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‘You shut up!’ – judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng tells lawyer in...
Tensions boiled over in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial on Thursday when Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng bluntly told defence advocate Charles Mnisi must shut up...
Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia: ‘Infants less trafficking risk than adolescents’
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has recorded only four cases of infant trafficking in the past five years. This was revealed by the...
Mpumalanga government dumps contractor who failed to deliver R83m road project
A stalled road upgrade near Mpumalanga’s capital city, Mbombela, has become the latest example of the government ejecting underperforming contractors to safeguard infrastructure delivery,...
Icasa CEO cleared of shopping spree claims with supplier’s card
Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) chief executive Tshiamo Maluleka-Disemelo has been cleared of serious allegations raised against her in a whistleblower report in...
SIU welcomes arrest of Tembisa Hospital official, recovers over R13m from...
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has hailed the arrest of Tembisa Provincial Tertiary Hospital official Zacharia Tshisele, adding that the unit has also recovered...
Ex-NPA head Menzi Simelane shortlisted to replace Shamila Batohi
President Cyril Ramaphosa's advisory panel for the selection of the next national director of public prosecutions (NDPP) has identified six candidates who will be...
King Misuzulu pulls out of Soweto anti-GBV march due to security...
King Misuzulu kaZwelithini has made an eleventh-hour announcement that he will not take part in an anti-gender-based violence (GBV) march in Soweto, citing security...
Masina Foundation in debt as North West department fails to honour...
The North West Department of Sports, Arts and Culture is under fire for allegedly failing to honour a R20, 000 sponsorship promised to a...
KZN MEC willing to leave cabinet post if MK Party removes...
One of the prominent MECs in the KwaZulu-Natal government of provincial unity (GPU) has said he is ready to vacate his position should the...
More bad weather ahead for KZN as search continues for two...
The province of KwaZulu-Natal is bracing for more inclement weather on Thursday after the South African Weather Services warned of thunderstorms that could lead...
Colleague opens criminal case against Free State premier’s spin-doctor Tshidi Setai
The troubled spin-doctor of the Free State premier is the soup after her colleague went to the police to open a criminal case against...
Chief Justice Mandisa Maya places judge arrested for graft on special...
A gravely concerned Chief Justice Mandisa Maya has put Pretoria High Court Judge Portia Phahlane on special leave after she was nabbed on Wednesday...
‘Andrew Chauke was kept in the loop by prosecution’ — Shamila...
Advocate Shamila Batohi, the National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), told the Nkabinde Inquiry that the prosecution team decided not to appeal the 2014...
Durban High Court refuses to halt liquidation of Educor property
The KwaZulu-Natal High Court has dismissed an urgent bid by Educor Holdings to freeze the provisional liquidation of its subsidiary, Educor Property Holdings (EPH).
This...
Watchdog wants Judge Portia Phahlane suspended over arrest
Civil society watchdog Judges Matter has called for the immediate suspension of Gauteng High Court judge Portia Dipuo Phahlane after she was arrested alongside...
Judge Portia Phahlane banned from high court, IPHC pastor remains in...
Gauteng high court judge Portia Phahlane has been barred from entering the High Court precinct as part of her bail conditions, while controversial International...
Zimbabwean national guilty of using fake papers for senior government job
A foreign national who rose to senior management within a North West government entity has been convicted and sentenced for fraud after the Special...
Judge Portia Phahlane, IPHC leader granted bail following graft charges
The Pretoria Commercial Crimes Court has granted bail to Judge Portia Phahlane and her co-accused.
Phahlane is suspected of taking a bribe to reach a...
Mpumalanga pastor, son get life in jail after chopping off man’s...
A Mpumalanga pastor and his son were found guilty and sentenced to life in prison for the heinous act of severing a young man's...
Testimony of Hawks boss linked to Vusimuzi Matlala moved to January
After being scheduled to testify on Wednesday morning, KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Maj-Gen Lesetja Senona, who is linked to alleged drug cartel member Vusimuzi "Cat"...
