# TV personality and disbarred attorney Peet Viljoen has been denied bail in a multi-million-rand fraud case. Viljoen appeared in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court this morning, where he was deemed a flight risk. He faces more than 400 charges, including fraud and corruption linked to the 2010 sale of municipal property worth about […]
# Political economist Patrick Bond says the Constitutional Court ruling blocking Shell and Impact Africa from conducting offshore seismic testing along the Wild Coast goes beyond stopping an oil and gas project. The court handed down the ruling on 15 August, overturning a 2024 Supreme Court of Appeal judgment. Bond says the decision recognises environmental, […]
# Die Brigitte Mabandla-kollege vir Justisie in Pretoria, waar die Madlanga-kommissie se verrigtinge plaasvind, is veilig verklaar nadat ‘n brandalarm vanoggend ‘n voorsorg-ontruiming veroorsaak het. Tshwane se nooddienste het die gebou ondersoek en bevestig geen brand het uitgebreek nie en niemand is beseer nie. Die kommissie het intussen hervat, met die sakeman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala […]
# The City of Johannesburg says the Johannesburg International Transport Interchange is expected to start operating before the end of 2026. City spokesperson Virgil James says the tender for a managing service provider was concluded, and a 60-day public participation process is required under the Municipal Finance Management Act. He says the facility will have […]
# Sophiatown police in Gauteng are investigating four counts of murder and one count of attempted murder following a shooting in Newclare on Saturday evening. Police spokesperson Tintswalo Sibeko says three victims were killed at the scene and two sustained gunshot wounds. She says one of the victims, who had been receiving treatment in hospital, […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag en die polisie van Limpopo het oorgrens-misdaadoperasies naby die Zimbabwiese grens verskerp. Operasies wat tussen Donderdag en gister uitgevoer is, het daartoe gelei dat sewe vermoedelik gesteelde voertuie teruggevind en beslag gelê is op onwettige sigarette van meer as 800-duisend-rand. Polisiewoordvoerder Malesela Ledwaba sê die optredes het gefokus op die […]
# Kaapstad is opnuut bekommerd oor sy watervoorraad namate vrese oor ‘n herhaling van 2018 se Dag Zero-krisis toeneem. Stad Kaapstad sê in sy jongste Watervooruitsigverslag die waarskuwing is ‘n vroeë oproep vir inwoners om water verantwoordelik te gebruik, terwyl die metro dalende reënval, damvlakke en watervraag noukeurig dophou. Amptenare beklemtoon die stad beleef nie […]
# Vier verdagtes tussen 23- en 53-jaar-oud is in Bellville, Kaapstad, in hegtenis geneem vir afpersing. ‘n Polisiewoordvoerder, Novela Potelwa, sê hulle is drie familielede van Nyanga, waarvan een ‘n polisiekonstabel is, en ‘n Somaliese sakeman wat na bewering geld ingesamel het namens die afpersingsnetwerk. Sy sê hulle het na bewering geld afgepers by meer […]
# The Brigitte Mabandla Justice College in Pretoria, where the Madlanga commission is situated, has been cleared for safe occupation after a fire alarm triggered a precautionary evacuation this morning. Tshwane Emergency Services assessed the building, with no injuries or actual fire reported. The commission has since resumed proceedings, with businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala testifying. […]
