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Limpopo man expected to appear in court for kidnapping and extortion

A 25-year-old man will appear in Lenyenye’s Maake Magistrate's Court in Limpopo to face charges of kidnapping and extortion. This development occurred after the SA...

‘We found NSFAS with broken systems,’ laments board chair Karen Stander

National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) board chairperson, Karen Stander, admitted that the new board has inherited an organisation faced with broken systems and...

Graft-accused ex-ANC spin doctor Pule Mabe finds friend in word of...

Former ANC national spokesperson Pule Mabe says he is supporting a "stronger and united ANC" in the party's much-anticipated 2027 national elective conference. Mabe was...

Car accident fails to derail Senzo Meyiwa murder case

The vehicle transporting Mthokoziseni Maphisa, accused number four in the former Bafana Bafana shotstopper Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, was involved in a collision on...

Paramedic reveals ‘fatal’ methanol was found at Enyobeni Tavern

An emergency medical services employee who was assigned to Enyobeni Tavern in June 2022 testified that antifreeze could have been the cause of the...

Workplace harassment incident rocks Eastern Cape education department

The Eastern Cape education department has been rocked by an alleged workplace harassment incident involving two senior officials. This follows an alleged altercation between the...

‘Rogue’ Mpumalanga cops remanded in jail over road rage murder

Three Mpumalanga police officers who were taken into custody on Monday in connection with the killing of a man who was beaten following a...

Artists give Gayton McKenzie 14 days to respond to letter over...

The arts community is incensed over the death of veteran actress Nandi Nyembe, and Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie has been...

Controversial KZN multi-million rands scholar transport tender to be re-advertised

The KwaZulu-Natal Treasury has directed that the multi-million scholar transport tender be re-advertised and the bidding start afresh after the previous one was marred...

Over a million homes fall victim to housebreaking in 12 months...

A total of 1.5 million incidents of housebreakings occurred in South Africa between April last year and March this year, affecting 1.1 million households...

Indirect link to Kelly Khumalo could seal Senzo Meyiwa murder accused’s...

The state has firmly denied claims that Mthokoziseni Maphisa, accused number four in the former Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, had no...

Top court hurls out ex-Zambian president Edgar Lungu family’s burial case...

South Africa’s highest court has thrown out an urgent bid by the family of former Zambian president Edgar Lungu to fast-track their legal battle...

Government warns youth after Russian job scam adverts pop up

The South African government has expressed alarm and issued a stern warning to young women in the country, cautioning them not to succumb to...

Customs duty calculator to ease shopping for South Africans

Online fashion powerhouse Shein has introduced a new feature aimed at eliminating one of the biggest frustrations faced by South African online shoppers -...

University of Fort Hare hits back at SRC President’s allegations

The University of Fort Hare (UFH) has come out swinging against a series of allegations made by its Student Representative Council (SRC) President, Aphelele...

Bail of tenderpreneur Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala set for next week Tuesday

Controversial tenderpreneur Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala is set to bring a formal bail application next Tuesday in relation to the charges he is facing for...

Irate cops get hefty sentences for murdering lover, wife’s boyfriend

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) has welcomed the sentencing of two police officers found guilty of brutal murders, a demonstration that the law...

Commission probing Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s claims stalls due to justice department

The commission of inquiry that is probing the KwaZulu-Natal police boss Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi's allegations of political interference in the SA Police Service (SAPS) has...

Senzo Meyiwa | ‘Discrepancy between Vodacom expert, police analyst evidence’

Advocate Zithulele Nxumalo, who represents accused number four in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, Mthokoziseni Maphisa, has scrutinised the cellphone evidence provided by Colonel...

Cops discover five male bodies at open-cast mine near Sun City...

Police discovered five male bodies at an open-cast mine in Tlhatlhaganyane village near Rustenburg, North West, on Monday. This information was revealed by North West...

Operation Shanela apprehends 800 wanted suspects in Gauteng

Gauteng police have arrested more than 1 200 suspects for various crimes during the weekend's Shanela Operations. Provincial police spokesperson Capt Tintswalo Sibeko said Gauteng...

Harvesting underutilised urban spaces for sustenance

Commercial female farmer Zandile Kumalo has won the prestigious Agrivuno Award 2025 for her role in running hydroponic farms. The visionary Kumalo owns two impactful...

Two fake cops due in court for series of robberies at...

The Limpopo police have arrested two suspects for impersonating police officers after earlier arrests of nine notorious suspects linked to a spate of armed...

Municipal boss’s skeletons creep out of closet in spat with ex-ally

The bromance between a top Northern Cape businessman and the municipal manager of the provincial capital – the Sol Plaatjie Local Municipality in Kimberley...

Eastern Cape prosecutor’s assassination suspect nabbed in roadblock

A key suspect in the brutal assassination of state prosecutor Tracy Brown is expected to appear in the Gqeberha Magistrate’s Court on Monday. This comes...

Mbuso Mandela relinguishes nearly all rights to his daughter

In a bizarre move, Mbuso Mandela’s baby mama has exempted him from paying maintenance towards the upbringing of their nine-year-old child. However, he is...

I’m attacked because I stopped open season of looting at Ceta,...

Construction and Education Training Authority (Ceta) chief executive officer Melusi Shezi says the allegations of governance failure against him are the work of those...

BorCon terminated as DUT contractor amid Labour Department fraud suspicion

BorCon Consulting has been terminated as the contractor on the controversial R400-million Durban University of Technology (DUT) construction project amid allegations that the Department...

‘Rogue’ police officer dies in bad company of robbers during high-speed...

How a police officer was found in an uncompromising position - dead - in a vehicle driven by crime suspects remains a mystery to...

CPF leader charged with rape in Hammanskraal is HIV positive

A serial rapist and chairperson of a community police forum in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, charged with multiple rapes, has disclosed that he’s been...

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