# The South African under-20 football team are arriving in Chile today for the U-20 World Cup. Coach Raymond Mdaka praised his versatile 21-man squad as they face France, the US, and New Caledonia in the group stage. Crowned the 2025 COSAFA U20 winners and lifting the CAF U20 Men’s Africa Cup of Nations trophy, […]
# The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company is inviting South Africans to celebrate Heritage Day with flavour and fun at the Heritage Braai Day, from 11am to 5pm today. Due to adverse weather, the cable car is closed, but festivities continue at the Lower Station with food, prizes, and entertainment. Executive Director Selma Hercules says […]
# Eastern Cape police have taken five suspects in for questioning after an 18-year-old Grade 12 learner from Humansdorp High School was fatally stabbed this morning. Police spokesperson Majola Nkohli says a violent altercation among learners broke out leaving one learner with fatal stab wounds. The victim was declared dead at the scene. Nkohli confirmed […]
# National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola has welcomed the Pietermaritzburg High Court’s sentencing of hitman Sabelo Phewa to two life terms for the 2017 murder of Richmond Municipal Manager Sibusiso Sithole. Sithole was probing municipal corruption specifically concerning tenders and kickbacks when he was gunned down. The police’s political killings task team linked Phewa […]
# The High Court in Pietermaritzburg has handed double life sentences to hitman Sabelo Phewa for the 2017 murder of Richmond Municipal manager, Sibusiso Sithole. Sithole was gunned down outside the Richmond Licensing Office while en-route to a meeting to discuss an investigation into rampant fraud and corruption within the municipality, specifically concerning tenders and […]
# Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have announced their withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, accusing it of serving as a tool of neocolonial repression. The military-led nations, already split from the Economic Community of West African States and aligned under the Alliance of Sahel States, are also strengthening ties with Russia. The move comes […]
# The South African National Energy Development Institute says government may use the Expropriation Act to acquire land for its transmission network expansion. Energy secretariat head Sampson Mamphweli told the Energy Indaba in Pretoria that negotiations with landowners often lead to inflated costs, delaying projects. He says the Act allows expropriation when negotiations fail, ensuring […]
# Correctional Services minister Pieter Groenewald has emphasised the need to balance victims’ rights with inmates’ rehabilitation and reintegration. This comes as delegates at the National Parole Summit in Pretoria are interrogating current parole legislation. This includes outdated manual data systems and backlogs as major obstacles. Groenewald emphasised the importance of stakeholders across the justice […]
# Basic Education minister Siviwe Gwarube has taken urgent steps to safeguard learners following reports of sexual abuse in Eastern Cape schools and disruptions by the Dudula movement. At St John’s College, seven educators accused of abuse have been suspended, while JS Skenjana Senior Secondary faces a fresh probe. Gwarube’s spokesperson Terence Khala stressed schools […]
