Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court. The bail hearing of 42-year-old police officer accused of kidnapping 19-year-old Kamogelo Baukudi will resume today in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court in the Free State. The Grade 11 learner from the Martie du Plessis special school was kidnapped while being driven home from school in Bloemfontein. Last week, investigating officer Kelaotswe Lebodi…
President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks during the swearing in ceremony of Acting Police Minister Professor Firoz Cachalia at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on 01 August 2025. President Cyril Ramaphosa has vowed to support South African businesses that the United States imposed tariff hikes will affect. The 30% tariffs on exports to the US will only…
Gauteng Legislature’s acting Chairperson of Committees, Dulton Adams Gauteng Legislature’s acting Chairperson of Committees, Dulton Adams, has held a series of mentorship sessions for young boys aimed at addressing the growing crisis of youngsters being lured into gangsterism, drugs and violent crimes in historically coloured communities. The sessions were held in various areas, including Riverlea,…
Person reading braille 1 minute As Disability Month comes to an end, the Mpumalanga Blind Skills Development Hub calls for more support for the liberation of visually impaired people. The non-profit organisation held an art exhibition for visually impaired people at the Nelspruit Art Gallery where they showcased their handmade work. The event also introduced…
A Limpopo human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) activist says it’s important to break the stigma and promote equal access to treatment for people with HIV. Thovhowani Makondo, widely known as ‘Queen Beyonce’, from Ha-Khakhu village outside Louis Trichardt, has been living with HIV since 2014. Makondo has gone public about his status to dispel the stigmatisation….
Community members watch as a mine is inspected in Stilfontein, November 15, 2024. 2 minutes The Mining Affected Communities United in Action (Macua) says the illegal miners who have emerged from Shaft 12 at the Stilfontein mine, have indicated that there are bodies underground. This as more illegal miners have resurfaced from the shaft in…
FILE | Businessman Katiso “KT” Molefe in court Alleged crime kingpin Katiso Molefe is expected to appear in the High Court in Johannesburg on Thursday morning. His case was transferred from the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court in December last year after prosecutors received authorisation to centralise the Vereeniging docket, citing the seriousness of the charges he…
3 minutes Transport Minister Barbara Creecy says the country’s rail and port infrastructure faces substantial challenges such as theft and vandalism and operational inefficiencies. She says these are exacerbated by the limited state resources to fund infrastructure development and address backlogs. Creecy says after the department and Transnet received unsolicited proposals from the private sector…
ActionSA provincial Chairperson for KZN, Zwakele Mncwango, with party President, Herman Mashaba. ActionSA in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) says it does not support President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to establish a judicial commission of inquiry to probe allegations of corruption in the police. The commission will investigate allegations related to criminal syndicates’ infiltration of institutions in the criminal…
Second witness continues to testify in the Joslin Smith case. 2 minutes A second witness, a police officer will continue to testify in the trial of seven-year-old Joslin Smith in the High Court in the Saldanha Bay Circuit in the Western Cape today. The girl went missing a year ago. The officer has so far…
