# The High Court in Pretoria dismissed former National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s application for a discharge under Section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Act. She faces 12 counts of corruption and one of money laundering. Mapisa-Nqakula allegedly received 4.5-million-rand in kickbacks from Defence Force contractor Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu between 2016 and 2019, when she was […]
# Gauteng households face a week of load reduction cuts from 7 to 14 September. According to Eskom’s schedule, power will be cut daily between 05:00 to 09:00 and 17:00 to 22:00. Today areas including Vereeniging, Sharpeville and Sebokeng were cut in the morning, while Orange Farm, Stretford Ext 2, Sharpeville, Sebokeng and Zonkizizwe, Protea […]
# The National Prosecuting Authority is ready to proceed with the firearm case against TV personality Molemo Maarohanye, known as Jub Jub. He faces charges linked to an alleged altercation with an e-hailing driver on 14 June. NPA spokesperson Magaboke Mohlatlole confirms Maarohanye appeared before the Germiston Magistrates’ Court in Gauteng today after failing to […]
# Two farm attacks have raised rural safety concerns in Stellenbosch and the Cape Winelands. According to reports, a highly coordinated attack occurred in the Klapmuts area over the weekend, where six-armed men broke into a farmhouse, assaulted a couple with cable ties before stealing valuables. Separately, Western Cape police spokesperson Captain Frederick van Wyk […]
# Reading campaign Nal’ibali has been honoured with the Literacy Association of South Africa’s highest award, the Significant Contribution to Literacy Award. The organisation received the award in recognition of its sustained work advancing literacy through reading and storytelling. Nal’ibali says the award acknowledges collective efforts to promote a culture of reading and expand access […]
# The Western Cape Mobility Department welcomes a landmark peace agreement signed by taxi associations CATA and CODETA after weeks of deadly taxi violence. The truce follows fatal attacks linked to a dispute over the lucrative Somerset West route. Spokesperson Muneera Allie says the department expects all parties to honour their commitments. She warns that […]
# Police in Gauteng arrested three suspects for possession of explosives. The intelligence-driven operation was conducted in Matholesville, Roodepoort. SAPS spokesperson Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi says 88 safety fuses, 62 blasting cartridges and 400 metres of detonating cord worth 160-thousand-rand were recovered. She says the suspects, all Zimbabwean nationals, are allegedly linked to ATM bombings, cash-in-transit robberies […]
# The South African Police Service in the Western Cape today honoured Captain Zamani Mzayiya who was killed in the line of duty. The 50-year-old was shot dead during a shootout with a suspect in Knysna last week. He was part of a team deployed after a spate of fatal shootings in the area. A […]
# The High Court in Pretoria sentenced serial killer Rassie Nkuna and dismissed police official Jacob Chego to four life terms each for the murders of six-month pregnant Sabeiliwe Mogashoa and her husband Lucky in Pretoria in March 2022. They faced 12 charges, including murder, kidnapping and fraud. The couple was killed for their car […]
