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The community of Danville, in the North West's Mahikeng Municipality, is appealing to police for assistance in the wake of growing drug-related crimes in the area. Drug users, addicts and dealers are reportedly wreaking havoc as locals say they live in fear of falling victim brazen robbers and rapists in the area, following the discoveries of a number of human remains bodies in a nearby bush. Saki...

The Special Investigating Unit has given a damning report about the scale of fraud by lawyers when instituting medico-legal claims against government. This practice cuts across the private and public health sectors. The SIU was briefing Parliament's Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) on the latest development in its investigations into allegations of fraud in medical legal claims. Sakin...

The trial of five men accused of the 2014 murder of soccer player, Senzo Meyiwa, was delayed this morning as the defence sought clarity from the Legal Aid Board, on costs for services provided by independent ballistics expert, Dave Pieterse. Ballistic expert, Colonel Chris Mangena was initially expected to return to the witness stand today, following cross examination by the defence, where he was...

Gauteng Finance MEC Lebogang Maile has welcome the audit outcomes of the 2022/23 financial year recently tabled by the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA), Tsakani Maluleke.  MEC Maile says he acknowledges that most municipalities did not comply with procurement legislation and that many targets which were not achieved affected basic service delivery. Maile says greater urgency is required to a...

Legal counsel for Freedom Under Law, Advocate Wim Trengove, has argued that the proper priority of the Western Cape High Court is to establish how best it can address the issue of illegal designation. Trengove made the argument earlier today, as the court hears a legal challenge by the civil society organisation, in partnership with the Democratic Alliance and the Council for the Advancement of th...

The South African Police Service (SAPS) in the Eastern Cape are yet to identify the two people killed alongside the suspected Mthatha extortionist Dalinzolo Mareke. The Eastern Cape MEC for Community Safety, Xolile Nqatha, has commended the actions of the police in Mthatha yesterday. Mareke and the two men were shot dead after they allegedly started shooting at the members of the National Interven...

The Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) is calling on the new Chief Justice, Mandisa Maya, to play an active role in reforming the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) so that the country's best legal talent can be selected as judges. CDE says the quality of judges is declining, and more acting judges are being employed to clear case backlogs. The Centre for Development and Enterprise has rel...

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu told the National Assembly how acts of extortion around the country has angered communities. Mchunu was delivering his statement outlining the actions taken by the police to deal with the threat posed by those committing acts of extortion in South Africa. Mchunu's statement generated intense debate from opposition parties as Mercedes Besent reports

The Horizon Chrome Mine in Rustenburg has dismissed over 140 of their employees who staged the underground sit-in last week in Tlhatlhaganyane near Rustenburg. The workers were demanding salary increases and better working conditions. They say an entry level underground employee earns about R6 500.00 a month, which they say does not match the work done and dangers faced underground. Employees say...

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the integration of African economies is critical to the growth of the continent.  Ramaphosa was speaking at the first day of the Forum for China-Africa Co-operation summit currently ongoing in Beijing. Ramaphosa adds that South African and China and tied and the hip and re-affirmed the country's commitment to the BRICS forum. Ramaphosa elaborates...

Music legend, Sello "Chicco" Twala has vowed that his son, Longwe will never be found guilty in the Senzo Meyiwa Trial. Speaking to SABC News at the sons are expected to appear in the Randburg Magistrate's court, north of Johannesburg, earlier today, Twala said he had opened a seperate case of theft against Longwe and his brother, Sello after the pair allegedly stole equipment worth thousands of r...

The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) was scheduled to be briefed by the National Skills Fund (NSF) and the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) on developments emanating from the 2022/23 annual reports of the entities and on the investigations currently being conducted by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) on the entities. In February, the SIU said it has recovered more tha...

Ballistics expert, Colonel Chris Mangena has reiterated that the markings on the test bullets he fired align with those found from the bullet at the Senzo Meyiwa crime scene. Mangena is back on the witness stand as his cross examination continues at the Pretoria High Court, where five men are on trial for the 2014 murder of the Bafana Bafana captain. Mangena has also testified that the crime scene...

With a high level of unemployment and saturated job markets, more women in South Africa are tapping into traditionally male-dominated industries. Over the last years, Limpopo has seen a high number of women participating in sectors such as operation of heavy vehicles and machineries as well as construction. As South Africa celebrates 30 years of democracy, we look at some of the women treading unf...

Only twenty-five percent of South Africa's young people are hopeful about the future being better, that's according to a survey Johannesburg-based Ichikowitz Family Foundation. The survey also reveals that the country's youth are much less trustful of all leaders than the rest of the continent's youth, with only religious leaders trusted by a majority – Local community leaders and organisations ar...

South Africa's gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0,4% in the second quarter of 2024. This follows a 0,0% growth in the first quarter of 2024. The finance, real estate and business services industry increased by 1,3%, contributing 0,3 of a percentage point to the GDP growth. Increased economic activities were reported for financial intermediation, auxiliary activities, real estate activitie...

The brazen shooting of a school principal in front of teachers and pupils in the Eastern Cape has been condemned extensively. Eastern Cape police have been urged to work with speed in apprehending the suspects. The killing is allegedly linked to extortion points to a failure of the security system. Zakhele primary's school governing body (SGB) will meet social workers, counsellor teachers, pupils...

The furore between a Pretoria father and the Gauteng Basic Education Department is back in the spotlight. The father of a 14-year old black girl, who was called the K-word by two white boys at a Pretoria High School, a few months ago, is accusing the Gauteng Basic Education Department of re-victimising his child. He now demands accountability.  Monique Lewis has more ..  

Acting President, Paul Mashatile has likened the killings of police officers as an attack on the state and equal to treason. Mashatile made these remarks at the annual South African Police Services Commemoration Day. The SAPD honoured 39 women and men, who died in the line of duty between April 2023 to March 2024.  Mashatile says police officers must take decisive action against criminals accordin...

The Coligny Magistrates court in the North West has postponed a case against more than 40 suspected illegal immigrants to Monday and Wednesday next week. The suspects, from Malawi, Zimbabwe and Mozambique have been remanded in custody until Monday to grant the court time to find interpreters. Those from Lesotho will re-appear in court on Wednesday. They were arrested last Thursday at a constructio...

The Gqeberha High Court, in the Eastern Cape, has postponed to June 2025, an application by two parties in the judicial Inquest into the murder of the Cradock Four. The families of anti-apartheid activists, Mathew Goniwe, Fort Calata, Sparrow Mkonto, and Sicelo Mhlauli, all from Cradock, have turned to the courts after their loved ones were abducted and murdered by the South African Security Polic...

The Senzo Meyiwa trial has adjourned till tomorrow morning to allow the defence to go through additional ballistic evidence they received this morning. The additional documents have been supplied by ballistic expert Colonel Chris Mangena at the High Court in Pretoria following a request by defence counsel Charles Mnisi during cross examination on Friday. Five men are on trial for the murder of the...

The Gauteng Health Department has expressed concern over the significant increase in food poisoning cases among children, particularly in townships, informal settlements and hostels. This comes after an incident in which seven children were admitted to the Thelle Mogoerane Regional Hospital last Thursday for suspected food poisoning. Six of the children have since died, while one remains in a crit...

Rhodes University in Makhanda in the Eastern Cape, says the dignity of the City's citizens is taken for granted by the ongoing water challenges. Academic activities have since been suspended as students and staff march in protest to the municipal offices to demand water. The supply of water to the institution and many parts of the City has been disrupted since last week. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to S...

Lawyers' organisation, Black Forum South Africa, says it is investigating several suspected racially-motivated murders of farmworkers across the country. This follows the recent arrest of a Limpopo farmer, Zacharia Oliver, and his two employees after they allegedly shot and killing Kudzai Ndlovu and Maria Makgato, and then threw their disposed their bodies into a pigsty, in a farm outside Polokwan...