Brandon Kruger, who has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly stabbing his girlfriend 16 times, has asked the court to hold an enquiry into his fitness to stand trial.
The Gauteng Department of Health has welcomed the conviction of a man who robbed, kidnapped, and hijacked an Emergency Medical Services crew.
A prominent leader of the DA caucus in Johannesburg has found herself at the centre of a controversial billing disagreement with City Power, which she believes is politically motivated.
Education MEC Matome Chiloane visited the families of Siphamandla Peterson and Sibusiso Sibiya on Friday to introduce Seanego Attorneys.
The South African Weather Service has issued multiple warnings, including for the potential of strong winds that may reach gale force over the south-west coast of the Western Cape.
The Department of Water and Sanitation has reiterated end users will not be affected during the planned closure of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project Tunnel for six months in October
The president of the ANC, Cyril Ramaphosa, explained what he meant in a leaked audio recording, in which he was heard saying the ANC must deal with negative media reporting.
The prosecutor in the case against Gqeberha businessman Arnold Terblanche was berated at length by the defence in the Eastern Cape High Court in Gqeberha on Friday.
Aspects of AmaZulu Prince Mbonisi’s application to have state support of his nephew, King Misuzulu kaZwelithini, halted, pending the contest for the throne, have been deemed inappropriate to be heard
It was an emotional and sombre moment for the community of Diphini Village in East London on Friday morning as they buried little Unecebo Mboteni, three, who drowned in a
The Litterboom Project operates on eight rivers in KwaZulu-Natal and two in Cape Town. It removes roughly 1.5 tonnes of waste per clean-up.
South Africa’s energy crisis formed a golden thread through several concerns international human rights watchdog Amnesty International raised about the country in its latest report on the global state of
The DA plans to put in place job seekers’ grants and do away with the R350 monthly social relief of distress grant if it is put in power – but
Angry security guards who have been protesting outside the offices of the Gauteng Department of Health following the termination of their month-to-month contracts, say they will continue the fight to
The DA plans to put in place job seekers’ grants and do away with the R350 monthly social relief of distress grant if it is put in power – but
Two homes have been destroyed and four damaged at a Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Facility staff housing precinct in Pretoria.
A Cape Town woman’s successful court bid to have her husband involuntarily sent to a drug rehabilitation facility has been set aside in the Western Cape High Court because he
The suspects who allegedly kidnapped a retired Austrian businessman from Johannesburg Botanical Gardens in February, holding him captive for 50 days, have been arrested.
While the ANC has several corruption-accused leaders high up on its parliamentary lists, it claims to have no tolerance for corruption, which it believes is anti-poor and anti-working class.
One of the four defendants on trial for the gruesome murders of Dan Brand, his wife, Breggie, and their daughter Elzabie on 26 July 2020 on a smallholding outside Hartswater,
A former Hawks officer, whose father was murdered outside his home in Melkbosstrand, says he forgives the hitman who killed his father, in an assassination that Nafiz Modack is on
The president of the IFP, Velinkosini Hlabisa, vowed to “remove the political party which destroyed everything”, and to not betray voters by entering into a coalition agreement with the ANC.
ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba cautioned DA leader John Steenhuisen to respect the Constitution and let voters decide who should govern.
The battle for control of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal after 29 May is hotting up as two former presidents campaign on opposite sides.
Families of the victims of the Enyobeni Tavern tragedy said they have been vindicated by the outcomes of an investigative report into the incident by the South African Human Rights
ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba cautioned DA leader John Steenhuisen to respect the Constitution and let voters decide who should govern.
The battle for control of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal after 29 May is hotting up as two former presidents campaigned on opposite sides.
A former Hawks officer, whose father was murdered outside his home in Melkbosstrand, suspects the hit was linked to his investigation of Cape Town businessman Nafiz Modack in a case
The president of the IFP, Velinkosini Hlabisa, vowed to “remove the political party which destroyed everything”, and to not betray voters by entering into a coalition agreement with the ANC.
The Tshwane South College in Pretoria has been accused of flouting its supply chain management policy after awarding a R5.8 million contract to an existing service provider instead of putting
The SCA reinstated the rape conviction of Loyiso Coko. He was initially found guilty in the Makhanda Regional Court in September 2020, which was then overturned by the high court.
The ANC is continuing its court battle to keep its leader’s role in cadre deployment during the state capture era secret, despite getting a drubbing in court at every turn.
The family of a three-year-old boy who drowned in a pit toilet in Mdantsane, the Eastern Cape, has lambasted the management of the Little Champions Day Care Centre, labelling them
The IFP-led Zululand District Municipality has told News24 that it won’t doing media interviews about the appointment of AmaZulu king praise-singer Buzetsheni Mdletshe as a “senior arts and culture coordinator”.
The EFF’s posters, election material and major rallies have all been bankrolled with a R60 million Standard Bank loan.
Due to extensive bickering and jeering among political parties in the City of Tshwane council, it took almost five hours to simply adopt minutes of previous meetings, convey condolences and
Men, children and women of all ages were excited to see the former president walk about in the mall and briefly interact with businesses and shoppers.
The aunt of a woman who was killed by her husband had a tense exchange with his girlfriend after he was sentenced in the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg.
Scattered to isolated rain and thunderstorms are expected to hit most provinces across the country, according to the South African Weather Service.
Another double murder has rocked Westbury after a couple was gunned down in front of their two young children.
The Referendum Party raised the ire of the ANC this week when it blocked the R62 between the Eastern Cape and Western Cape when it launched its election manifesto.
More than a thousand residents of notorious, gang-invested Helenvale, in Gqeberha, marched through the streets with the chairperson of the DA Federal Council, Helen Zille, on Thursday to demand justice
The health department says South Africa is on course to “eliminate” malaria by 2028, despite recording almost 9 800 cases last year.
The son of security company boss Andre Naude has testified in the Western Cape High Court that someone shot at his bedroom window at his father’s house.
The SA Local Government Association (Salga) in KwaZulu-Natal-Natal says provincial government departments owe municipalities a whopping R3.8 billion for unpaid water and electricity.
A man has been shot dead in a vehicle in Lansdowne, Cape Town, and the community policing forum says residents are living in fear.
After years of uncertainty over the credibility of the University of Fort Hare’s speech and language therapy qualification, a group of 13 students finally graduated from the programme on Wednesday
Terrible feedback, echo on the line, and poor network connection marred the City of Johannesburg’s 20th ordinary council meeting which took place online on Thursday morning.
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