Erstwhile King Toni Mphephu Ramabulana. The ongoing battle for the Vhavenda kingship throne is expected to resume on Monday morning at the high court in Polokwane, Limpopo. A senior traditional leader, Nndweleni Mashamba of Mashamba Traditional Council, will be back at the witness stand. Last week, when the court adjourned, Mashamba told the court that…
DA challenges City of Tshwane’s cleansing levy charge. The Democratic Alliance in the City of Tshwane has expressed concerns about the metro’s billing practices, specifically the City Cleansing Levy. The party argues that this levy is unfair as residents, including those in complexes, are being charged an extra R223. After pushback by the DA, Tshwane…
Chairs and desks in a classroom. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Two North West learners aged 11 and 13 are expected to appear at the Temba Magistrate’s Court tomorrow on a charge of rape. Provincial police and education authorities have confirmed the incident. It is alleged that a Grade 5 learner was raped by two male learners…
Operation Dudula President Zandile Dabula. The President of Operation Dudula, Zandile Dabula, has opened a case against the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Gauteng. This after the EFF, last week, said it had opened a case against the movement and its leader following the death of a one-year-old child at the Alexandra Community Health Care…
President Cyril Ramaphosa. President Cyril Ramaphosa has established a three-member team to determine the fitness of Advocate Andrew Chauke to hold office. The South Gauteng Director of Public Prosecutions was suspended in July. He is among others accused of weaponising and using the NPA to protect the politically powerful and corrupt individuals. The inquiry will…
File Image: Residents blockade a road during service delivery protests. Roads that were blockaded in KaBokweni, Mpumalanga, due to a protest against the lack of service delivery, have been reopened. Police and minibus taxi operators cleared the roads of an assortment of objects that included burning tyres and stones. The objects were used to blockade…
The R81 Road at Ga-Sekgopo between Mooketsi and Polokwane in Limpopo remains closed for traffic. This, as the emergency services personnel and traffic police are attending to a horrific collision involving a minibus taxi and two trucks. The minibus taxi driver and an unknown number of passengers are trapped in the wreck, which has been…
EFF leader Julius Malema in the East London Magistrate’s Court The East London Magistrate’s Court in the Eastern Cape is expected to deliver judgment in the case against Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema and his former bodyguard Adriaan Snyman. Malema is facing charges of discharging a firearm in public during the EFF’s 5th…
Tembisa Hospital in Ekurhuleni R2 billion has been lost to tender irregularities and fraud at Tembisa Hospital and this could escalate as investigations continue, according to Special Investigating Unit (SIU) Head Andy Mothibi. He was addressing the media at Tembisa Hospital, east of Johannesburg, on the interim report on its investigation into allegations of corruption…
Haniff Hoosen announced as DA’s mayoral candidate in eThekwini, 26 September 2025. The Democratic Alliance’s (DA) mayoral candidate for the eThekwini metro, Haniff Hoosen, says next year’s elections will be a watershed moment for the future of the city. Hoosen says with the African National Congress’s (ANC) dwindling support at the polls, there’s a great…
