The Giyani Commercial Court in Limpopo has sentenced a Department of Home Affairs employee to an effective eight years in prison for fraud and corruption.
The General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill will fail to prevent future state capture, which is precisely what it is supposed to prevent, a watchdog NGO in the intelligence sector told
Former liberation movement Azapo says the vandalism of Steve Biko’s grave in Qonce on Friday was tantamount to harassing the black consciousness icon from “beyond the grave”.
ANC councillors and the ruling party’s coalition members, comprising small political parties, are looking to purchase “security vehicles” worth R25 million for yet-to-be-identified councillors and officials, in a city that
Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane has lashed out at Buffalo City Metro Mayor Princess Faku for going to court to interdict some residents who wanted to meet her over a
The South African Weather Service predicts morning fog, with drizzle along the escarpment of some areas, otherwise it will be fine and warm in other parts of the country.
In his confession statement, Muzi Sibiya implicated two men in the murder of Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa. However, it turns out that both men were in prison at the
Do not blame coalitions for governance failures, rather interrogate why coalitions break down and do not deliver, says My Vote Counts.
The uMkhonto weSizwe Party in Gauteng has distanced itself from a woman who tried to sign the IEC’s code of conduct at an event in Kempton Park.
The Ukraine-born co-accused in the trial of Mark Lifman, Jerome Booysen and 11 others came within a whisker of having a separate trial because there was no Russian interpreter available.
Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane’s visit to Sophathisana High School in Reeston, near East London, was disrupted twice on Tuesday – once by parents of pupils at an East London
Electricity was restored to the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital on Tuesday morning, two days after a power failure at the Ridge substation in the Johannesburg CBD.
The ANC’s election campaign has faced a major hurdle as election posters – a critical part of the party’s campaign – have not been delivered and put up in time.
The growing animosity between political newcomers Rise Mzansi and the DA has reached boiling point in the Western Cape as Rise Mzansi’s premier candidate, Axolile Notywala, accuses DA leader John
Former Tshwane mayor Murunwa Makwarela has died.
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
It is unlikely that the controversial General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill (GILAB) will be passed before the end of this parliamentary term.
The Grade 11 pupil had just left Belgravia High School to catch her school transport back home, when a volley of bullets rang out.
Doctors are concerned about the diesel supply after a day-long power outage in Johannesburg.
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
Eleven people, including two children, died in two separate accidents in the Eastern Cape on Monday.
An 11-year-old boy was shot dead on a cherry farm, near Ficksburg, in the Free State.
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.
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.
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.
The South African Weather Service has forecast fine and warm to hot conditions for several provinces, with cloudy conditions and morning fog expected elsewhere.
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
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.
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.
Tshwane’s City manager, Johan Mettler, sought to dispel perceptions that there was a targeted purge of senior managers.
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.
Eastern Cape authorities are on high alert after several areas were hit by heavy rain on Monday, resulting in flooding and mudslides.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 –
Two of South Africa’s biggest trials involving alleged key underworld figures are proceeding in a heavily guarded Western Cape High Court.
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.
Three people were killed and another seriously injured when a private plane crashed between Nelspruit and Witbank in Mpumalanga on Sunday afternoon.
The KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban has dismissed with costs the ANC’s application against the uMkhonto weSizwe Party over its logo.
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
The KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban has dismissed with costs the ANC’s application against the uMkhonto weSizwe Party over its logo.
Limpopo police are investigating the rape of a 7-year-old girl, allegedly by a Grade 7 boy, at Shongoane Primary School in Lephalale
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
Shafiek Sedick is the chair of the Wynberg Concerned Citizens non-profit organisation, which organised the Eid lunch.
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
Gender-based violence activist Marguerite Holtzhausen stressed that many women withdrew cases because they felt that protection orders could not be implemented.
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.
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
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.