News24 | Fraud-accused former Tshwane mayor Murunwa Makwarela has died
Former Tshwane mayor Murunwa Makwarela has died.
News24 | ‘Triple hearsay’: Judge interjects as attorney claims Longwe Twala killed Senzo Meyiwa by mistake
A defence attorney in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial claimed on Monday that Longwe Twala – the son of renowned musician and producer Chico Twala – had killed the famous
News24 | Crack down! R15 million worth of cocaine seized in Richards Bay, aboard vessel from Colombia
The Hawks seized blocks of cocaine with an estimated street value of R15 million on a vessel docked at the Port of Richards Bay on Monday.
News24 | Mom crushed by ‘trusted’ mechanic’s alleged role in Palesa Mofokeng’s murder
A grief-stricken Tseleng Mathibela sat in a crowded Vereeniging Regional Court surrounded by friends, relatives, and ANC members to witness the proceedings against her daughter’s alleged killers.
News24 | NPA denies blame for R100m tender fraud case against Mapisa-Nqakula witness being struck off
The National Prosecuting Authority has denied being responsible for the delays that saw a R100-million tender fraud case against its potential star witness in former National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s
News24 | Court orders celeb chef to get out of the kitchen and into a jail cell
With a R4 million annual income from TV shows and other contracts, Lusizo Henna had no reason to steal from the SA Revenue Service, said Magistrate Phindi Keswa as she
News24 | NPA denies blame for R100m tender fraud case against Mapisa-Nqakula witness being struck off
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has denied it was responsible for the delays that saw the R100 million tender fraud case against its potential star witness in former Speaker Nosiviwe
News24 | Lifman trial: State alleges ‘hit squad’, club ambushes, deadly feud between brothers
Two groups allegedly involved in a violent battle for control of nightclub security in Cape Town are on trial metres from each other, with Mark Lifman and alleged associates in
News24 | Controversial Spy Bill unlikely to be passed this parliamentary term
It is unlikely that the controversial General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill (GILAB) will be passed before the end of this parliamentary term.
News24 | A dad’s heartbreak: Father learns of daughter’s death in gang crossfire via WhatsApp
The Grade 11 pupil had just left Belgravia High School to catch her school transport back home, when a volley of bullets rang out.
News24 | Critical healthcare services at risk amid Johannesburg power outage
Doctors are concerned about the diesel supply after a day-long power outage in Johannesburg.
News24 | Elections 2024: ANC has to get ’13 or 14 million votes to be assured of victory’ – Ramaphosa
The ANC has set its sights on securing not less than the 10 million votes of the 2019 elections, as its worst-case scenario, and, in its best case, to lure
News24 | Two Eastern Cape accidents claim the lives of 11 people
Eleven people, including two children, died in two separate accidents in the Eastern Cape on Monday.
News24 | Boy, 11, shot dead on Free State cherry farm
An 11-year-old boy was shot dead on a cherry farm, near Ficksburg, in the Free State.
News24 | Joshlin Smith: Dog unit comes up empty after Saldanha Bay residents complain of pungent smell
Western Cape police deployed the K9 Unit to Middelpos in Saldanha Bay at the weekend after residents reported a pungent smell coming from bushes in the area.
News24 | Joshlin Smith: Dog unit comes up empty after Saldanha Bay residents complain of pungent smell in bushes
Western Cape police deployed the K9 Unit to Middelpos in Saldanha Bay at the weekend after residents reported a pungent smell coming from bushes in the area.
News24 | Durban schoolboy handed five-year sentence for killing school mate over a girlfriend
The boys had organised a weapons-free fistfight on a WhatsApp group, which had other pupils as members, but Ryleigh Naidoo, then 16, brought a steak knife to the scene.
News24 | Tuesday’s weather: Fine, warm to hot conditions expected for several provinces
The South African Weather Service has forecast fine and warm to hot conditions for several provinces, with cloudy conditions and morning fog expected elsewhere.
News24 | Businessman, alleged Sexy Boys gang boss, henchmen plead not guilty to slew of charges
Controversial businessman Mark Lifman, alleged Sexy Boys gang boss Jerome Booysen and 12 other men all pleaded not guilty to a slew of charges put to them in the Western
News24 | Logo dispute: Victory for MK Party, but ANC to appeal ruling that it won’t create voter confusion
The ANC will appeal the Durban High Court ruling, which found the ANC and uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party’s logos were different and would not create confusion on voting day.
News24 | Elections 2024: Slain anti-apartheid activist’s son vies for Western Cape premier position
The son of slain anti-apartheid activist Imam Abdullah Haron has thrown his hat into the ring to vie for the position of premier of the Western Cape.
News24 | Tshwane’s City manager rejects claims of a ‘blacklist’ targeting senior managers
Tshwane’s City manager, Johan Mettler, sought to dispel perceptions that there was a targeted purge of senior managers.
News24 | Slain Gauteng teacher: Absent lawyer forces bail hearing to be postponed
Four men, including a medical doctor, accused of conspiring and killing the doctor’s ex-wife could not proceed with their bail hearing on Monday.
News24 | Motorists urged to be cautious after several Eastern Cape areas hit by flooding
Eastern Cape authorities are on high alert after several areas were hit by heavy rain on Monday, resulting in flooding and mudslides.
News24 | Western Cape police release man arrested for schoolgirl’s murder
Western Cape police said a man, who had been taken in for questioning in connection with the murder of two people in Athlone on Friday, has been released.
News24 | Three men appear in court for murder of Rand Water executive Teboho Joala, bodyguard
More details on the murder of Rand Water executive Teboho Joala and his bodyguard could emerge in the Protea Magistrate’s Court in Soweto next week when three men accused of
News24 | Celeb chef Lusizo Mvula Henna weeps as he is handed 10-year sentence for defrauding SARS of R5m
Celebrity chef Lusizo Mvula Henna, better known as Chef Sizo, wept uncontrollably in the Johannesburg Specialised Commercial Crime Court, sitting in Palm Ridge, as he was handed a 10-year prison
News24 | Two people detained after Cape Town cop shot at and wounded, third suspect at large
Two people have been detained and Western Cape police are on the hunt for a third in connection with a shooting in which an on-duty Kensington police station constable was
News24 | Seven classrooms set alight in North West after govt closes three that were ‘not up to standard’
Seven classrooms were set ablaze in Tosca, North West, after the Department of Labour closed down a block of three classrooms because they were “not up to standard” for teaching
News24 | Joburg power outage takes out five health facilities, including three major hospitals
City Power does not know when it will complete repairs to a substation after an outage disrupted supply to several areas, affecting at least three major health facilities in the
News24 | Second retired SANDF general arrested and charged for alleged irregularities in R2m military tender
A second retired SANDF brigadier general has been arrested and charged with fraud in connection with a R2 million tender for buffs and goggles for soldiers undertaking peacekeeping missions in
News24 | Missing at sea: Matambu’s family appeals for info from public – ‘no matter how small’
In a desperate attempt to get answers, the family of John Matambu has appealed to the public to come forward with any information they might have on his disappearance –
News24 | Heavy security for start of Lifman trial, as Modack trial continues across the corridor
Two of South Africa’s biggest trials involving alleged key underworld figures are proceeding in a heavily guarded Western Cape High Court.
News24 | Eastern Cape parents want answers after 3-year-old son drowns in pre-school’s pit toilet
A grief-stricken Eastern Cape family is demanding answers after their three-year-old son drowned after falling into a pit latrine at the Little Champions Day Care Centre in Mdantsane, East London.
News24 | Three killed, one injured in Mpumalanga plane crash
Three people were killed and another seriously injured when a private plane crashed between Nelspruit and Witbank in Mpumalanga on Sunday afternoon.
News24 | MK Party logo dispute: Another defeat for ANC as court rules against it with costs
The KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban has dismissed with costs the ANC’s application against the uMkhonto weSizwe Party over its logo.
News24 | Pandor called Iran to talk restraint and Gaza. Iran only heard one part of that
When Iran launched a wave of drones and missiles at Israel a week ago in response to a presumed Israeli attack on its embassy compound in Damascus, South Africa was
News24 | MK Party logo dispute: Second defeat for ANC as court rules against it with costs
The KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban has dismissed with costs the ANC’s application against the uMkhonto weSizwe Party over its logo.
News24 | Limpopo police probe alleged rape of Grade 2 girl by Grade 7 pupil
Limpopo police are investigating the rape of a 7-year-old girl, allegedly by a Grade 7 boy, at Shongoane Primary School in Lephalale
News24 | Parliament declined to provide ‘directions and guidance’ on Mkhwebane gratuity
Busisiwe Mkhwebane was removed as Public Protector following a parliamentary process that found her unfit to hold office, but Parliament’s legal advisors declined to provide any guidance on whether or
News24 | Radio presenter removed over complaints, not Eid lunch with Cape Town mayor, says VoC manager
Shafiek Sedick is the chair of the Wynberg Concerned Citizens non-profit organisation, which organised the Eid lunch.
News24 | Shot at, pistol whipped, robbed: A day in the life of an EMS worker in Nelson Mandela Bay
As a paramedic, rushing to tend to an accident scene, a few seconds can mean the difference between life and death – but, for emergency medical service personnel in Nelson
News24 | GBV crisis: Activists voice frustration after 89 cases struck off roll in Western Cape courts
Gender-based violence activist Marguerite Holtzhausen stressed that many women withdrew cases because they felt that protection orders could not be implemented.
News24 | Seven years of billsh*t: Joburg resident takes City to court after ongoing billing chaos
The City of Johannesburg has been interdicted from disconnecting a resident’s water and electricity after years of the woman trying to resolve the matter of her unreasonably high utility bills.
News24 | Zuma’s Russian connections: A mystery fixer, Siberian forests and a Belarus address
Former president Jacob Zuma is engaged in protracted discussions about trading carbon credits with a Russian NGO, facilitated by a newly established, yet enigmatic Belarusian entity, while sporting a new
News24 | ANC manipulating, gaslighting voters as it abuses state resources to win votes, claims Steenhuisen
DA leader John Steenhuisen wants Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka to investigate President Cyril Ramaphosa, claiming the ruling party wants to use taxpayer money to help it win votes.
News24 | Scuba diving tragedy in Gqeberha: Chinese tourist dies despite rescue efforts
A Chinese tourist died in Gqeberha after he surfaced, unconscious, from a scuba dive on Sunday morning.
News24 | Monday’s weather: Fire risk for some regions across five provinces
The South African Weather Service warned of extremely high fire danger conditions in several parts of five provinces.
News24 | Heroic pilots and crew ensure safe landing after FlySafair wheel damage drama
As the air crew on FlySafair Flight FA212 chanted, “brace, brace brace!”, passengers bowed their heads and hung onto the seat rests in front as the plane shuddered and shook.
News24 | Rise Mzansi announces plans to combat hunger and end food insecurity
Rise Mzansi’s leaders, organisers and volunteers managed soup kitchens across the country to mark the party’s one-year anniversary.
News24 | Wheel damage: FlySafair flight returns to Joburg after take-off
FlySafair confirmed that one of its planes, en route to Cape Town, had to return to Johannesburg following concerns regarding damage to a wheel during take-off.
News24 | Popular comedian and DJ Peter ‘Mashata’ Mabuse gunned down in Soshanguve
Popular comedian and DJ, Peter ‘Mashata’ Mabuse, was killed in a hail of bullets after he finished a performance in Soshanguve, north of Pretoria, in the early hours of Sunday
News24 | ANC aims to wrest Western Cape from DA’s grip with promises of national support ‘for the majority’
The ANC in the Western Cape believes the province will benefit more under it than under the DA – because it will have the support of the national government.
News24 | UCT senate calls for Gaza ceasefire and academic freedom amid escalating tension in Middle East
The University of Cape Town senate has adopted two resolutions regarding the Middle East, focusing on the Gaza conflict.
News24 | Elect honest women and men instead of retaining thieves who have plundered the country – Lekota
Cope leader Mosiuoa Lekota tells Timothy Molobi and Norman Masungwini that South Africans deserve better and should elect honest women and men instead of retaining thieves who have plundered the
News24 | Influential Afrikaners say they’re going nowhere, and they want to help fix South Africa
Influential Afrikaans leaders say the community wants to be part of the solution to the country’s crises.
News24 | RAF upset by court’s ‘misdirected’ judgment on its accounting standards
The Road Accident Fund (RAF) has slammed the Pretoria High Court’s judgment dismissing its bid to review and set aside the Auditor-General’s 2020/21 disclaimer audit report as “misapplied and misdirected”.
News24 | ‘I am King Goodwill Zwelithini’s firstborn son’ – Joburg teacher
A Johannesburg teacher has dropped a bombshell, claiming that he is the firstborn son of the late AmaZulu King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu.
News24 | Mkhwebane told to pay back more than R5m for wasteful expenditure
The Office of the Public Protector says she owes them more than R5m for wasteful expenditure.
News24 | ‘Honoured to have engaged with him’: Former PAC leader Motsoko Pheko dies at the age of 93
Anti-apartheid activist and former Pan Africanist Congress of Azania leader Motsoko Pheko has died at the age of 93.