1 minute The trial of three accused in the disappearance of seven-year-old Joshlin Smith in the Western Cape Circuit High Court sitting at Saldanha Bay on the Cape West Coast continues. Live stream below:
Dricus Du Plessis (blue gloves) celebrates defeating Sean Strickland (red glove) during UFC 297 at ScotiaBank Arena, January 20, 2024. 1 minute South Africa’s UFC World middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis has made a second successful defence of his title in a rematch with former champion, Sean Strickland of the United States. Du Plessis who…
Deputy National Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Rodney de Kock. 1 minute Deputy National Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Rodney de Kock has passed on. De Kock was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer in December last year. He passed on in Morningside Mediclinic in Johannesburg on Monday. With a career spanning over…
International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola addresses a joint ministerial press briefing on the US Tariffs, August 4, 2025. International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola says South African exports do not compete with the United States producers and do not pose a threat to US industry. Lamola says the country is responding to US tariffs with a…
JMPD and Environmental Health officers issued a fine to the owner of a shop for trading without a certificate in Hillbrow. 1 minute Two girls have died of suspected food poisoning on the outskirts of Mahikeng in the North West. The girls who are aged between eight and ten are believed to be siblings. Reports…
[FILE] The lockdowns have also revealed a deeper crisis for families with young children, especially in low and middle-income countries, many of whom were already unable to access social protection services. 2 minutes Child protection organisations have raised concerns about the increasing number of young people experiencing mental health challenges, as South Africa observes Child…
Man in Mpumalanga sentenced to 15 years of rape. The Boschfontein Regional Court in Nkomazi, Mpumalanga, has sentenced a 26-year-old man to 15 years in prison for two counts of rape. Pikinini Solvent Phesane was already serving a 15-year sentence for a separate rape case. The Boschfontein regional court sentenced Pheshane for the two offences…
Mother arrested after handing over a suitcase with her child’s body inside. 1 minute A suspect arrested for being in possession of R1-million worth of illicit gold and over R300 000 in cash in Johannesburg will appear in a local magistrate’s court on Monday. Hawks’ spokesperson Christopher Singo says officers made the arrest after receiving…
A picture of Amantle Samane during her funeral service on 31 October 2024. 1 minute The case of a man accused of raping and murdering a six-year-old girl, in Soweto, Gauteng, has been postponed to the 27th of January 2025 in the Protea Magistrate’s Court. Mozambican national Pethe Simiao was arrested last month after a warrant of…
National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola. National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola has disputed an assertion made by Police Minister Senzo Mchunu that political killings in the country did not occur after 1994. Masemola is testifying at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria. He says Mchunu’s statements labelling political killings as just murders post…
