# Swimming: Swimming South Africa has agreed to pay Olympic champion Tatjana Smith the full amount of interest claimed on prize money withheld for more than a year. She won around 560-thousand-400 after securing gold and silver at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Japan. Swimming SA only paid Smith the money after she participated […]
# Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi says he is confident that all those responsible for the murders of the eight women in and around Kempton Park in Ekurhuleni will be brought to justice. A high-level, multidisciplinary police team is investigating the murders, as a 400-thousand-rand reward has been offered for information that could lead to a […]
# Acting National Police Commissioner Puleng Dimpane says a suspect has been arrested in connection with one of the murders committed in Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni, in July, while police are pursuing another person of interest. Eight women’s bodies have been discovered in the metro over the past two months. Dimpane says there are unknown victims, […]
# Police have confirmed the recovery of another body in Ekurhuleni, bringing to eight the number of women’s bodies discovered in the metro over the past two months. The Police Ministry has offered a 400-thousand-rand reward for information that may lead to arrests. Acting Police minister Firoz Cachalia says the murders of the eight women […]
# Government has signed a 16.2-billion-rand loan agreement with the New Development Bank to upgrade infrastructure for the Metropolitan Municipal Services. This is part of the Metro Trading Services Reform Programme, aimed at improving the governance, financial sustainability and operational performance of municipal trading services in metropolitan municipalities, particularly in water and sanitation, electricity and […]
# The ANC has condemned the senseless and brutal killings of women in Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni, saying this brings into sharp focus the devastating reality of gender-based violence and femicide in South Africa. Eight women have been found murdered across the East Rand in recent months. The ANC says police must act urgently to investigate […]
# The United Nations says the deadly Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to spread across the country despite some success in containing it. Seven-thousand-200 Ebola cases have been recorded, with nearly three-thousand-500 deaths. The outbreak is the second most lethal on record, behind one in West Africa that lasted […]
# National Director of Public Prosecution Andy Mothibi has ordered the withdrawal of charges against suspended National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola. He was charged with contravening the Public Finance Management Act in connection with the controversial 228-million-rand Medicare24 tender involving alleged crime boss Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala. National Prosecuting Authority’s spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago says Mothibi’s decision […]
# Ekurhuleni mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza has expressed concern about the fear gripping communities, saying the killing of women in and around the metro has reached a crisis point. Police are investigating the discovery of the bodies of eight women in and around Kempton Park. Detectives and specialised police teams are continuing to examine possible links […]
