Former IPID head Robert McBride. Tempers flared at the Ad Hoc Committee investigating criminality in the criminal justice system after former Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) head Robert McBride refused to disclose his current employment, citing legal restrictions. His utterances angered several Members of Parliament (MPs). McBride had earlier submitted what he described as an outdated…
Booysens Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg. Two people have been killed and several others injured following a shooting at the Booysens Magistrates’ Court, south of Johannesburg, earlier today. A heavy police presence has been deployed outside the court. It is understood that a lawyer was among those shot outside the court premises. The motive for the…
The late Orlando Pirates and Bafana Bafana goalkeeper, Senzo Meyiwa. Defence witness Sifiso Zungu has referred to accused number two in the Senzo Meyiwa trial, Bongani Ntanzi, as a friend, while he is related to some of the accused. Gwabini is under cross-examination at the High Court in Pretoria, where Ntanzi and four others are…
South African money The salaries of public office bearers will be increased by 4.1% and 3.8% in different categories. The determination has been made by President Cyril Ramaphosa and is set to come into effect on April 1, 2026. The increase follows the recommendation by the Independent Commission for Remuneration of Public Office Bearers. The…
Economic Freedom Party (EFF) Julius Malema’s absence at Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee looking into concerns around national security. Proceedings of Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee looking into concerns around national security started with former Independent Police Investigating Directorate (IPID) Head Robert McBride taking the stand. However, the hearings took a dramatic turn after the Economic Freedom…
A broken windscreen. The death toll from this morning’s collision between a scholar transport vehicle and a truck in Vanderbijlpark in the Vaal, has risen to 14 after another learner died in hospital. This after a scholar transport vehicle carrying pupils collided with a a truck this morning. Earlier, Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane said…
Dusk falls on the popular V&A Waterfront district in Cape Town. The City of Cape Town says the increased visitor numbers in the city are a strong indicator that co-ordinated efforts between government and the aviation industry are delivering improved results. The Cape Town International Airport has seen a surge of 11 million visitor numbers…
The scene of a deadly scholar transport crash in Vanderbijlpark on 19 January 2026. Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane says preliminary investigations into the cause of the scholar transport crash in Vanderbijlpark indicate that the driver was attempting to overtake multiple vehicles when a head-on collision with a truck occurred. The crash claimed the lives of 13 learners. Five other learners were injured, with…
The Letaba River in Limpopo is over flowing. Matric learners at the Sekgoari Secondary School at Ga-Modjadji village in Bolobedu, Limpopo, have expressed concern that their academic year was delayed due to flooding. The opening of the schools in the flood-hit areas in Mopani, Vhembe and parts of Sekhukhune districts was halted due to persistent…
Former IPID Head Robert McBride is appearing before the Ad Hoc Committee investigating allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the justice system. LIVESTREAM:
