Lewis Hamilton looks on after a tough qualifying session at the Hungaroring. Despite Lewis Hamilton’s recent comments referring to himself as “absolutely useless”, Ferrari Team Principal, Fred Vasseur defended the 7-time World Champion, saying he is “frustrated but not demotivated.” On Saturday, during the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend, Hamilton failed to make it past Q2…
FILE | Lusikisiki mass murder suspects The trial of six men accused of the murder of 18 people in the Ngobozana village in Lusikisiki last year, is expected to continue in the High Court in Mthatha sitting in a local magistrate’s court in the Eastern Cape today. The accused are facing charges including, murder, attempted…
Gavel and judge’s chair The trial of a former pre-school teacher is expected to start in the High Court in Johannesburg this morning. Amber Lee Hughes is facing two counts of rape and one count of murder. She has confessed to killing her ex-boyfriend’s four-year-old daughter but pleaded not guilty to the rape charges. The…
The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has heard that the families and survivors of apartheid-era gross human rights violations cannot be expected to put their case on hold pending the outcome of the Commission of Inquiry tasked with probing whether there was any political interference in the prosecution of TRC cases. This comes after President…
Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Alvin Botes, delivering the keynote address at the seminar on The United Nations at 80. Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Alvin Botes, says South Africa is confident that a deal will be brokered between Washington and Pretoria regarding tariffs imposed by the US. South Africa…
Rain droplets. The Emergency Services in Johannesburg says it remains on high alert, monitoring the seven regions of the city for any fire incidents among other eventualities. This comes after the South African Weather Service issued a Yellow Alert Level 3 for severe thunderstorms in Gauteng with a 60% chance of rain occurring in Tshwane….
Stock image of an accident scene. Two major multi-vehicle crashes brought traffic to a standstill on the N3 Toll Route on Wednesday night. The first, a pileup involving four trucks, forced the complete closure of Van Reenen Pass near Windy Corner, a critical freight artery between Gauteng and Durban. Hours later, a second crash blocked…
A hitman and three officials of the Alfred Duma Local Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal have been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of the municipality’s civil engineer. Oscar Hlatshwayo was murdered in a drive-by shooting in Ladysmith in 2019. Hlatshwayo was at the time of his murder an Executive Director in the Engineering and Infrastructure…
High school student out of class. The Northern Cape Department of Education says it has assembled a task team to probe the reasons behind the high dropout rate of school learners. In the first quarter of the year, over 4 000 learners dropped out of schools in the province. Officials say the learners were still…
Illegal miners appear in the Barberton Magistrate’s Court in Mpumalanga on August 4, 2025. The 24 illegal miners who resurfaced at the Sheba Gold Mine in Barberton, Mpumalanga, on Monday are expected to appear in the local Magistrate’s court today. Twenty-eight others resurfaced yesterday and will appear in court tomorrow. Those arrested are facing charges…
