The NPA says it will oppose the bail application of the suspects. 1 minute Three of the five Northern Cape men aged between 34 and 55 have been given life imprisonment sentences after they were found guilty of raping a 9-year-old orphaned girl between 2017 and 2020. The aunt of the rape survivor reported the…
FILE PHOTO: Novak Djokovic of Serbia 1 minute Unseeded Alejandro Tabilo beat twice champion Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-4 in the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Wednesday to maintain a remarkable 100% record win record over the 24-times major winner. Djokovic, who suffered a shock defeat in the Miami Open final last month,…
NSFAS Logo. 2 minutes More than 1 500 NSFAS funded students in Mpumalanga are facing evictions from landlords due to non-payment of rent for this year. The landlords allege that NSFAS has failed to honour their payments, which were due yesterday. The landlords are expected to announce their decision whether they will evict the students…
VBS-Bank 1 minute An anonymous witness has told a court in Polokwane that the former chairperson of the defunct VBS Bank board, Tshifhiwa Matodzi had established a company that operated within the bank using other people names. This is according to a witness in the corruption trial of former Thulamela mayor, Avhashoni Tshifhango at the…
Taxis seen at a rank in Johannesburg. 1 minute Gauteng Transport MEC Kedibone Diale-Tlabela says her department will shut down taxi ranks if negotiations fail, in what the MEC says is a bid to force taxi owners to prioritise public safety. This was one of the key discussions at a prayer session in Soweto. It…
Police in uniform at a crime scene. 3 minutes The South African Police Service (SAPS) says it will identify unfit members for enrollment into a health and fitness programme. This came out on the last day of the three-day National Policing Summit in Ekurhuleni. The summit was convened to deliberate on new and advanced policing…
A doctor wearing a stethoscope. 1 minute Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says 1 200 posts will soon be opened up for unemployed doctors in the country. He was addressing the media at Centurion in Pretoria. The sector continues to face immense pressure due to ageing infrastructure and staff shortages. At present, over 1 800 qualified…
McLaren’s Lando Norris and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in action during the Australian GP 3 minutes Formula One leader Lando Norris has Max Verstappen breathing down his neck and only a point separating the pair ahead of a Bahrain Grand Prix that could trigger a change at the top on Sunday. Verstappen dominated last year’s race at Sakhir,…
SAPS crime image. 1 minute A man wanted by KwaZulu-Natal police in connection with a string of extortion cases in Marianhill and the Durban Metro areas has now also been linked to a double murder in Pinetown last month. Provincial police spokesperson Robert Netshiunda says the 22-year-old woman and her 52-year-old mother were shot dead…
Chapter 9 Institutions brief media on Omotoso judgment and handling of GBVF cases. 2 minutes Three Chapter Nine Institutions say they will conduct a joint Commission of Inquiry into Pastor Timothy Omotoso’s rape case. The CRL Rights Commission, the Commission for Gender Equality and the Human Rights Commission have held a media briefing in Pretoria…
