When former president Jacob Zuma announced his backing of the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party, he initially said the ANC’s latest political opponent was established with his “knowledge and blessings”.
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The Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crimes Court has sentenced convicted fraudster Swereen Govender to an effective 15-year direct imprisonment after she swindled more than R18 million from investors.
Western Cape police have confiscated R4.6 million in cash stashed in travel cases and 16 expensive watches at the house of a suspect in Claremont, Cape Town.
An 18-year-old girl was allegedly beaten to death by her 25-year-old boyfriend, who is also the father of her two-year-old child, after she was apparently first whipped and throttled.
The IEC has cautioned the public against misinformation circulating on social media after a message encouraged voters older than 60 to apply to vote early.
The Presidency has denied that SABC head of news Moshoeshoe Monare is being targeted by the State Security Agency.
A 23-year-old Germiston woman who was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment for aiding and abetting her lover to kill and abuse her children was never a mother but was only
A Durban North shooting on Sunday which claimed one life and saw a group of women being injured is said to have occurred at a known brothel in the plush
The Department of Health in Gauteng is increasing its efforts to speed up early disease detection in under-resourced communities.
Morning fog is expected on the west coast of the country. Otherwise, fine and mostly warm temperatures are forecast elsewhere, but with an extremely high fire-danger warning in some parts,
Businessman Gaorutwe Rothwell Motingwe has appeared in court, accused of defrauding the embattled Ditsobotla Local Municipality of R760 000.
GOOD party leader Patricia de Lille has hit back at DA leader John Steenhuisen for referring to smaller parties as popcorn parties.
GOOD councillor in Nelson Mandela Bay, Lawrence Troon, must pay damages of R130 000 to EFF regional chairperson Khanya Ngqisha for defamation, the Eastern Cape High Court in Gqeberha ruled
ANC Johannesburg councillor and chief whip Sthembiso Zungu, a survivor of the tragic Zakariyya Park shooting, said he was struggling emotionally when he saw the alleged killers in court on
A Cape Town taxi driver driving a vehicle with passengers while under the influence of alcohol was arrested on Monday morning, while on Friday a high-flying speedster was caught in
Dr Hajira Mashego is not running a gym to help people fit into their favourite pair of jeans; she wants to reshape the health landscape of black communities in South
The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has sentenced a 37-year-old man to two life terms behind bars for the murder of his 2-year-old stepdaughter and the rape of her 8-year-old
If senior officials of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality do not provide more information on a proposed R25 million procurement of “security vehicles”, the Freedom Front Plus may make a U-turn
It has been another bloody weekend in Cape Town with multiple shootings reported across the city.
Little Champions Day Care Centre in Mdantsane in the Eastern Cape is enhancing security measures and supervision protocols after a 3-year-old boy died in hospital a day after he was
The State has applied for murder-accused Sizwe Ngema, an eThekwini metro police officer who allegedly stabbed his pregnant girlfriend to death on 31 March, to undergo a mental assessment.
Bongani Baloyi’s Xiluva has joined Jacob Zuma’s MK Party in calling for the abolishment of the Constitution as the supreme law of the land to be replaced by apartheid-style “parliamentary
A 32-year-old man has been released on bail in the Simon’s Town Magistrate’s Court after he was arrested for indecent exposure for allegedly “exposing himself in his car” outside a
Two of the three men arrested in connection with the murder of Rand Water executive Teboho Joala have serious medical conditions and need urgent medical care, the Lenasia Magistrate’s Court
EFF leader Julius Malema has called on the party’s “ground forces” to persevere in the face of a damning recent Ipsos poll.
Firefighters are attending to several hotspots on the mountain behind Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, after a fire broke out in the area over the weekend.
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Firefighters are attending to several hotspots on the mountain behind Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, after a fire broke out in the area over the weekend.
ANC treasurer-general Gwen Ramakgopa says the middle class must appreciate the governing party’s efforts to grow the economy, and show this appreciation by donating towards its election campaign.
Three people believed to be members of a blue light robbery gang operating on the N3 highway have been killed during a shootout with police.
The looting of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme is a textbook case of state capture, orchestrated by Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology Blade Nzimande.
The result of an unexpected motion of no confidence in the leadership of a historic mosque in Kalk Bay was overturned by the Western Cape High Court on Friday, after
The fraud investigation into the mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay, Gary van Niekerk, which has faced delays for half-a-year, has finally commenced.
The looting of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme is a textbook case of state capture, orchestrated by Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology Blade Nzimande.
Rise Mzansi leader Songezo Zibi told News24’s politics and opinions editor Qaanitah Hunter that speaking about coalition talks was tantamount to “putting the cart before the horse”, and that his
Despite recent surveys predicting that the ANC will lose its majority in the upcoming elections, party president Cyril Ramaphosa is optimistic, urging observers to “watch the space!”
In certain areas, gangs “now make as much money from extortion as they do from selling drugs”, according to a report lifting the lid on extortion in Cape Town.
A woman has been killed and three others wounded in a shooting at a house in Adelaide Tambo Road, Durban North, on Sunday.
An ANC ward councillor was gunned down in Photsaneng village, outside Rustenburg, on Friday night.
Five men implicated in a series of grave offences – including house robbery, kidnapping and extortion – have been arrested by police in Potchefstroom.
Skeleton crews from the City’s Fire and Rescue Service will remain on site overnight to monitor a raging veld fire in Kirstenbosch.
Monday will be a fine and cool to warm day in most of the country, with isolated thundershowers expected in other parts, according to the South African Weather Service.
North West police have made a breakthrough and arrested two men linked to the murder of Constable Mogoro Clement Makola.
President Cyril Ramaphosa says he respects the Electoral Court ruling which found that former president Jacob Zuma qualifies for appointment to the National Assembly because the 15-month prison term he
The Constitutional Court will hear the Electoral Commission of South Africa’s (IEC) challenge over former president Jacob Zuma’s eligibility to serve in the National Assembly on 10 May – just
Various hiking trails in Cape Point, as well as the Back Table and Skeleton Gorge on Table Mountain, have been closed following a fire just above Skeleton Gorge and the
The Constitutional Court will hear the Electoral Commission of South Africa’s (IEC) challenge over former president Jacob Zuma’s eligibility to serve in the National Assembly on 10 May – just
The Justice, Crime Prevention, and Security cluster will not leave anything to chance in the upcoming elections and will deal with anyone who attempts to disrupt them.
“No job, no vote,” was the ultimatum that desperate ANC supporters had for the ruling ANC in QwaQwa, Free State on Sunday.
Various hiking trails in Cape Point, as well as the Back Table and Skeleton Gorge on Table Mountain, have been closed following a fire just above Skeleton Gorge and the
A 35-year-old Witbank man drowned after seemingly falling off rocks into the water near a local restaurant at Witbank Dam in Mpumalanga on Saturday.
The National Sea Rescue Institute rescued 22 fishermen from a capsizing vessel in Table Bay on Saturday morning.
Police uncovered a syndicate which substitutes actual minerals mined in Richards Bay with fakes, and tracked a R15-million consignment of zircon and chloride to a warehouse in Johannesburg, all repackaged
Dozens of housing activists and civil organisations door stopped Western Cape Premier Alan Winde amid calls to develop parking sites in the CBD into social housing.
The mayor of Cape Town, Geordin Hill-Lewis, wrote to Police Minister Bheki Cele on Wednesday, to request three more policing power reforms.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on South Africans to desist from allowing “detractors abroad and at home”, who are trying to dampen and diminish the gains of 30 years of
The Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma Museum in Sopihiatown honours Henry Nxumalo’s commitment to freedom and justice by hosting an exhibition.