Scientific officer Anathi Nkayi works in the research lab at the University of Cape Town’s Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, in Cape Town, South Africa. 1 minute The Independent Financial Advisors Forum (IFAF) has applied for an urgent court interdict to block the City of Johannesburg from proceeding with a tender for a…
Eight suspects arrested for contravention of Immigration Act and for possession of gold bearing material during Operation Vala Umgodi in the Barberton area, Mpumalanga on May 25, 2025. 1 minute Thirty-two suspects have been arrested in Mpumalanga for the Contravention of the Immigration Act and Fraud during the Operation Vala Umgodi over the weekend. According…
Accused in Senzo Meyiwa’s murder 1 minute A new state witness is expected to be called when the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial resumes in the High Court in Pretoria on Monday. This, after defence counsel Charles Mnisi’s cross-examination of lead investigator Brigadier Bongani Gininda was paused. Five men are on trial for gunning down Meyiwa…
Survivors and locals walk past the gutted block at the Usindiso building in Johannesburg after the blaze on August 30, 2023. 1 minute The trial of a man accused of starting the fire at the Usindiso building in Johannesburg that claimed 76 lives in 2023 continues in the High Court in Johannesburg, sitting in Palm…
Xabi Alonso before a match 1 minute Xabi Alonso has been appointed Real Madrid manager, the LaLiga club said on Sunday as the Spaniard returns to the Santiago Bernabeu where he spent six seasons as a player and won several trophies. Alonso has signed a three-year contract until June 2028 and the 43-year-old replaces Carlo Ancelotti, who took…
FILE | President Cyril Ramaphosa during a meeting at the Union Building in Pretoria. 1 minute A 28-year-old suspect is expected to appear at the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court today on charges of intimidation. This follows his arrest in Germiston on the East Rand by the Hawks’ Crime Against The State (CATS) unit after he…
1 minute The man, who manipulated images of prominent people, including the President, by superimposing their faces onto pornographic content before distributing them, has been jailed. The Pietermaritzburg Regional Court has sentenced Thabiso Nene to five years in prison for contravening the Cybercrimes Act. Nene unlawfully downloaded images of the president, a former police minister,…
Minister in the Presidency for Planning Monitoring and Evaluation, Maropene Ramokgopa 3 minutes Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Maropene Ramakgopa, says Africa needs to tackle illicit financial flows, as they reverse the continent’s development. She was speaking to members of the G20 Development Working Group, currently meeting in Durban to address…
Former President Thabo Mbeki 2 minutes Former President Thabo Mbeki has defended the singing of the “Kill the Boer Kill the Farmer” song, saying it is just a chant, and doesn’t mean white farmers must be killed. Speaking to the SABC in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Mbeki says he explained the song during the Truth…
Former Springbok player Cornal Hendricks 1 minute Hundreds of mourners gathered at the NG Kerk in Wellington, Boland, in the Western Cape, to pay their final respects to former Springbok player Cornal Hendricks. The 37-year-old passed away just over a week ago after suffering a heart attack. He had been diagnosed with a heart condition…
