Suspect in police handcuffs Seven suspects have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the killing of seven men in Philippi East on the Cape Flats. The mass shooting incident happened at the Better Life informal settlement last Friday. Western Cape Police Spokesperson André Traut says the suspects, aged between 16 and 22, were arrested…
MKP leader, Jacob Zuma. Constitutional law expert from the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (Casac), Lawson Naidoo, says the dismissal by the Constitutional Court of the application brought by the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) and its leader, Jacob Zuma did not come as a surprise. They wanted to challenge President Cyril…
Scores of Putco buses were torched in Mpumalanga. 2 minutes Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy has expressed great concern about the torching of over 50 Putco buses in the Nkangala District in Mpumalanga last night. A group of unknown armed suspects targeted several depots in the province, and two employees were injured. National Department of…
Protestor holds up anti-rape placard. 2 minutes The family that housed the man who allegedly raped an 11-year-old girl are said to be deeply hurt and disappointed with the accused. The incident happened in Bethanie, outside Brits, over the weekend. On Thursday, the accused, a 36-year-old Lesotho national, made his second appearance in the Brits…
A gavel used in the court of law. 1 minute Five men accused of murder and spiking vehicles on the N1 near Bela-Bela in Limpopo are expected to appear in a local magistrate’s court today. The accused will apply for bail. They were arrested in November last year. The accused – Alberto Lucas, Khoza Khumalo,…
[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…
Joya Apples 2 minutes South Africa will resume large scale apple exports to Thailand again after 16 years. Exports to this market were lost after 2008, following changes in requirements from a trade partner. Ceres, in the Witzenberg Municipality of the Western Cape, provided the first shipment of Joya apples today. Authorities say the establishment of…
Deputy President Paul Mashatile hosts Roundtable on Political and Administrative Interface. 1 minute Deputy President Paul Mashatile has emphasised the need for government to support small businesses which contribute to the country’s economy and provide much needed jobs. Mashatile was speaking at a roundtable discussion at the Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guesthouse in Pretoria. He says…
Speaker of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature, Nontembeko Boyce Speaker of the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Legislature Nontembeko Boyce says they are now revisiting plans to turn around audit outcomes flagged by the Auditor-General in the provincial government. The Auditor-General found that key departments in the province recorded millions in unauthorized spending. These include the Departments of Health and…
Members of POPCRU protesting. 1 minute The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) in Gauteng will embark on a series of rolling pickets at police academies in the province. The pickets are in response to growing concerns around the reported sexual victimization of vulnerable trainees. The union says its protests follows the arrest of…
