FILE: Crime scene. 2 minutes Police are investigating a murder case following the discovery of a mutilated body of a 14-year-old girl in Durban Deep, Roodepoort in western Johannesburg. A passerby notified police after finding body under a shrub yesterday. Police say in a statement that the suspects are unknown. The Tshegofatso Pule Foundation has…
IFP supporters The IFP has retained ward 23 of the Abaqulusi Municipality at Vryheid in the north of KwaZulu-Natal in a by-election, in the process widening its margin of support. Yesterday’s by-election was held after IFP ward councillor, XJ Zungu passed away in April this year. According to the IEC, the IFP secured 51% of…
Sixteen-year-old Retshegofetse Sennelo passed away on Saturday. 3 minutes Friends and family have bid farewell to 16-year-old Krugersdorp High School cricket player, Retshegofetse Sennelo. The teenager died last week after colliding with his teammate in an attempt to intercept a ball during a cricket match at Christian Brothers’ College in Boksburg, on Gauteng’s East Rand….
ANC flag 1 minute The ANC in the Eastern Cape recently hosted the 60th anniversary of the execution of three struggle stalwarts. Vuyisile Mini, Wilson Khayingo and Zinakile Mkaba were the first three members of the ANC’s military arm to be executed by the apartheid government on November 6, 1964, at the Pretoria Central Prison….
File image: Silver handcuffs. 2 minutes Free State Police have arrested a 42-year-old man who was seen with a banner trying to stop other truck drivers on the N3 road near Harrismith. Police say they have been monitoring the situation following threats by members of the All Truck Drivers Forum and Allied South Africa (ATDF-ASA)…
[File image] 1 minute The Free State Department of Education says there is no difference between the curriculum taught at special needs schools and mainstream schools, and that teachers undergo annual training. This comes in response to allegations by the Free State Deaf Association that some educators at schools for the deaf in the province…
The three accused in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping trial seen appearing before court. 4 minutes Proceedings in the Joshlin Smith trial will resume on Tuesday in the Western Cape High Court, sitting in Saldanha Bay. This past week, one of the kidnapping and human trafficking accused, Jacquen Appollis, testified. He remained steadfast on his claims…
A person in handcuffs. 1 minute Longwe Twala, the son of music producer, Sello ‘Chicco’ Twala has been re-arrested. This after he failed to appear in court last month after he was released from custody when his lawyers argued he was not a flight risk. A warrant for his arrest was then issued. In September,…
[File image] The Randburg Magistrate’s Court. The bail application of 12 SANDF Special Task Force members accused of the murder of Hawks investigator Frans Mathipa is under way in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg. The bail hearing was rolled over to today to allow for the verification of the address of one of the…
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana during a media briefing. 2 minutes Senior Policy Specialist Neil Coleman has called on Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to resign for misleading the country. Godongwana has been criticized for suggesting reducing the COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grants or raise the Value Added Tax (VAT). This issue has dominated public…
