburg. Livestream|
FILE| Outside the Soshanguve Magistrate’s Court. The case of nine people accused of killing a part-time lecturer at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), Sifundo Madasi, has been postponed to June in the Soshanguve Magistrate’s Court, north of Pretoria. The group allegedly killed Madasi in Soshanguve in February after accusing him of sexually assaulting two…
[FILE IMAGE] Members of the March and March organisation Traffic is expected to be disrupted in the Johannesburg CBD when civic organisation March and March takes its campaign to the Gauteng legislature. Traffic authorities and their SAPS counterparts are on standby. The march follows a day of protest action in Pretoria on Tuesday. The group…
