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2 minutes The bail application of a 29-year-old man accused of raping and impregnating an 11-year-old girl is expected to resume at the Boksburg Magistrate’s Court, east of Johannesburg today. Last week, the court last week ruled that it would only grant media permission to record audio and not film the court proceedings of the…

[File image] 1 minute Two Eastern Cape healthcare workers were shot dead in Lusikisiki on Wednesday night. According to reports, the couple was stationed at St Elizabeth Hospital. The details about the incident are still sketchy at this point. Eastern Cape health MEC Ntandokazi Capa has expressed shock at the incident and called for an…

1 minute The trial-within-a-trial in the asbestos roof matter continues at the High Court in Bloemfontein. Live proceedings below:

A view inside the High Court in Bloemfontein during the asbestos trial within a trial on 21 May 2025. 1 minute The trial within a trial in the asbestos roof matter continues on Thursday at the High Court in Bloemfontein. Accused number 17 Moroadi Cholota‘s legal representative, Loyiso Makapela, yesterday grilled the second state witness…

6 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa emerged from his meeting with US President Donald Trump with a clear message that there was a firm agreement and undertaking that engagement would continue. The South African delegation struck a positive tone after their closed-door session at the White House, which followed at times dramatic televised scenes in the…

FILE | A child plays in water after heavy rains 1 minute The City of Cape Town’s Disaster Risk Management Centre says persistent rainfall has caused localised flooding in several areas, including Masiphumelele, Khayelitsha and Du Noon. City of Cape Town spokesperson Sonica Lategan says officials have assessed the situation and no residents have been…

2 minutes Eastern Cape Police have arrested two women aged 25 and 26 in connection with the abduction of two infants at Dora Nginza Hospital in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape. The babies are two days and four days old. They were allegedly stolen from the maternity ward on Tuesday night.] In the video below, one…

The asbestos roof removal trial-within-a-trial at the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein on May 7, 2025. 1 minute The investigating officer in the R 255 million asbestos roof removal case has testified in the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein that at no point was Moroadi Cholota pressed to implicate former Free State premier,…

Men sift through the rubble after floods in KZN. 2 minutes The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) says it has systems in place to respond to any incidents following a weather warning of damaging winds in parts of the province. The South African Weather Service issued the warning as a cold…