The Cape Town Magistrate’s Court. Six of the eight learners from Milnerton High School in Cape Town, allegedly involved in a bullying incident, have been granted R2,000 bail each, with conditions. The suspects appeared in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court today. The learners are each facing eight charges of assault with intent to do bodily grievous harm….
File image: Silver handcuffs. 2 minutes Free State Police have arrested a 42-year-old man who was seen with a banner trying to stop other truck drivers on the N3 road near Harrismith. Police say they have been monitoring the situation following threats by members of the All Truck Drivers Forum and Allied South Africa (ATDF-ASA)…
Marikana informal settlement fire 1 minute The sole survivor of the fire that killed six family members, including a one-year-old, at the Marikana informal settlement in KwaThema, Ekurhuleni, is being treated in hospital after sustaining critical burn wounds. Emergency services responded to the blaze in the early hours of the morning. The survivor, a seven-year-old…
Postbank employees assist social grant beneficiaries. 1 minute Today is the deadline for all beneficiaries of the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) to switch from the agency’s gold card to the Postbank’s black card. The migration process has left some grant recipients frustrated. Long queues and under-staffing have plagued assistance centres across the country,…
File | Whistleblower phrase written in wooden blocks. The third and final G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group is being held at the Kruger National Park in Mpumalanga. The head of the Special Investigating Unit Advocate (SIU), Andy Mothibi, will co-chair the three-day meeting with Marcelo Pontes Vianna, the Secretary for Private Sector Integrity at the Office…
A police officer in the Nothern Cape is accused of raping a minor. 2 minutes Organisations fighting against Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) in the Northern Cape have criticised police for allowing an officer arrested for the alleged rape of a teenage girl to return to work. The policeman was accused of raping the 15-year-old…
Police Minister, Senzo Mchunu (Left) in Soshanguve, Pretoria on March 25, 2025. 1 minute Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has arrived in Soshanguve, Pretoria where five patrollers were gunned down and eight others wounded in an informal settlement early Saturday morning. Police say the members of a Community Policing Forum (CPF) had gathered ahead of their…
Person behind bars. The Free State High Court in Bloemfontein has sentenced 52-year-old Sello Cedric Pinkoane to 14 years’ imprisonment for fraud and money laundering worth R64.8 million. Hawks spokesperson Zweli Mohobeleli says in January 2017, the accused approached an elderly businesswoman with a business proposition. He claimed to have secured a lucrative tender with…
National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola says a firearm allegedly used in two of the three double murders in Kraaifontein in Cape Town has been found in the possession of three foreign nationals in a spaza shop in the area. They have been arrested for the illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition. The arrests…
The Democratic Alliance (DA) marches against the Employment Equity Amendment Act on July 26, 2023. 1 minute Democratic Alliance (DA) Federal Council Chairperson Helen Zille has defended their court challenge against the Employment Equity Amendment Act (EEAA). The DA will this morning head to the High Court in Pretoria to challenge the Act. The party…
