A gavel and a block is pictured on the judge’s bench in this illustration picture. 1 minute A police officer has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment following a guilty verdict on a charge of attempted murder by the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo. Five years ago, convicted Constable Tiyani Ndlovu had been stationed at…
The Anti-Gang Unit members deployed in the Bishop Lavis policing precinct recovered an explosive device which was found abandoned as well as an assault rifle at an informal settlement close to Valhalla Park. 2 minutes Western Cape Premier Alan Winde says crime statistics in the province show a reduction of 8.7 percent in murder. Police…
PAC President Mzwanele Nyhontso The Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) has welcomed Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi’s approval of an inquest into the deaths of five children killed by the apartheid army in 1993. The children, aged between 12 and 17, were gunned down at the Mthatha home of PAC activist Sigqibo Mpendulo. They were…
A dripping tap. 1 minute Johannesburg Water says they will not reconnect illegal water connections in the Phumla Mqashi informal settlement, in Lenasia South. This is after the water utility disconnected the illegal water in the area on 12 November. The water utility says their High-Level Reservoir has experienced an increase in water levels following…
Johanne Masowe eChishanu Gorejena Penyeranyika sect leader Ishmael Chokurongerwa appeared before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje yesterday, who remanded him out of custody to November 21 for trial commencement. AN apostolic sect leader allegedly raped three minors from his church and impregnated two of them. Johanne Masowe eChishanu Gorejena Penyeranyika sect leader Ishmael Chokurongerwa appeared before…
Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau meets with the Black Business Council on August 12, 2024. 1 minute The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition has welcomed the two Companies Amendment Acts of 2024, which were assented into law on July 26. According to a statement by the department, the two Acts were published…
[FILE IMAGE]: Higher Education Minister Dr. Nobuhle Nkabane facilitates a high-level meeting between the South African government and Vice-Chancellors of public institutions at GCIS in Pretoria on Apr 15, 2025. 1 minute Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Higher Education has expressed serious concern that it may have been misled – after reviewing correspondence from Minister Dr…
Accused 1, 2 and 3, Muzi Sibiya, Bongani Ntanzi, and Prince Mncube seating in the dock at the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial in Pretoria. 2 minutes Lead investigator in the former Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa murder case, Brigadier Bongani Gininda, says if accused number one Muzi Sibiya was repeatedly assaulted as he alleges, he…
Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources Gwede Mantashe President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources Gwede Mantashe as acting Minister of Police with immediate effect. Minister Mantashe will serve in this capacity until Professor Firoz Cachalia assumes the position of acting Minister of Police from 1 August 2025. Presidency Spokesperson Vincent…
A prepaid electricity meter box. 2 minutes The City of Cape Town says it has completed its prepaid electricity meter updates ahead of Sunday’s deadline. The city’s Member of the Mayoral Committee for Energy, Xanthea Limberg, says all the 500 000 prepaid meters in Cape Town have been updated. Limberg says customers supplied by the…
