Delegates at the G20 Finance and Central Bank Deputies meeting, December 12, 2024. 1 minute National Treasury and the Reserve Bank will jointly host a two-day technical meeting under the Group of 20 Finance Track. The Framework Working Group meeting will take place virtually starting today. Participants will mainly include officials from finance ministries and…
Reigning ICC World Test champions, South Africa, have a fight on their hands in the second and final cricket test against Pakistan in Rawalpindi. After winning the toss and electing to bat, the hosts scored 259 for the loss of five wickets on day one. Saud Shakeel was unbeaten on 42 at stumps. Day one…
KZN businessman, Calvin Mathibeli. Police will go ahead with their firearms compliance inspection on the premises of a Durban-based security company, which belongs to businessman Calvin Mathibeli. This was after the High Court in Durban dismissed his urgent application to interdict the police from inspecting Calvin and Family Security Services. Police spokesperson Vincent Mukhathi says…
JMPD officers arrest driver for traffic violation on August 19, 2024. Gauteng police have arrested hundreds of suspects for various crimes and shut down several unlicensed liquor outlets in Honeydew and Cosmo City in northern Johannesburg. This follows a weekend Operation Shanela aimed at assisting local police stations to reduce crime. Gauteng Acting Provincial Commissioner,…
A lion rests at a captive breeding facility for big cats. 1 minute The Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency (MTPA) has dispatched a team to locate and capture lions on the loose. This follows a complaint from community members of Malamule in Bushbuckridge about lions that were roaming around their area. MTPA’s spokesperson Simphiwe Shungube…
Shaft 10 exit used by illegal mineworkers to emerge from underground. 3 minutes Another 10 illegal mine workers have come up from underground at the Buffelsdoorn mine in Stilfontein in the North West. This brings the number of illegal miners who have come to the surface to close to 1300 since the middle of August….
Court gavel. The Thohoyandou High Court in Limpopo has postponed the sentencing of social media influencer and comedian Livhuwani Madadzhe to Friday. This after he submitted contradictory court applications. Madadzhe, who has pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud, has approached the Constitutional Court to challenge Judge Thogomelani Tshidada’s decision to revoke his bail, while also…
[FILE IMAGE]: A man stands behind bars. A man who hacked his partner and stepson to death with an axe in Britstown in the Northern Cape, has been sentenced to two life terms. The Britstown Regional Court sentenced 46-year-old Nathan Olifant for the murders of Patricia Olifant and his stepson, Romanio Welkom, in June 2023….
Jo’burg Metro Police officers. The Johannesburg Metro Police Department says it’s aware of several planned protests, marches and pickets that are expected to take place from on Friday. These are expected within the Nasrec and Sandton areas ahead of the G20 world leaders’ summit. G20 SOUTH AFRICA: Several roads will be closed or partially restricted…
National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza. National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza has directed Parliament to consider on an urgent basis revelations concerning the safety and security of the country. The committees that are going to urgently look into this matter are Police, Justice, and Constitutional Development, as well as the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence. That’s…
