File image | Two staff members were shot at the Inxiweni Primary School in Tembisa, Ekhurhuleni. Two more suspects have been arrested in connection with a double murder at the Inxiweni Primary School in Tembisa, Ekurhuleni, last week. This brings the number of suspects to four. Hope Shongwe and Benjamin Maditse, appeared briefly in the…
2 minutes The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party’s leader in Parliament, Dr John Hlophe has urged South Africa not to surrender the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to the rebels. This is amid calls by some political parties for the SANDF peacekeepers to withdraw from the war-torn eastern DRC. 14 South African National Defence Force (SANDF)…
Tiffany Meek, the mother of the late Jayden-Lee appears in court The case against Tiffany Meek, accused of killing her son Jayden-Lee Meek, has been postponed to Tuesday for judgment on her bail application. Defence lawyer Noven Naidoo delivered his closing arguments during Meek’s bail hearing at the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court earlier today. State prosecutor…
Outata Kambule has created an artwork to mark South Africa’s 30 years of democracy An artist from Mahikeng in the North West, Outata Kambule, has created an artwork to mark South Africa’s 30 years of democracy and its current political transition. He built an intricate ancient ship similar to those of the Dutch East Indian…
Chief Albert Luthuli was born near Bulawayo in Zimbabwe in 1898. 2 minutes South African Police Services (SAPS) Forensic Analyst, warrant officer Sunette Nel has told the High Court in Pietermaritzburg that she believes former African National Congress (ANC) president Chief Albert Luthuli was assaulted on his way between his shop and the Gledo train…
Minister Senzo Mchunu appeared before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee in Cape Town. Witness C, testifying at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, has detailed how businessman and criminal suspect Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala contributed R500 000 to Senzo Mchunu’s ANC presidential campaign. The commission is investigating allegations of criminality and corruption within the criminal justice system. Witness…
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen 2 minutes Max Verstappen has conceded that his Spanish Grand Prix clash with Mercedes’ George Russell, which left the Formula One champion on the brink of a ban, was wrong and should not have happened. The Red Bull driver made his comments on Instagram a day after the race at the Circuit de…
Bread slices 2 minutes Disgruntled employees of Albany in Virginia in the Free State are demanding their jobs back after they did not re-apply for their jobs as required by the end of December last year. The workers whose service ranges from 10 to 25 years claim poor communication from labour brokers which led to…
Flooding Hospital 1 minute Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi is expected to visit General De La Ray Hospital in Lichtenburg, North West Province, in response to reports of flooding of three hospitals in the province. The Minister will inspect this hospital, which is currently non-operational. More than thirty patients were moved from the General Delarey Hospital…
A hand of man playing chess. 1 minute Young chess masters and seven year-old identical twins, Deauwin and Beauwin Rens from George in the Western Cape, are travelling to Greece to represent South Africa at the World Youth Rapid and Blitz Championships. They have been playing chess since they were two years-old. The twins share…
