MK Party leader and former president Jacob Zuma appears before the Pietermaritzburg High Court on 04 December 2025. Legal analyst Melusi Kulu says the latest court ruling against former President Jacob Zuma marks a significant turning point in how South Africa handles unlawful state-funded legal expenses. On Thursday, Justice Anthony Millar ruled that Zuma must settle…
Crime Intelligence Head Dumisani Khumalo. Crime Intelligence Head, Dumisani Khumalo says when he was appointed to lead the division, he found abuse of funds, fraud and corrupt practices. Khumalo is appearing before the Ad Hoc Committee probing allegations of criminality, political interference and corruption in the criminal justice system. He is also the Project Manager…
Businessman Brown Mogotsi testifying at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. The Madlanga Commission is set to resume its hearings, on Wednesday, 4 March 2026, at 9:30 am with a ruling on North West Businessman, Brown Mogotsi’s medical certificate. This after Mogotsi was a no-show before the probe on Monday, and he was given until the…
SAPS crime scene graphic. Four people, including a 13-year-old child, have been shot dead in Delft on the Cape Flats in Cape Town. Western Cape Police Spokesperson Andre Traut says they appear to have been killed execution-style in a suspected gang-related incident which happened on Wednesday. Traut says, “Police responded to a shooting at a…
AmaZulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini. Zulu cultural analyst Khaya Ndwandwe says King Misizulu kaZwelithini‘s rivals should accept defeat after the Constitutional Court ruled in favour of the legitimacy of the Zulu monarch. The apex court dismissed an application for leave to appeal by a faction of the Zulu royal family. They wanted to appeal the October…
Former ANC Youth Leage secretary general Sindiso Magaqa. The family of the late former African National Congress Youth League Secretary-General, Sindiso Magaqa, has welcomed the sentencing of Sbusiso Ncengwa who pleaded guilty to his murder. Ncengwa has been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment for Magaqa’s murder by the Pietermaritzburg Magistrate’s Court. Ncengwa faced 11 charges…
ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the gala dinner 1 minute African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa says the party will use the January 8 celebrations to reflect on the party’s setbacks in the 2024 national and provincial elections and how it can claw back its traditional support. He was speaking at the party’s fund-raising…
Handcuffs hung on prison bars. 2 minutes A 63-year-old man has started to serve his life term after the Mitchells Plain Regional Court on the Cape Flats sentenced him yesterday. He pleaded guilty to the rape of his then 13-year-old granddaughter. National Prosecuting Authority Spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila says the man was out on parole for raping his daughter a…
President Cyril Ramaphosa President Cyril Ramaphosa has conveyed his condolences to the Lekota family. He says he and the late Congress of the People, COPE, leader Mosioua Lekota have come a long way as activists. Lekota died in the early hours of Wednesday morning at a hospital in Midrand, Johannesburg. He was an anti-apartheid activist…
Sign with the word ‘Missing”. Mpumalanga police are looking for a three-year-old child with a speech and hearing impairment who went missing in Masoyi near White River yesterday afternoon. Provincial police spokesperson Jabu Ndubane says the child was last seen playing outside his home. Ndubane says the child’s father and other members of the community…
