The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has sentenced businessman Musa Ntsibande to 12 years’ imprisonment for the murder of his wife, Hlengiwe Msimango.
The Patriotic Alliance has won two wards previously run by the DA and the ANC in the Western Cape.
A South African Human Rights Commission probe into the Enyobeni tavern tragedy has uncovered inadequate enforcement of liquor regulations by the Eastern Cape Liquor Board and a police failure to
A resident of Westbury faced a life-threatening situation when gunmen opened fire, resulting in the death of his uncle and best friend, and leaving his 13-year-old nephew paralysed.
Two former border post officials have been sentenced to an effective 15 years in jail for turning a blind eye to an attempt to smuggle tobacco worth R6 million into
President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended the deployment of SA National Defence Force (SANDF) members to combat acts of terrorism and violent extremism in various parts of Africa.
The trusted sidekick of murdered “Steroid King” Brian Wainstein testified on Wednesday about a wild life of illegal steroid sales and huge deliveries of money to be laundered, as he
Cracks are beginning to show in the Multiparty Charter (MPC) as the Freedom Front Plus has declared that it is open to entering coalition talks with other political parties not
Efforts to detain Johannesburg’s City manager, Floyd Brink, faced another setback on Wednesday afternoon after a second arrest attempt proved unsuccessful.
Cracks are beginning to show in the Multiparty Charter (MPC) as the Freedom Front Plus has declared it was open to entering coalition talks with other political parties not in
A resignation and abrupt dismissals have sowed division in former president Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe Party, with one former leader claiming some members were the “corrupt and dodgy characters” who
The trusted sidekick of murdered “Steroid King” Brian Wainstein testified on Wednesday about a wild life of illegal steroid sales, huge deliveries of money to be laundered, as he revealed
As the State prepares to push for Jacob Zuma’s corruption trial to finally proceed next month, prosecutions boss Shamila Batohi slammed the “Stalingrad tactic” associated with the former president.
Western Cape police have arrested two more suspects following the shooting of a Cape Town police officer on Monday.
A man, who was acquitted of raping his girlfriend, had his conviction reinstated after the Supreme Court of Appeal on Wednesday upheld the National Prosecuting Authority’s appeal.
MK Party leader Jacob Zuma’s legal team asked the Constitutional Court for an extension to allow them to file answering papers opposing the Electoral Commission of SA’s appeal against an
President Cyril Ramaphosa used a state event celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Expanded Public Works Programme in East London on Wednesday to stamp his authority on his government’s readiness
Eastern Cape’s Health Department spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo was released on R30 000 bail on Wednesday afternoon after appearing at the Zwelitsha Magistrate’s Court on allegations of fraud, forgery and uttering.
Sergeant Adian Mahoney, who was shot dead in Mamre, Atlantis, Cape Town, a week ago, has been described as being “brave, and passionate about helping people, and always making time
The warning for high fire danger conditions over the Kheis and Dawid Kruiper local municipalities in the Northern Cape remains in place, according to the South African Weather Service.
An investigator in the murder case of former Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa does not know why the alleged mastermind behind the killing, who is known to the police, has
Education lobby group, Equal Education, has taken the Western Cape education department to court over unplaced pupils in the province.
Police have spent over R42.67 million on petrol and diesel for its VIP Protection fleet – the unit that ferries President Cyril Ramaphosa and his ministers.
Chronic kidney disease is damage to the kidney that happens over a period of time – and affects its ability to filter waste products and get rid of fluid properly,
Angry workers linked to the Expanded Public Works Programme at the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality staged a picket in East London on Wednesday, demanding decent jobs from President Cyril Ramaphosa.
A Cape Town debt collector turned security specialist testified that he collected between R400 000 and R600 000 in sales of illegal steroids for so-called steroid king Brian Weinstein every
A Gauteng-based law firm faced a setback when the sheriff of the court was unable to carry out a warrant to arrest the municipal manager of the City of Johannesburg,
The City of Cape Town has put up a R100 000 reward for information that could lead to the arrest of gunmen who allegedly shot dead two security guards contracted
A former high school teacher accused of killing his ex-wife and dumping her body in a stormwater drain last year will stand trial for her murder in the Eastern Cape
Three officers were arrested on Monday, five months after they allegedly assaulted Juma Igiranieza to obtain information from him.
The Constitutional Court has given the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party until Thursday to file answering papers if it wants to oppose the Electoral Commission of SA’s (IEC) appeal against an
A senior official in the Eastern Cape Department of Health has been arrested for fraud.
Residents of a plush Gqeberha neighbourhood are furious over an alleged funeral ‘after tears’ on Sunday where men, seemingly carrying around AK-47s, marched up and down the street, metres from
The sheriff of the court is expected to arrest City manager Floyd Brink on Wednesday, sources have told News24, after a Johannesburg business’ water was disconnected for an alleged contravention
ActionSA’s Eastern Cape leader Athol Trollip has threatened to take the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality to court over sewage spills that are polluting rivers in East London.
Since October last year, KwaZulu-Natal police have seized drugs worth R1.5 billion in the province.
Last week, the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal was mopping up damage after being battered by heavy, unexpected rainfall over the weekend. How seriously should your political party take such issues?
The ANC in Gauteng is confident it can secure 55% of the vote – and it plans to do so by intensifying its election campaign, dusting off veterans, and embarking
The sheriff of the court is outside city manager Floyd Brink’s Helderkruin home to enforce a warrant of arrest after the City of Johannesburg failed to comply with a court
A man who raped three children was sentenced to three life sentences by the Modimolle Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo.
Snake catcher Gerrie Heyns removed 14 serpents in just three days from various homes in the Cape Winelands district last week.
A witness in the trial of Mark Lifman, Jerome Booysen and others testified that he was paid to intimidate or assault people who owed money, and if anyone laid a
Residents in Johannesburg would be forgiven for thinking load shedding was back, because of all the electrical outages.
It is the State’s case, while she served as the defence minister, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula solicited and received R2.5 million in bribes and gratifications.
Concerns have emerged about the ill-health of former president Jacob Zuma after he collapsed on Friday and, as a result, was forced to suspend campaign activities for the uMkhonto weSizwe
Tshireletso Donald Makabe from the small village of Silwerkrans in the North West had one unwavering ambition: to uplift the life of his beloved mother.
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