President Cyril Ramaphosa receives his Botswana counterpart at his official residence in Pretoria on April 28, 2025. 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the members of the Eminent Persons to guide and champion the National Dialogue as a way of tackling the challenges the country is facing at the moment. INFOGRAPHIC INFORGRAPHIC BY Walter Moropa
Baby feet. A three-month-old baby boy has been shot during a gang-related incident in Bonteheuwel in Cape Town. The infant was rushed to the hospital by quick-acting residents. He was declared dead hours later due to the injuries sustained. The ward councillor, Angus McKenzie, has condemned the incident and called for justice. McKenzie says that…
SIU logo and investigation into corruption. 2 minutes The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) in Parliament has expressed unhappiness with the way the government is implementing the recommendations made by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) on corruption by state organs. This emerged during the briefing conducted by the Presidency on the reports the SIU…
Child rapist and murderer, Itumeleng Machabe. 1 minute The Northern Cape High Court has found 27-year-old Itumeleng Machabe guilty of the murder of an 11-year-old minor who was kidnapped and raped in Kimberley in 2022. Relebogile Segami was killed and her body was dumped by Machabe behind the provincial legislature. The convict has been in…
Coco Gauff of the US celebrates winning her quarter final match against Poland’s Magda Linette 2 minutes World numbet 3 Coco Gauff and number 2 Iga Swiatek of Poland won their respective opening matches of the Orange Group at the WTA Finals Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. Gauff posted a 6-3, 6-2 victory over No. 6…
South Africa’s winger Cheslin Kolbe. 2 minutes England did not need any reminding about the quality of South Africa winger Cheslin Kolbe but he provided it anyway with two special tries as the Springboks edged their hosts 29-20 at Twickenham on Saturday. Kolbe ran in two irresistible tries in a man-of-the-match performance. He caught an…
Police have confirmed the rescue of an Indian businessman who was kidnapped a month ago. The businessman was found in a shack in Alexandra township, Johannesburg, and has since been reunited with his family. His rescue followed a police operation in which the alleged mastermind behind the kidnapping, known as “Dollarman,” was shot dead during…
Kelly Smith appears at the Western Cape High Court sitting in Saldanha Bay on April 23, 2025. 1 minute A female suspect has been taken in for questioning after a fire burned down the Middelpos home of Kelly Smith. Smith was yesterday convicted alongside her co-accused, Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn, for the kidnapping…
Cash-In-Transit heist along Edendale Road in Pietermaritzburg, March 28, 2025. 1 minute Police have launched a manhunt for ten suspects linked to a cash-in-transit robbery in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal last night. The suspects shot and wounded a security guard during the incident which took place on Selby Msimango Road. The incident attracted scores of curious onlookers…
Depiction of violence against women. 1 minute The North West provincial government has called on victims of gender-based violence not to drop cases against their perpetrators. They made the request during a men’s march in Mahikeng. Crime statistics for the fourth quarter indicates that the province recorded a decline of 4.8 percent in gender-based violence…
