File image: Close up of a Police officer’s badge. Witness A has testified how he received a phone call after from a “certain individual’ informing him that Katiso “KT” Molefe “owns” the police generals. The witness says he received a phone call shortly after Molefe was arrested. Molefe was arrested in December last year, after…
Pupil writing an exam Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube says contingency measures are in place to address any unforeseen circumstances during the matric examinations. More than 900 000 candidates are expected to sit for the exams starting on Tuesday. Gwarube says provinces have also prepared alternative venues to ensure the examinations proceed smoothly in the…
ANC’s struggle veteran Dr Tlou Theophilus Cholo celebrates his 100th birthday. African National Congress (ANC) president Cyril Ramaphosa has awarded the party’s centenarian struggle veteran, Dr Tlou Theophilus Cholo, the highest honour, known as the Seaparankoe Award. This is in recognition of his lifelong service to the liberation of South Africa. Dr Tlou Cholo is…
SA Airlink aircraft. Local air carrier Airlink says it is suffering disruptions to its scheduled air services to several destinations. These include travelling from Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport, Pietermaritzburg, Richards Bay and Mthatha. The airline has pointed the finger of blame at South Africa’s Air Traffic Navigation Services, saying that the validity of these airports’ Instrument…
[File image] Four people have been killed and one critically injured in a multiple vehicle accident that occured on the R59 Vaalpark offramp in Sasolburg, Free State. FS Emergency Medical Services Spokesperson Sipho Towa has urged road users to exercise caution and seek an alternative route. The critically injured passenger will be airlifted to hospital….
Taxi boss killed near Delft, Cape Town. Taxi organisation CODETA in the Western Cape has distanced itself from recent violence in the taxi industry. The violence led to the murder of a rival taxi boss on the R300, near Delft, on the Cape Flats. The deceased was a member of a rival taxi organisation, CATA….
Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga (R) chairs the commission established to probe criminality, political inference and corruption in the criminal justice system in Pretoria. Witness A has testified at the Madlanga Commission that he found it strange that a Hawks member wanted “a case number” when Organised Crime detectives led an operation at Katiso “KT” Molefe’s home….
Evidence leader Adv Mahlape Sello at the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria on October 20, 2025. The Madlanga Commission has heard testimony that Warrant Officer Michael Tau planned to pay his way out of jail, escape, or even eliminate investigating officers involved in the murder case of Vereeniging engineer Armand Swart if he was denied bail….
IFP spokesperson, Mkhuleko Hlengwa speaking at a party engagement. The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) says there is no need to replace the Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) policy. This is after the Democratic Alliance (DA) unveiled its Economic Inclusion for All Bill, which aims to replace the policy. The DA says the proposed bill aims to…
File image: An employee holds up cannabis in a laboratory at a herbal medicines manufacturer. The University of Pretoria’s Professor Olalekan Ayo-Yusuf says that cannabis-related psychiatric problems among adolescents have more than doubled since 2017. He says this is in light of the decriminalisation of cannabis and the massive surge in vaping in South Africa….
