The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues in the Pretoria High Court. Accused number one in the murder trial, Muzi Sibiya, is back on the witness stand. Sibiya, one of the five men on trial, has distanced himself from the 2014 contract killing alleged to have been ordered by singer Kelly Khumalo. LIVESTREAM | Senzo Meyiwa…
South African banknotes and coins illustrated on picture above. The rand is slightly firmer after the greenback declined against a basket of currencies. The removal of the country from a global financial crime watchdog’s list of countries under heightened scrutiny also helped the local currency. The Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) decision to remove South…
Miss South Africa 2025, Qhawekazi Mazaleni. Beaconhurst High School in East London in the Eastern Cape is beaming with pride, following the crowning of their former Head Girl as Miss South Africa. Twenty-four-year-old Qhawekazi Mazaleni walked away with the prestigious title at the SunBet Arena in Pretoria on Saturday night. Mazaleni matriculated at the school…
An elevator shaft. A Durban father is mulling legal action after his seven-year-old son died when he and his twin sister fell into an elevator shaft on the fourth floor of the block of flats they are living in, in the Durban CBD. The boy died in hospital, while his sister remains in a critical…
uMkhonto weSizwe party leader Jacob Zuma. The Jacob Zuma Foundation has cautioned the public against getting involved in unauthorised fundraising campaigns circulating online. It says some people are claiming to raise money for the former President Jacob Zuma’s legal fees. The Foundation says it has noted the recirculation of an old fundraising poster and stresses…
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese. United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese has described the situation in Gaza as apocalyptic. Addressing the 23rd Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture in Sandton, Johannesburg, she highlighted the systemic nature of oppression faced by Palestinians. “To invoke Mandela’s name…
SIU’s operation at a Sandhurst home connected to Tembisa Hospital Capture investigation. The Activists and Citizens Forum is questioning the lack of arrests in the Tembisa Hospital corruption scandal, despite the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) identifying suspects and confiscating assets. Over R2 billion has been allegedly stolen from the hospital, through corruption with syndicates working…
Dry tap Residents of Tonga Village in Nkomazi, Mpumalanga, have raised concerns about infrastructure vandalism, that often leaves them without water. This comes after electricity cables were recently damaged at a local water pump station. They claim that this is the fifth time this has occurred, since last year. The concerned residents believe that water…
The Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe crossing the Kaaimans River into Wilderness. Transnet is set to host an official signing ceremony on Monday at George in the Western Cape, paving the way for the reintroduction of the iconic Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe. The steam train is finally making a comeback after being out of use since the 2006 floods severely…
Police rescued a kidnapped victim and recovered an AK-47 rifle with scores of ammunition after stopping a suspicious vehicle with five occupants on the R80 highway in Rosslyn, Tshwane on Friday, October 10, 2025. Four men arrested for kidnapping are set to appear before the Pretoria North Magistrate’s Court on Monday for a formal bail…
