EFF Tshwane members picket outside the Pretoria High School for Girls on July 30, 2024. 1 minute The case between the School Governing Body (SGB) of the Pretoria High School for Girls and the Gauteng Education Department has been temporarily struck off the roll in the High Court in Pretoria. This comes after the SGB’s…
Judge President Dunstan Mlambo at the JSC interviews for deputy chief justice position. Gauteng High Court Judge President Dustan Mlambo says his age could be used as an advantage to being a deputy to Chief Justice Mandisa Maya. This comes as interviews for the role are under way in Sandton, Johannesburg. Judge President Mlambo is…
Police have launched an investigation following the discovery of a female body in Heidedal in Bloemfontein. It’s reported that two children found the decapitated and partially submerged body floating in a flooded old building while playing. Free State police spokesperson Mahlomola Kareli says an inquest has been opened. “Due to the difficult conditions, the Bloemfontein…
Flood damage in Umlazi 1 minute KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Reverend Thulasizwe Buthelezi will lead relief efforts in Umlazi P Section in eThekwini after recent floods caused mudslides, destroying homes and injuring residents. Supported by social relief partners and senior officials from the Provincial Disaster Management Centre, he will…
Joshlin Smith was reported missing from her home in Saldanha Bay in February 2024. 1 minute The police in the Western Cape say the Joshlin Smith case is not closed. This after Judge Nathan Erasmus on Friday ruled that Joshlin’s mother, Kelly Smith and her co-accused her boyfriend, Jacquen Appollis and their friend, Steveno van…
A picture depicting a drowning. The Mayor of the Maruleng Local Municipality in Limpopo has sent condolences to the families of the two girls who drowned on Friday in the Molomahlapi River in Butswana village outside Tzaneen in Limpopo. Nine-year-old Bonolo Dibakoane and eight-year-old Nothando Mphogo were last seen playing near the river. Mayor Tsheko…
Mogalakwena Municipality building in Limpopo. African National Congress (ANC) councillors in the Mogalakwena Municipality in Mokopane in Limpopo have removed another party’s councillor through a motion of no confidence. Pheladi Oliphant was removed as Speaker during a special council meeting held on Wednesday. The council appointed Josephine Modiba as interim speaker until another council is…
1 minute The reopened inquest into the death of former African National Congress (ANC) president Chief Albert Luthuli resumes in the High Court in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. The Luthuli family is seeking to overturn the findings of the original inquest, which concluded that his death was accidental. Chief Luthuli died in 1967 after allegedly being struck…
Aerial view of the municipality 2 minutes Political parties in Northern Cape have expressed mixed views following the recall of the Mayor of Sol Plaatje Municipality, Kagisho Sonyoni, who was the youngest mayor to occupy the position in the province. Sonyoni was recalled last week and will be replaced by an NCOP member and former…
South Africa’s Matthew Breetzke in action 2 minutes South Africa opening batter Matthew Breetzke broke a 47-year-old record when he made the highest score on one-day international debut with 150 in a losing effort against New Zealand in a Tri-Nations fixture at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Monday. Breetzke, 26, struck 11 fours and five sixes…
