# Soccer: AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit says the conviction of former Sekhukhune United player Mokete “Shaune” Mogaila for culpable homicide and failing to render assistance after a car crash is a step towards closure for the Mavimbela family. Mogaila pleaded guilty in the Tembisa Magistrate’s Court over the October 2024 crash that killed nine-year-old Gomolemo […]
# According to a University of Cape Town’s new study, South Africans spend a staggering 500-billion-rand a year on celebrations. The study indicated that some people spend up to one-million-rand on weddings and 140-thousand-rand on tombstone unveilings. It also shows that nine-thousand weddings were held across the country over 32 days, with Gauteng recording the […]
# The National Council of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is set to lay animal cruelty charges against police officials following the death of police dog Sky. The five-year-old Belgian Malinois was found badly injured at a police veterinary facility in Roodeplaat, in Pretoria, last month and was later put down. The […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Ankole cattle have fetched record prices at an auction at his Phala Phala farm in Limpopo. A three-year-old pregnant heifer, Queen Arusha, sold for a record 6.4-million-rand, making it the most expensive female animal ever sold in South Africa. Two straws of semen from Ramaphosa-owned bull Optimus Prime also fetched a […]
# The Electoral Commission says an audit of the 4 November local government election results system is underway. The system is used to capture and collate election results and allocate seats to political parties and candidates. The commission’s David Mandaha says information and communication technology experts from the ACDP, ANC, DA and MK Party are […]
# KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Thulasizwe Buthelezi, says officials will continue monitoring the situation at the Zoo Informal Settlement following a fire that destroyed about 40 structures. The blaze broke out on Sunday morning in uMngeni Municipality, leaving scores of residents displaced. The department’s Siboniso Mngadi says no deaths or critical […]
# The Competition Commission has issued new guidelines aimed at giving consumers more choice and cheaper repair options. The guidelines cover mobile phones, electronics, household appliances, medical devices and backup power systems. The commission’s Siyabulela Makunga says manufacturers should not block access to spare parts, repair information or diagnostic tools, or prevent independent repairers from […]
# ANC National Executive Committee member Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has welcomed a ruling by the High Court in Johannesburg in her dispute with ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula, whom she accused of vote-buying. The court did not order a retraction or apology but directed that the matter be decided through oral evidence. Dlamini-Zuma says she will cooperate […]
# The DA says Delft residents in the Western Cape are being left vulnerable as police face severe staff shortages and heavy workloads. This follows the killing of three men in two separate incidents in the area. The party’s Benedicta van Minnen says one police officer is responsible for about 726 residents, while each detective […]
