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Scores of shops selling fake goods have been closed down by Joburg Metro Police following several raids. This comes on the back of an announcement by the City of Joburg mayor Herman Mashaba that the municipality is making headway in its fight against crime. Mashaba has realeased the city's monthly crime stats for November in the city today. He says money derived from the sale of counterfeit goods...

Organisers of the first Cannabis Expo in Africa say the overwhelming response from the public pushes government into wholly legalising the plant. Sunday marked the fourth and last day of the expo, which has attracted over 15-thousand people. The expo held at Menlyn in Pretoria comes against the backdrop of the Constitutional Court's recent decriminalization of the use and cultivation of marijuana...

More court room battles are expected between rival PAC factions following an elective conference held in Kimberley in the Northern Cape this past weekend. Delegates at the three-day meeting voted Mzwanele Nyhontso as the party's new president. He garnered 176 votes. His contenders were Luthando Mbinda and Zamikhaya Gxabe. He beat them by 121 and 28 votes respectively. Nobelungu Nowapane reports.

Retail group Edcon says it is working on a recovery plan after the company faced huge financial problem which could lead to the loss of 140 000 jobs. It has denied a report that it will be closing down and says they are working on a plan. Edcon owns Edgars, Jet and CAN. Wisani Makhubela reports.

The ANC North West List conference is expected to go ahead following violent clashes among delegates in Potchefstroom early this week. The four ANC regions in the province, that include the Dr Ruth Segomosti Mompati region and Dr Kenneth Kaunda region, have been at loggerheads with the Provincial Task Team following the disbandment of the Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) led by former premier...

Eastern Cape police have opened a case of murder and arson after two women accused of witchcraft were burnt to death in Ngonyameni village in EmaXesibeni, formerly known as Mt. Ayliff. The children who were in the house at the time of the attack managed to escape. Their family says the act was carried out by a mob and that incident has left them devastated.

The police have denied allegations that they have failed to assist residents who have been illegally evicted from their homes in Alexandra north of Johanneburg. About two people have been forced from their houses by what has been described as a syndicate. The local Community Policing Forum says they have established that those behind the evictions claim that the victims are not the righful owners...

The woman dubbed "The Lion Mama" who stabbed three men she found raping her daughter says she is happy about the sentence meted out to the men found guilty of the attack. She was speaking outside the Mthatha High Court sitting at Lady Frere magistrate's court in the Eastern Cape where the men were given a 30 year imprisonment term each. Five years is suspended. Mncedisi Vuba and Xolisa Siyeka were...

A criminal syndicate is allegedly forcing vulnerable families out of their homes, in Alexandra in Northern Johannesburg. So far about 20 families have been forcefully removed from their homes by the gangs, who want to sell their homes to third parties. It is alleged that the police are involved by turning a blind eye to this even after the incidents were reported. The criminals use violence and th...

Police are hunting for suspects who have been kidnapping children around Gauteng. The provincial Community Safety Department says four cases have been reported in Ekurhuleni, and Pretoria this month with the last incident occurring earlier this week. In all the cases the suspects demanded a ransom and later released the children on receipt of the cash. Those kidnapped were between the ages of six...

The Democratic Alliance says today’s ruling that former president Jacob Zuma should personally pay for his legal costs in his corruption case, is a victory for South Africans who have been footing the bill. The High Court in Pretoria has upheld the application by the DA and EFF to set aside an earlier agreement signed by the presidency, authorising state funding for Zuma's defence in criminal case...

Police are investigating numerous cases including murder and attempted murder following several attacks believed to be related to the ongoing plastic sector strike. Since the strike started in mid-October, some companies have reported incidences and posted photos on social media of injured workers as well as cars that have been vandalised and set alight. It's believed the attacks might be linked t...

Civil society group Equal Education says both the Satchwell and Manjoo reports have helped them to reflect on what it should have and should do differently as it seeks to fight the scourge of sexual harassment within the organisation. Professor Rashida Manjoo, who was part of the initial investigating panel, but later distaced herself from its report, released her own this week which calls for a m...

A sexual harassment complaint against the ANC's national spokesperson, Pule Mabe continues this afternoon in Johannesburg. This after Mabe's 26 year old assistant cited two incidents in which she says she resisted his advances. The matter is being heard by the ANC's Internal Grievance Pane. Our reporter Mbali Thethani is on the story.

The City of Mbombela has described as misleading claims made by the DA in Mpumalanga that 1 billion rand is being returned to the coffers of Treasury while there are service delivery problems. The party revealed this week that the municipality only spent 13 percent of its allocation for the 2017/18 financial year. It claims that the City underspent on amongst other things, its infrastructure and e...

Formers SARS Commissioner Tom Moyane says he will appeal today's decision by the High Court in Pretoria to dismiss his application to get his job back. Last week, Moyane attempted to have his dismissal overturned and prevent the appointment of of a new commissioner at SARS. President Cyril Ramaphosa fired Moyane following the recommendation of the Nugent commission. Judge Hans Fabricius dismissed...

Judge Mandela Makaula will continue to preside over the rape and kidnapping trial of Ngerian pastor Timothy Omotoso. The Supreme Court of Appeal sitting in Bloemfontein dismissed Omotoso's application to have Judge Makaula of the High Court in Port Elizabeth recuse himself from the case citing bias on the judge's part as the main reason for his application. He and his two co-accused are facing num...

The former Mayor of the Vhembe District Municipality Florence Radzilani has denied any involvement in the investment of municipal money into the coffers of the embattled VBS Mutual Bank. Radzilani resigned earlier today. Vhembe is one of the mucinipalities that were implicated in the VBS scandal where officials deposited money despite the law stating clearly that they should not do so. Sakina Kamw...

The Human Rights Commission says although there has been much improvement in the entrenchment of human rights in South Africa, there is still much inequality. This comment follows the release of the commission's annual report on trends in human rights violations in South Africa. The commission says equality rights violations as well as economic and social rights complaints are what dominated their...

Officials from the Gauteng government are expected to meet their counterparts from the Master of the High Court in order to seek assistance in establishing which family members have a right to receive compensation for the victims of the Esidimeni tragedy which saw 144 people die when the provincial health department moved mental patients to unfit NGOs in a drive to cut costs. The government says s...

The Heart and Soul Foundation is urging the business sector to assist people living in informal settlements - by contributing towards painting their dwellings with a fire retardant. This as people continue to donate supplies to a community in Alexandra, north of Johannesburg, after a fire swept through hundreds of informal settlements last night. It's alleged that a man started the fire after havi...

Uber is calling all local citizens to band together, to help those affected by the Alexandra fires through uberCOMMUNITY. They have made available temporary vehicles called uberCOMMUNITY which will allow Johannesburg locals to request a car that will collect donations for the people of Alex currently trying to rebuild their lives.

Gauteng Premier David Makhura has arrived in Alexandra, north of Johannesburg, following a fire that swept through hundreds of informal settlements. It's alleged that a man started the fire after having a fight with his girlfriend. He was allegedly attacked by community members - and later died in hospital after succumbing to his injuries. Police are appealing for anyone with information to come f...

The presidency has confirmed the resignation of 4 SABC board members

The seven ANC mayors in the North West Province who have been recalled by the party's provincial task team, are intending to challenge the move in court. The provincial task team recalled the mayors this week. Four of them are from municipalities implicated in depositing municipal funds in VBS Mutual bank. The other three mayors, have been recalled as their municipalities are said to have collapse...