A gavel used in a court of law. 2 minutes The Nongoma Regional Court in northern KwaZulu-Natal has sentenced a 15-year-old boy to 43 years imprisonment. He had been found guilty of committing a string of serious crimes including the illegal possession of a firearm and robbery. This after the boy had murdered the principal…
A gavel and a cone in a court room. 1 minute Longwe Twala, the son of music legend Sello Chicco Twala, appeared in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court. His case has been postponed to Wednesday next week. Longwe was rearrested yesterday, after failing to appear in court last month following his release from custody. At that…
[File Image]: Gold miners work deep underground at Sibanye Gold’s Masimthembe shaft in Westonaria, South Africa, April 3, 2017. 1 minute The Tshiamiso Trust has called on former gold mineworkers and their families to verify their eligibility for compensation due to permanent lung damage from silicosis or work-related tuberculosis (TB). The trust manages claims for…
KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi briefing the media in Durban. 3 minutes KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi says further arrests are expected in the investigation into the murder of rapper Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes in Durban. Mkhwanazi was briefing the media in Durban. Forbes and his friend, Tebello Motsoane, were gunned down outside a restaurant in…
Police arrest two Ethiopian nationals, seize three vehicles and recover counterfeit goods worth more than R10 million in Mpumalanga. 2 minutes Two Ethiopian nationals are set to appear in the White River Magistrate’s Court in Mpumalanga today on charges of possessing counterfeit goods and money laundering. The suspects were arrested on Monday at a storage…
File Image: England head coach Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes during practice Cricket at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot, India on February 14, 2024. 4 minutes England head to New Zealand for the second time under locally-born captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum looking to revive the momentum of Bazball against a Blacks Caps…
AG Tsakani Maluleke 2 minutes Auditor General Tsakani Maluleke says there has been an improvement in the audit outcomes of national and provincial departments for the 2023/24 financial year. Maluleke was briefing a joint meeting of parliament’s finance chairpersons on Tuesday. While there has been a general improvement in audit and accounting processes, she has…
File image: An e-tolls gantry on a Johannesburg road in the evening. 1 minute Gauteng Economic Development MEC Lebogang Maile says the cost of servicing the e-tolls debt has severely affected the province’s budget. He says despite this the budget is fairly healthy. Maile delivered Gauteng’s medium-term budget in the provincial legislature yesterday. He says,…
The inside view of a spaza shop on Alexandra Road in Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal during a joint compliance visit and inspection by Fidelity ADT and the SAPS on 14 November 2024. 1 minute The Township Economic Commission of South Africa (TECSA) has issued a warning to citizens allegedly registering tuck shops on behalf of undocumented…
1 minute The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has decided to cancel the Cuban Medical Training Programme, describing it as wasteful expenditure. The South African Military Health Service says it will not send additional medical students to Cuba. But it says students that are already there will be allowed to complete their medical courses….
