A company director has been sentenced by the Kagiso Regional court to six years imprisonment suspended for two years for tax fraud involving three point six million rand. A company director has been sentenced by the Kagiso Regional court to six years imprisonment suspended for two years for tax fraud involving three point six million…
ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula. The African National Congress (ANC) says it has no plans to replace Dada Morero with Loyiso Masuku as Johannesburg mayor. This follows Masuku’s recent election as the new ANC Greater Johannesburg regional chairperson, defeating the incumbent Morero in an internal party vote. ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says being a chairperson of…
Head of IDAC Advocate Andrea Johnson The Advisory Panel tasked with interviewing six candidates vying for the top job of NPA head has revealed that it received 281 public comments on the candidates. Of those 281 comments, 209 were solely dedicated to one of the candidates, current IDAC (Investigating Directorate) Head, Advocate Andrea Johnson. Of the 209…
A police officer seen outside a voting station The Electoral Commission (IEC) is expecting over 4 400 municipal wards that will participate in the next Local Government Elections (LGE). This comes after the Municipal Demarcation Board officially handed over the final electoral wards to the IEC, for the 2026/27 local elections, and this paves the…
Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube says two employees in her department have been suspended after being linked to the leak of seven papers in the 2025 National Senior Certificate examinations. She says the Gauteng Basic Education Department alerted her office to unusual similarities in candidates’ scripts during the marking process. Addressing the media in Parliament, Gwarube says, “Based on the interviews…
The SACP flag. Tensions between the African National Congress (ANC) and its alliance partner, the South African Communist Party (SACP), are raising concerns about a growing contestation over the ownership and interpretation of key ideological frameworks within the tripartite alliance. Political commentator Xolelwa Kashe-Katiya believes the SACP should ideally remain central in discussions on the…
The Protea Magistrate’s Court in Soweto. The parents of a four-year-old girl from Eldorado Park in Johannesburg will be back in the Protea Magistrate’s Court in Soweto this morning. They are charged with the murder of their daughter in August. The child’s father is facing charges including murder, rape, assault and child abuse, while the mother’s charges include failure to report sexual offences against…
India’s Hardik Pandya The South African cricket team’s preparations for the ICC T20 World Cup in India in February, have gotten off to an unpromising start. India thumped the Proteas by 101 runs in the first of five T20 Internationals in Cuttack on Tuesday evening. The hosts were sent in and scored 175 for the…
The search for the country’s new National Prosecuting Authority Head continues on Thursday. The Advisory Panel tasked with the search for the new National Director of Public Prosecutions is interviewing six candidates who met the minimum requirements for the top post. Livestream:
Arsenal’s Gabriel Martinelli celebrates scoring their third goal with Arsenal’s Noni Madueke. Noni Madueke scored two goals and Gabriel Martinelli netted another as Arsenal kept up their 100% run in the Champions League to stay top of the standings with a comfortable 3-0 triumph at Belgium’s Club Brugge on Wednesday. Arsenal’s sixth win in as…
