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MKP wants probe into aborted budget speech spending

Auditor-general Tsakani Maluleke’s office has confirmed receiving the uMkhonto weSizwe Party’s (MKP) request to probe budget speech spending. The budget speech, initially scheduled for February...

Soweto woman gets 30 years for murder of four-year-old girl

Nonhlelelwa Matsebula (34) was sentenced to 30 years in prison by the Johannesburg High Court after confessing to killing a four-year-old girl by tying...

Trial for 11 accused in Eskom’s R1.4bn graft case set for...

The trial of the 11 accused in the Eskom Kusile power station corruption case is set to commence on July 20 2026 at the...

Farmer’s wife stood to get R50m payout for hubby’s death

The case against Anelle de Bruin (46), the wife of a well-known Eastern Cape farmer, who is accused of planning to kill him in...

More misery in store for Gautrain commuters

There will be no train service between Rosebank and Park stations this weekend, adding more misery on Gautrain commuters in a space of a...

Mpumalanga royal family loses court battle to remove chief

A Mpumalanga royal family that sought to dethrone its chief has lost a legal battle in the Mbombela High Court. The Ngomane-Lugedlane Inner Royal Family,...

City of Joburg says there’s nothing amiss about new CCTV by-laws

The City of Joburg’s public safety committee chairperson, Sarah Wissler, has disputed claims that the by-law was meant to secure revenue collection, indicating that...

Inaugural horse racing event set to boost tourism in the North...

The North West province town of Vryburg is set to come alive as it hosts the provincial horseracing event later this month. The event...

Suspect in murder-for-hire is fingered by witness during ID parade

The man accused in the targeted shooting death of Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) officer Banele Christopher Sikhosana, 33, was positively identified by an...

SA’s GDP records a 0.6% increase in the fourth quarter of...

South Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.6% in the fourth quarter of 2024, following a decrease of 0.1% in the third quarter...

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