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Eastern Cape man nabbed, released on warning for R600K RAF fraud

An Eastern Cape man has been arrested by the Hawks’ unit in East London for submitting a fraudulent Road Accident Fund (RAF) claim that...

Two women accused of sexually assaulting 11-year-old boy appear in court

Two women accused of sexually violating an 11-year-old boy appeared before the East London Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. The accused—Ziphozethu Faltein and Sisipho Tikane—were arrested...

DA demands consequence management for poor-performing RAL contractors

The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Limpopo has called on the MEC for Public Works, Roads and Infrastructure, Ernest Rachoene, to take decisive action against...

‘Cat Matlala’s security company provided security at City of Ekurhuleni 2022...

Suspended Chief of Police of the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) Isaac Mapiyeye has told the Madlanga Commission that CAT VIP Protection (Pty) Ltd,...

Ex-constable sentenced for using fake matric certificate to Join SAPS in...

The Provincial Anti-Corruption Unit has secured the conviction and sentencing of a 43-year-old police constable, Eric Nyadzani Ravhura, who was found guilty of fraud...

Former Bosasa boss Angelo Agrizzi pleads guilty in graft case, sentenced...

The Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) has reached a plea and sentence agreement with Angelo Agrizzi, the former chief operations officer of Bosasa. On Thursday,...

Metro police chief denies signing contract with Cat Matlala security firm

Suspended chief of police of the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) Isaac Mapiyeye has told the Madlanga Commission that he did not sign the...

eThekwini municipality ordered to pay damages for man who fell into...

The KwaZulu-Natal High Court sitting in Pietermaritzburg has ordered the eThekwini municipality to compensate a resident in full after he suffered injuries from falling...

Court slashes sentence of men who stole meat in July 2021...

Three KwaZulu-Natal men convicted for stealing meat worth R80,000 during the July 2021 unrest have had their sentences slashed in half, after the Pietermaritzburg...

Paul Mashatile’s VIP protection unit officers have a case to answer...

Magistrate Abdul Khan decided on Thursday in the Randburg Magistrate's Court that the eight officers assigned to Deputy President Paul Mashatile's VIP Protection Unit...

Umngeni mayor wants Lesotho to help address involvement of migrants in...

The DA-run Umngeni local municipality, which is based in Howick in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, claims that it has formally contacted the Kingdom of Lesotho's...

South Africa has enough food to feed everyone, but millions still...

With World Food Day gone and forgotten, one South African organisation has vowed to keep working to ensure citizens help one another fight hunger. Food-rescue...

‘Top police officers working with criminal cartels’, Dumisani Khumalo tells commission

The national head of crime intelligence of the South African Police Service (SAPS) Lt-Gen Dumisani Khumalo told the Madlanga Commission that suspended deputy national...

Teen ‘friend’ in dock for stabbing Mbombela girl to death

Two teenage boys have made a brief appearance at the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court in Mpumalanga following their swift arrest after the gruesome killing of...

Breaking News: MK Party suspends Dr John Hlophe, Colleen Makhubele is...

The Umkhonto Wesizwe Party (MKP) has suspended Dr John Hlophe as its parliamentary leader and first deputy president to former President Jacob Zuma. This was...

DA takes La Rochelle primary school toilet crisis to SAHRC

The DA in Gauteng has announced that it will lodge a formal complaint with the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) over the dire sanitation...

SACP barred committee members from PEC meeting on disbanded KZN leadership

In a move said to be aimed at preventing ambiguity, the South African Communist Party (SACP) barred its central committee members from attending a...

Senzo Mchunu appoints ex-CR17 spindoctor to handle crisis communication

The embattled Minister of Police, Senzo Mchunu, who was placed on special leave, has appointed a former spindoctor of the CR17 faction in KwaZulu-Natal...

FW de Klerk Foundation speaks out against rampant gang violence

The FW De Klerk Foundation has broken its silence on the rampant gang violence ravaging South Africa following the drive-by shooting in Reiger Park...

‘You threw alleged accomplice under the bus in farm murder trial’...

Rudolph de Wet and other witnesses will return to the Polokwane High Court from January 26 to 29 to continue their testimonies after the...

‘Shadrack Sibiya told Vusimuzi Matlala to open false theft case against...

South African Police Service (SAPS) National Head of Crime Intelligence Lt-Gen Dumisani Khumalo has told the Madlanga commission that suspended Deputy National Commissioner of...

Senzo Meyiwa murder accused grilled on bank cards’ transactions

Former Bafana Bafana shotstopper Senzo Meyiwa murder accused Muzi Sibiya told the Pretoria High Court that he had left his bank card with the...

PIC accuses Bantu Holomisa of spreading ‘dangerous lies’

South Africa’s biggest custodian of public money, the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), has gone to war with United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa in...

Bail hearing of security officers charged with kidnapping, murder postponed

The Sebokeng Magistrate's Court postponed the bail hearing application for five suspects charged with murder and abduction on Tuesday. The marathon bail application that has...

Athletics SA rejects legal representation for suspended officials

Athletics South Africa (ASA) has refused to allow legal representation for five suspended members of the Confederation of South African Athletics, intensifying tensions within...

‘Bogus’ matric certificates land five Eastern Cape EMS staff in jail

Five Emergency Medical Services (EMS) employees from the Joe Gqabi District Municipality appeared before the East London Commercial Crimes Regional Court. This after they allegedly...

ANC berates Neville Delport for jumping ship to ‘right-wing’ DA

The ANC has launched a scathing attack on former Western Cape Secretary Neville Delport following his resignation from the organisation and his subsequent move...

Former Safa CEO Russell Paul granted R10 000 bail, added to...

Following his appearance at the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crime Court on Wednesday, Russell Patrick Paul, the former acting CEO of the South African...

King Misuzulu’s decision to divide minerals-rich land pits him against Mkhwanazi...

The decision by King Misuzulu KaZwelithini to partition the mineral-rich chiefdom of the Mkhwanazis in Mtubatuba in northern KwaZulu-Natal has left the clan up...

Former Safa boss taken into custody in relation to Danny Jordaan...

A 64-year-old former acting CEO of the South African Football Association (Safa) was taken into custody on Wednesday morning and is scheduled to appear...