# KZN police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has welcomed the ten-year prison sentence handed to former SAPS detective, captain Roshanlal Banawo, by the Newcastle Magistrate’s Court. He was convicted of plotting to kill Umzinyathi commissioner Francis Slambert who survived two assassination attempts in 2023. Two suspects turned state witnesses and were acquitted. The commissioner says the […]
# Former police detective Roshanlal Banawo has been sentenced to ten-years in prison by the Newcastle Magistrate’s Court in KwaZulu-Natal for conspiring to murder Umzinyathi’s district commissioner. Francis Slambert survived two assassinations attempts in 2023. Banawo was dismissed from the force in 2021 after 39-years, six months before his retirement, over drug links. Judge Ian […]
# The National Consumer Commission has announced urgent vehicle recalls affecting top brands across South Africa. Jeep Wrangler and Chrysler 300C models from 2014 to 2016 face dangerous Takata airbag defects. Citroën 2009 to 2016, Mercedes-Benz 2020 and 2023, Audi from October 2021, Volkswagen since April 2025 and Volvo models 2020 to 2022 are impacted […]
# South Africa is hosting for the first time the International Forum of Terrorism Risk Insurance Pools Conference 2025 at the Cape Town Convention Centre. Organised by the South African Special Risk Insurance Association, the event brings together 12 countries to discuss global risk resilience. Sasria CEO Mpumelelo Tyikwe says this includes challenges in terrorism […]
# The DA has strongly criticised the closure of Hans Masibe Primary School in Mapela Village, Mokgalakwena Municipality, due to a scheduled meeting by the South African Democratic Teachers Union. DA provincial spokesperson for Education, Jacques Smalle, stated that shutting down the school for a union meeting infringes upon learners’ constitutional right to basic education, […]
# ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says president Cyril Ramaphosa’s planned working visit to the US will denounce the claims of genocide against white Afrikaners. He was speaking at the sidelines at the ANC’s Duma Nokwe Memorial Lecture, in the Sedibeng Municipality in Gauteng. Mbalula emphasised to SABC News the visit will show South Africa’s sovereignty […]
# State-owned defence group Denel has reinstated Acting Group chief financial officer, Thandeka Sabela, after an independent investigation cleared her of all charges following a precautionary suspension last year. Denel confirmed Sabela’s return as part of its leadership team, reaffirming her role in the organisation’s growth and delivery of defence and technology solutions. Sabela, who […]
# Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi has confirmed the reclamation of 15 illegally occupied buildings in the Johannesburg central business district. He says these structures are set to be demolished and rebuilt. An estimated 413 such buildings have been identified across the province. Lesufi highlighted that many of these buildings are occupied by undocumented foreign nationals, […]
# The National Transport Department has confirmed extended working hours at the Driving License Card Agency to address a backlog of over 740-thousand unprinted driving license cards. This follows the repair of the agency’s printing machine, which had been out of service since February. Department spokesperson Collen Msibi says that efforts to procure new machines […]
