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The South African Human Rights Commission has also visited Hammanskraal noting with grave concern the Cholera outbreak. This as the number of people that have died due to a Cholera outbreak has now risen to seventeen. Party national spokesperson, Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri says both the ANC and the current administration of the Tshwane metro under the DA-led coalition should account for the current c...

 The cross examination of former Gauteng Finance MEC, Barbara Creecy is currently underway at the Pretoria High Court. Creecy, who is now the current Forestry, Fisheries and Environment Minister was ordered to appear before the Life Esidimeni Inquest as she was implicated by former health MEC Qedani Mahlangu. Mahlangu had testified that Creecy, was part of a collective under the former Gauteng Pre...

The South African Council of Churches in the O R Tambo region have raised concerns and warn members of African religion to refrain from instigating violence between followers of christianity and African religion. This comes after a circulating videos on the social media where alleged  members of the African religion are burning the Holy Bible , referring to it as a devil's book. SACC believes that...

A report by the Commission For The Promotion And Protection Of The Rights Of Cultural, Religious And Linguistic Communities has found that while most government departments have adopted two or three official languages as per the language act, English is still predominantly used. The dominance of the English language has come at the expense of other official languages. The report also found that th...

South African health experts say cholera is a global concern and there have been several outbreaks in various regions of the world since 2021.  Anelisa Cele from Port & Environmental Health  says they are keeping an eye on people travelling into the country to flag anyone who may be showing cholera symptoms. 

Public Enterprises Minister, Pravin Gordhan has not minced his words when describing the conduct of former CEO, Andre De Ruyter while the former was head of the Power Utility. Minister Gordhan is appearing before parliament's Standing Committee on Public Accounts, following damning allegation by De Ruyter about some of the challenges plaguing Eskom. Gordhan has described De Ruyter's assertions as...

Media lawyer Dan Rosengarten says if the witness feared for her life, her application would make sense , but there is zero evidence to suggest this. This follows an application by the witness on Monday, objecting to the live broadcast of her testimony in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial .  Meanwhile , the prosecutor, Advocate George Baloyi, says the new witness must be given a choice whether or not s...

 The lawyers representing President Cyril Ramaphosa in his challenge of the private prosecution against him by former President Jacob Zuma have argued that his office will suffer undue interference should he be hauled before a criminal court. Ramaphosa is asking the full bench in the Johannesburg High Court to declare the summons issued by Zuma as unlawful, unconstitutional and invalid. Zuma is ac...

 Two victims have succumbed to their injuries after they initially survived an attack where 15 people were set alight inside a house in Msunduzi Location in Pietermaritzburg. This brings the death toll in this gruesome attack to ten people. Its alleged seven suspects armed with rifles entered the house on Sunday enquiring about the owner of the house. Upon not finding the owner, they told the occu...

 Authorities in Lesotho have declared an indefinite nationwide curfew which begins from 10pm in the evening to 4am in the early morning. This is in response to increasing crime rates in the country and follows the fatal shooting of a popular radio presenter and journalist. Local residents opposed to the measure are anticipated to stage protests with police likely to move to forcibly disperse any g...

Thabo Bester, his partner Dr Nandipha Magudumana, Magudumana's father and five other accused have appeared before the Bloemfontein Magistrates court. Thabo Bester and Dr Magudumana appeared virtually. Besters legal representatives have opposed this and made arguments for Bester to appear in person.  The case against Thabo Bester and Dr Nandipha Magudumana has been postponed to the 20th of June.

Former Kaizer Chiefs Public Relations Officer, Louis Tshakoane has reportedly been arrested at the funeral of former Mamelodi Sundowns administrator, Alex Shakoane. Shakoane died last week at the age of 68 after serving the football fretenity for over 50 years. Authorities pounced on Tshakoane on Tuesday after he went on the run four years ago when he was linked to a multimillion rand fraud scheme...

EFF leader, Julius Malema is addressing the media following the party's Central Command Team meeting. Speaking from the party headquarters in Johannesburg, Malema says it all system's go for the party's 10th borthday celebrations set for July the 29th at FNB stadium. Malema has called for the immediate resignation of president Cyril Ramaphosa warning that the country faces a real threat of a total...

 A new state witness in the murder trial of former Bafana Bafana captain, Senzo Meyiwa, is objecting to proceedings being broadcast live audio and visually. The witness says she is a well-known personality and performs in public from time to time. She says the live broadcast, the public might form perceptions regarding her evidence and that when she perform publicly her life might be endangered. L...

The murder trial of the late former ANC Youth League secretary general, Sindiso Magaqa is continuing with the cross examination of his bodyguard at the Pietermaritzburg High Court. Last week, Thakabonwa Ngubane testified that he had worked as a bodyguard for Magaqa for just over two months before the attack. The four accused - Sbonelo Myeza, Mbulelo Mpofana, Mlungisi Ncalane and Sibusiso Ncengwa -...

The African Independent National congress in North West has handed over a memorandum of grievances to the Orkeney police station about lack of police action in dealing with alleged rape cases. The party claims to have brought to light the allegations that an ANC ward councillor in the Matlosana local municipality in North West has been asking for sexual favours in exchange for help. The councillor...

Defense lawyer Sipho Ramosepele has disputed Mthokozisi Thwala's testimony that there were two intruders the night Senzo Meyiwa was shot and killed. Thwala is under cross examination at the Meyiwa murder trial in the High Court in Pretoria. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to SABC our reporter Pearl Magubane

Former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu is continuing with her cross examination in the High Court in Pretoria. On Friday Mahlangu told the court that the decision to relocate over three thousand mental health patients from Life Esidimeni facilities was taken jointly with the provincial management and that she had to comply with it. In continuing her testimony this morning, Mhalngu denied allega...

 The court application brought by the mayor of the Nelson Mandela Bay metro, Retief Odendaal, to stop a special council meeting from sitting today has been withdrawn. The withdrawal comes after the council meeting was cancelled. A motion of no confidence was set to be debated against Odendaal at the meeting. He challenged the validity of the meeting saying due process in calling it was not followe...

 The African National Congress in Gauteng has thrown its weight in behind Al Jama-ah's Kabelo Gwamanda as its prefered candidate for the position of Johannesburg Mayor. Gwamanda will face off against the Democratic Alliance's Mpho Phalatse and ActionSA's Funzi Ngubeni. Council members are expected to finally elect a moyor after Al Jama-ah's Thapelo Amad resigned last month, in a bed to avoid a mot...

The High Court in Pretoria has postponed to Monday the case against five men accused of murdering soccer star, Senzo Meyiwa. Proceedings adjourned after Sipho Ramosepele, the lawyer representing accused number 1 and 2 fell ill in court. State Witness, Mthokozisi Thwala earlier told the court that the first person to react when the intruders came into the house where Meyiwa was gunned down, was Lon...

Former ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule has appeared before the Bloemfontein High Court on the 255 million rands fraud and corruption Asbestos case. The case against Magashule and co-accused has been postponed to the 15th of April 2024.  Magashule, business man Edwin Sodi and former human settlements head Thabani Zulu maintain that their right to a fair trial has been infringed. Sakina Kamwendo...

The Congress of South African Trade Unions says while it welcomes National Treasury's new Eskom debt relief measures for 165 municipalities, more measures need to be put in place to ensure that residents pay for electricity. The programme will result in the bail out of over half of the country's municipalities if the commit to dealing with residents who refuse to pay for services like electricity...

Senzo Meyiwa murder trial has resumed at the High court in Pretoria. One of the witnesses in the Senzo Meyiwa murder case is expected to be back in court.   Mthokozisi Thwala is the second state witness in the trial for the murder of the soccer star. He was inside the house when Meyiwa was shot and killed at the home of singer Kelly Khumalo in Vosloorus, south-east of Johannesburg, in October 2014...

The state continues leading new evidence from a new witness in the Sindiso Magaqa murder trial in the High Court in Pietermaritzburg. The state has lined up over 50 witnesses. The first key witness, Jabulile Msiya - earlier this week told the court that after the attack on Magaqa she feared for her life. Msiya maintained Magaqa's attack was related to the uMzimkhulu Memorial Hall renovations, whic...