Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues

Outside the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria. 1 minute The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial is expected to resume today at the High Court in Pretoria. Five men are on trial for the 2014 murder of the football star. Defence lawyer for accused number one, Muzi Sibiya, has tried to poke some holes in the…

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Multi-million rand asbestos trial postponed

A gavel and a block in a court room. 1 minute The R255 million asbestos trial in the Free State High Court which resumed this morning has been postponed to tomorrow following a brief appearance. This is to allow the prosecution to prepare written submissions replying to accused 17 Moroadi Cholota‘s request to have a…

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‘Communications Committee to make SABC Bill a priority this year’

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Head office in Auckland Park, Johannesburg on January 26, 2025. 2 minutes Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies, Khusela Sangoni-Diko, says Parliament hopes to finalise the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Bill by June this year. She made the comments during a media briefing of…

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Enyobeni inquest postponed to Thursday

[File Image] Forensic personnel investigate after the deaths of patrons found inside the Enyobeni Tavern, in Scenery Park, outside East London in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa, June 26, 2022. 1 minute The Enyobeni inquest has been adjourned until Thursday for the continuation of the video footage viewing. A video footage of the night…

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Mabuza fondly remembered by Mpumalanga residents

Former DP David Mabuza at former Minister Zola Skweyiya’s memorial service in 2018. Residents of Phola Trust in Masoyi, Mpumalanga, have spoken highly of former Deputy President David Mabuza following his passing on Thursday. Mabuza, who grew up in Phola, died in a Johannesburg hospital in Gauteng at the age of 64 following a short illness. The…

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Seven killed in Kanana mass shooting

Seven people have been killed in a mass shooting at a residence in the Kanana Informal Settlement in Gugulethu, on the Cape Flats, in the early hours of this morning. Police spokesperson Andre Traut says South African Police Service (SAPS) members on patrol were alerted to a shooting. Traut says that upon arrival at the…

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Bodies of two drowning victims retrieved in KZN

NSRI members during a rescue 1 minute The bodies of a teenager and a man—believed to have drowned in separate incidents—have been retrieved from different areas along the KwaZulu-Natal south coast. The male teenager disappeared at Pennington Beach on Wednesday. In the second incident, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) in Port Edward was on…

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