FILE | A worker at Tongaat-Hulett Mill. The High Court in Durban will hear an application for the provisional liquidation of Tongaat-Hulett on Friday. Business rescue practitioners have brought the application. The company was placed under business rescue in 2022. Since then, the 134-year-old sugar giant has suffered a R12 billion share value loss. This…
Five Killed in Horrific Taxi Crash, Pinetown. KwaZulu-Natal authorities have launched an investigation into the cause of a crash in which five people were killed in a taxi on the N3 towards Pietermaritzburg last night. Thirteen other people were injured in the incident. It happened when the driver lost control of the taxi and it…
Former multiple boxing world champion, Isaac “Angel” Hlatshwayo to host a boxing tournament in Limpopo. 2 minutes The World Boxing Council’s Bridgerweight champion, Kevin Lerena will become the first South African to defend his WBC World title on home soil, when he fights Ukraine’s Serhiy Radchenko on the 1st of May. Lerena’s first defence of…
Accused number two in Senzo Meyiwa murder trial , Bongani Ntanzi seen appearing in court. Accused number two in the Senzo Meyiwa trial, Bongani Ntanzi, insists the photos downloaded from his cellphone were taken prior to his arrest in June 2020. He has strongly disagreed with the state regarding the dates on the photos. Ntanzi…
Team South Africa relay team member Bayanda Walaza South African sprinter Bayanda Walaza has been withdrawn from the national team for the World Athletics Championships starting in Tokyo this weekend. Following a comprehensive medical evaluation, Athletics South Africa has determined that Walaza’s hamstring injury, sustained during his race at the Diamond League Final in Zurich…
Former DP David Mabuza speaks at Former Minister Zola Skweyiya’s memorial service in 2018. The family of the late Deputy President, David Mabuza has confirmed that his funeral service will be held next week Saturday. The announcement was made at Mabuza’s home in Barberton Mpumalanga on Saturday. The African National Congress (ANC) in Mpumalanga also revealed that…
File: Suliman Carrim appearing before the Madlanga Commission North West businessman Sulliman Carrim’s lawyer, Advocate Kameel Premhid, has told the Madlanga Commission that his client has received death threats even before testifying. The Commission is hearing an application for Carrim’s evidence to be heard in-camera. Carrim previously approached the High Court to interdict his appearance…
Social grant beneficiaries The Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) is calling on government to increase social grants. The IEJ has cautioned that the current grant amounts are far below the national poverty line, leaving millions unable to afford their most basic needs, including food. According to Statistics South Africa, the minimum required to afford basic daily nutrition currently stands…
National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola. 1 minute National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola says he will study the report into the acquittal of Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s VIP Presidential Protection Unit (PPU). It has emerged that the eight officers have been cleared by an internal police disciplinary process. However, their court case continues and…
Accused number one, Jacquen Appollis in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping case. 1 minute The lawyer representing Jacquen Appollis in the Joshlin Smith’s kidnapping and human trafficking case had insisted that his client’s actions were influenced by drugs. Court proceedings in mitigation and aggravation of sentence got under way earlier today in the High Court in…
