Bellarmine Mugabe and Tobias Matonhodze appear in the Alexandra Regional Court, Johannesburg on March 24, 2026. The case of Bellarmine Mugabe, son of late former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, and his co-accused, Tobias Matonhodze has been postponed to April 17 in Alexandra Regional Court, Johannesburg for further investigations. They are accused of shooting a 23-year-old…
Madlanga Commission of Inquiry Chairperson Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga with commissioners Adv Sesi Baloyi and Adv Sandile Khumalo during a hearing in Pretoria on March 20, 2026. A new witness is expected to take the stand at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on Tuesday morning. The testimony is expected to centre around alleged tender manipulation in the…
Worker at Ekapa Minerals Mine in Kimberley. The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) says they are relieved that the bodies of all five mineworkers who died last month in the Ekapa Minerals Mine in Kimberley have been retrieved. The miners were trapped 890 meters underground after a mudslide on February 17. The…
Police in Gauteng are appealing to the public for assistance in locating two suspects linked to the fatal shooting of a lawyer in the Johannesburg CBD. Chinette Gallichan, a 35-year-old lawyer at Sibanye-Stillwater, was shot and killed outside the CCMA offices at the intersection of Fox and Joubert Streets on Monday. Gallichan was allegedly followed…
Students line up outside a Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). Non-profit organisation Youth Capital is calling for stronger intervention to address systemic challenges affecting Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges. The organisation says ongoing issues such as underfunding, limited capacity, delayed student allowances and inadequate accommodation are undermining students’ dignity and…
New Arsenal signing Eberechi Eze is unveiled to the fans before the Premier League match with Leeds United at Emirates Stadium in London, Britain on August 23, 2025. Arsenal’s Eberechi Eze will miss England’s friendlies against Uruguay and Japan due to a calf injury, manager Mikel Arteta said on Sunday, after the attacking midfielder sat…
FILE | South African 100 rand notes. The rand extended losses for a third consecutive week to its lowest since early December as Israel and the United States (US) continue their war on Iran. The sharp decline comes ahead of the central bank’s interest rate decision later this week. Emerging market assets like the local…
File Image: Thabo Bester consulting with his legal team Convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester is expected to appear in the High Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday. This follows his urgent application challenging charges linked to his escape from custody. Bester escaped from the Mangaung Correctional Centre in Bloemfontein in May 2022 after faking his…
The flag of the African National Congress. The African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape will hold a meeting at the ICC in KuGompo to discuss and deliberate on a letter written by its secretary Lulama Ngcukaitobi to the party’s top brass. In the letter he cites, the unlawful issuing of QR Codes for…
Former apartheid police commander Eugene de Kok giving evidence at the Cradock 4 inquest at the Gqeberha High Court in the Eastern Cape on March 23, 2026. Former Vlakplaas commander Eugene de Kok will be back in the Gqeberha High Court, Eastern Cape, on Tuesday where he will continue his testimony at the Cradock Four…
