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Johannesburg Emergency Management Services on the scene at the Ormonde building collapse. The MMC for Public Safety in the City of Johannesburg, Mgcini Tshwaku, says authorities will investigate whether proper construction inspections were conducted following the collapse of a two-storey building in Ormonde that claimed six lives. Three survivors were pulled from the rubble, one of whom is being treated in hospital. Three others are still missing….

Alexandra Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg. The bail application of the son of the late former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, Bellarmine Mugabe and his co-accused, Tobias  Matonhodze, has been postponed to Thursday in the Alexandra Magistrates’ court.   This is for the prosecution to provide the defence with outstanding documents.   Mugabe and Matonhodze are charged with attempted murder,…

Minister Steenhuisen and other stakeholders during Foot and Mouth Disease Vaccination Drive. Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen has confirmed that President Cyril Ramaphosa authorised an Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) to look into the regional approach to combating the Foot and Mouth disease (FMD) outbreak. Steenhuisen has confirmed that there’s a unique challenge of cross border infections…

Ormonde building collapse The death toll in the Ormonde building collapse has risen to eight.  Johannesburg Emergency Services spokesperson, Xolile Khumalo, says rescue and recovery operations resumed Tuesday morning after being suspended on Monday night.  She says one person remains unaccounted for.   “Recovery operations have commenced for three missing individuals who have been located,…

Deputy National Commissioner for Policing Tebello Mosikili Deputy National Police Commissioner, Tebello Mosikili, will testify before the Ad Hoc Committee today. The committee is investigating allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the criminal justice system. The allegations were made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, during a media briefing in July last…

Deputy National Police Commissioner Lt. Gen Tebello Mosikili appears before the Ad Hoc Committee investigating allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the justice system. LIVE STREAM: