# Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane has condemned the killing of former world boxing champion Zolani “Last Born” Tete. Tete was shot outside his Mdantsane home yesterday evening after two armed suspects opened fire as Tete waited for his gate to open. A 27-year-old female passenger was injured and hospitalised. Tete was expected to return […]
# Police in the Eastern Cape are investigating the fatal shooting of former world boxing champion Zolani “Last Born” Tete in KuGumpo City. He held the IBF junior-bantamweight title from 2014 to 2015 and also the WBO bantamweight title from 2017 to 2019. The 38-year-old was attacked outside his home yesterday evening while waiting for […]
# KwaZulu-Natal Hawks officer Deenadayalan Govender revealed to the Madlanga Commission that firearms, drugs, ammunition and almost 400-thousand-rand in cash were recovered from the Morningside flat where taxi boss Bevan Loftus and four others were killed in a raid on 1st April 2023. Govender said 197 rounds of ammunition, an R5 rifle, two AK47s and […]
# The African Independent Congress has announced Margaret Arnolds as its mayoral candidate for the City of Johannesburg in the November 4 Local Government Elections. Arnolds is the current Speaker of the Johannesburg Council, having been re-elected in July 2025 with 137 votes. The AIC councillor has served in Johannesburg’s political leadership for several years, […]
# Eskom says its turnaround is gaining momentum, with the energy availability factor reaching 72.56-percent for the past week and 67.79-percent year-to-date, its highest level since 2020. Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says unplanned outages have fallen by 39.2-percent year-on-year. Seven provinces have also been removed from the load-reduction schedule, benefiting about 1.2-million customers. She says […]
# Political analyst Ntsikelelo Breakfast says the ANC selection of mayoral candidates this weekend is important as the party has suffered a significant decline in support at local government level. The ANC is launching its 2026 Local Government Elections Manifesto this weekend in Diepsloot, Gauteng. Breakfast told the SABC that the party has struggled with […]
# KwaZulu-Natal Hawks officer Deenadayalan Govender has denied allegations that Anti-Gang Unit members were responsible for the deaths of taxi boss and tow-truck businessman Bevan Loftus and four others at a Morningside flat in Durban. Govender told the Madlanga Commission that his team was outside the flat when tactical police entered. He said he was […]
# KwaZulu-Natal Hawks officer Deenadayalan “Deena” Govender played an audio recording at the Madlanga Commission, which he says captures attempts to pressure him into implicating Provincial Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. Govender alleged that Mavuso Ntandane, an associate of suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu threatened him with arrest and lengthy imprisonment if he did not cooperate. […]
# Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa says infrastructure development must remain a priority in strengthening economic cooperation with South Africa. Addressing the South Africa-Zimbabwe Bi-National Commission, Mnangagwa called for fast-tracking of the construction of a third Limpopo Bridge to improve trade and migration. Mnangagwa welcomed progress on the Beitbridge one-stop border post, calling for bold action […]
