# The Independent Police Investigative Directorate has arrested policeman Mandla Buthelezi, accused of murdering his girlfriend, Gauteng Crime Warden Chesnay Keppler, last December. IPID spokesperson Lizzy Suping says Buthelezi was taken into custody at the High Court in Johannesburg today for alleged intimidation. She confirmed he will remain detained at Moroka Police Station until his […]
# The South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee is expected to meet next week to discuss inflation and the repo rate. Economists predict the repo rate will remain steady at seven-percent as inflation has climbed to 3.5-percent, its highest in ten months. BetterBond’s Bradd Bendall says the property market momentum is building, with home […]
# Three children aged between nine and eleven have been killed after a taxi ploughed into a crèche in Imbali, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. According to SABC News, eleven others sustained injuries, with two in critical condition. It is believed the driver lost control before the crash. Emergency services rushed to the scene to assist the injured, […]
# The Constitutional Court has made a historic ruling that men can now legally adopt their wives’ surnames, declaring parts of Section 26 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act unconstitutional. The case, brought by two couples, argued discrimination on gender. Justice Leona Theron said the norm was rooted in colonial patriarchy placing women in […]
# Cape Town’s Wiggle Room restaurant has launched a first-of-its-kind dining concept where its Spotify playlists shape the menu. According to the Good Things Guy, every two to three days, the 12-seat venue transforms one night, serving prawn toast that looks like album art, the next a cured dish echoing smooth jazz. Chef Ishmael Amos […]
# AfriForum Youth will today hand over a petition to North-West University management, protesting the institution’s refusal to condemn the Kill the Boer chant. The demand, first sent to vice-chancellor Bismark Tyobeka in June, follows the chant being sung outside residences on the Potchefstroom campus. AfriForum’s Yvonne Gerber says they also called for disciplinary action […]
# Tourism minister Patricia de Lille says South Africa is ready for infrastructure projects. Speaking at the launch of the Tourism Investment Summit in Cape Town, she noted that local startups attracted over 682-million-rand in venture capital between 2019 and 2024, over half of Africa’s total in tourism solutions. De Lille pledged commitment to the […]
# The Department of Tourism aims to diversify attractions, including sports tourism. Speaking on the sidelines of the launch of the first Tourism Investment Summit, Tourism minister Patricia de Lille told SABC News that partnerships with the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture will leverage events like LIV Golf in March next year and the […]
# A Mozambican traditional healer, Aizeque Zacaria Cumbuia, has abandoned his bail bid at the Ga-Rankuwa Magistrate’s Court in Tshwane. The 26-year-old faces a charge of possession of human tissue after police allegedly discovered body parts in his practice room in August. The National Prosecuting Authority’s Lumka Mahanjana says the find was linked to a […]
