[File photo] Hospital ward The six initiates and a traditional surgeon, who were injured after a fire engulfed their initiation school at Maake near Tzaneen in Limpopo, are recovering in hospital. They were taken to the CN Phatudi hospital after suffering minor to severe burns. One initiate who suffered severe burn wounds has been transferred…
File image: Freedom Front Plus (FF+) Leader, Dr. Corné Mulder speaks at Parliament. FF Plus leader Dr. Corné Mulder says their trip to the United States brings a message of hope. Mulder accuses President Cyril Ramaphosa and his delegation of acting prematurely when they went on a state visit to the United States of America…
The woman in court for alleged baby snatching at a mall in Cape Town. The 37-year-old woman who allegedly abducted a newborn baby from a Bellville mall in Cape Town over the weekend will apply for bail on the 10th of July. The woman made a brief appearance in the Bellville Magistrate’s court on Thursday….
Workers striking The SA Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) in the North West has threatened strike action at the Rustenburg Local Municipality, should the municipality fail to upgrade salaries of their members to grade 7. SAMWU demands that the municipality implement the 2010 council resolutions that directed that workers’ salaries, currently at grade 5, to be…
Gautrain A looming major strike is threatening to disrupt Gautrain services, as the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) secures a strike certificate following the collapse of wage talks with the Bombela Operating Company. Workers are demanding a 7% wage hike and improved allowances, citing rising living costs. NUMSA accuses management of arrogance,…
A customer keys in an electricity token. Johannesburg power utility City Power says it will cushion poor, low-income households from paying increased service and availability charges as new tariffs kicked in this week. City Power customers are now paying an increase of 12,41% for electricity in line with the City’s approved tariffs for the 2025/26…
Grade 11 learner from the Martie du Plessis Special Needs School, Kamogelo Baukudi. The five men, who were accused of abducting Kamogelo Baukudi, have indicated that they intend to sue the state as they claim they were assaulted and wrongfully arrested. Legal analyst, Advocate Inez Bezuidenhout says reasonable suspicion alone can prompt arrests. The men…
[File photo] The Department of Health has condemned the actions of groups blocking access to health care facilities to deny treatment to patients who are undocumented foreign nationals. There has been a reported increase in such actions, which are being justified as efforts to ease pressure on the burdened health care system. Department of Health…
The Judicial Service Commission interviews candidates nominated by President Cyril Ramaphosa for the position of Deputy Chief Justice. Live proceedings below:
Court gavel. A man has been sentenced to life in prison by the Douglas Regional Court in the Northern Cape for raping two minors in 2016. Sipho Selowi raped the two girls aged 10 and 12 after he lured them to his shack, having requested them to assist him to look for his misplaced memory…
