African Roots

KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. The Durban High Court has ruled in favour of KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, after he approached the court to interdict and restrain a Durban businessman from defaming him on social media platforms. Calvin Mathibeli was ordered by the court to retract his statements which suggested Mkhwanazi was captured by private interests and involved in organised hits. In terms of the order…

Sassa signage board seen outside the head office. 1 minute Three South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) officials have been arrested at the Johannesburg offices. They are allegedly linked to the more than R260 million stolen from beneficiaries through ghost Sassa cards. Sassa spokesperson Andile Tshona says more arrests are expected. “The South African Social…

An inspector checks cattle for foot and mouth disease. The Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen, says plans are underway for South Africa to produce its own foot-and-mouth disease vaccine. Steenhuisen was addressing farmers in Eshowe in northern KwaZulu-Natal, which is the epicentre of the disease. He says currently the country is importing vaccines from Botswana….

Deputy Minister Dr Namane Dickson Masemola leads an engagement with the Buffalo City Municipality. 2 minutes Deputy Minister for Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Dr Dickson Masemola, has expressed dissatisfaction with the state of governance and service delivery in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality based in East London in the Eastern Cape. Masemola led a…

The Pretoria Magistrate’s Court. The Pretoria High Court sitting in Benoni is expected to deliver judgment in the murder case of Daveyton student activist Caiphus Nyoka. Three former apartheid security officers, Leon Louis van den Berg, Abraham Hercules Engelbrecht and Pieter Egbert Stander, are accused of killing Nyoka while he was asleep at his family…

Residents say the shutdown is jeopardising children’s education. Residents from Primrose in Germiston on the Gauteng East Rand have taken to the streets, blockading roads with burning tyres, in protest over the collapse of scholar transport services in the province. School transport operators halted bus services two weeks ago after months of non-payment by the…