Deputy President Paul Mashatile in the NCOP in Cape Town. 2 minutes Deputy President Paul Mashatile says the envisaged National Dialogue will address various issues of concern such as crime, poverty, gender-based violence and inequality, that may have an impact on social cohesion. Mashatile was taking part in an oral question and answer session in…
Prison cell 2 minutes The Nelson Mandela University (NMU) has welcomed the life sentence handed down by the George Magistrate’s Court in the Western Cape to a former student, for the murder of a fellow student at the George campus in June last year. Earlier this year, 24-year-old Luyanda Mahlanza was found guilty of murdering…
EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic 1 minute European Union Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic said on Friday that he had held another call with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, as the EU and the United States continue efforts to reach a deal on tariffs. “Another call with US Secretary @howardlutnick. Our time and effort fully invested,…
McLaren drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris 3 minutes Lando Norris can retake the Formula One championship lead from Oscar Piastri in Spain this weekend but both said Max Verstappen remained a threat and the battle was not just a duel between McLaren teammates. McLaren’s top two are separated by three points in the standings after eight of 24 races and the champions…
Minister of Electricity and Energy Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa GCIS 1 minute Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, has named Mulilo as one of the preferred bidders in Round 3 of the Battery Energy Storage Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme (BESIPPPP). The announcement aims to boost grid capacity as the country tackles its energy…
Retired Anti-Gang Unit Head, Major-General Andre Lincoln (left) with President Cyril Ramaphosa. 1 minute The African National Congress in the Western Cape has called upon the provincial government to grant Cape Town police Major-General André Lincoln an official Provincial Funeral. He died at home in the early hours of this morning. Lincoln was in his…
Prison cells 1 minute A former councilor in the Okahlamba Municipality at Bergville in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) has been sentenced to life imprisonment after the Ladysmith Regional Court found him guilty of murdering his fiancé and their three children. Forty-eight-old Michael Buthelezi was a DA councilor when there was a fire at his home in the…
Police graphic on CIT robbery, 2 minutes Three men believed to have been involved in a cash-in-transit heist on the R56 near Richmond in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) have been fatally wounded during shootouts with police in various areas around Durban Thursday night. A bystander was shot dead and a child wounded in a failed heist. KZN…
Depiction of violence against women. 1 minute The North West provincial government has called on victims of gender-based violence not to drop cases against their perpetrators. They made the request during a men’s march in Mahikeng. Crime statistics for the fourth quarter indicates that the province recorded a decline of 4.8 percent in gender-based violence…
2 minutes Residents of an Amanzimtoti apartment complex, south of Durban, have expressed shock after a police shootout led to the death of Philangenkosi Makhanya, the main suspect in the murder of 30-year-old Olorato Mongale. Philangenkosi Makhanya was killed in a shootout with the police. He is one of 3 people the police have been…
