Category: SA News

The party had approached the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) wanting to overturn the decision to restore the council, which had been dissolved and replaced by an administrator. The Tshwane Council. Picture: @TshwaneANC/Twitter. JOHANNESBURG – The Gauteng government said it would hold an ordinary executive council meeting on Wednesday to consider its failed attempt to […]

Three men were gunned down in a shack on Tuesday. CAPE TOWN – Two men have been arrested in connection with a triple murder in Delft. Three men were gunned down in a shack on Tuesday. The pair was taken into custody on Tuesday night. It’s believed the five men had had a fight over […]

Mlambo has testified at the state capture commission about the company that other officials raised alarm about when it was awarded a 10-year contract beyond the maximum three years that Denel had set as policy. A screenshot of former Denel head of supply chain Dennis Mlambo testifying at the Zondo Inquiry on Tuesday, 27 October […]

Provincial Commissioner visits Wolseley after discovery of three bodies. Picture: Kaylynn Palm CAPE TOWN – Western Cape police on Wednesday said more bodies could be found in the investigation into the murders of three people in Wolseley. Police confirmed a man arrested for the murder of a young woman from the area has confessed to […]

Colonel Johan Venter is the first witness to take the stand in Malema and Mbuyiseni Ndlozi’s assault trial. Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema and EFF MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi talk to the media after appearing at the Randburg Magistrates Court on 14 September 2020. Picture: @EFFSouthAfrica/Twitter RANDBURG – The police officer who has accused […]

An elderly man has been arrested on a charge of murder. CAPE TOWN – A 71-year-old Marina Da Gama man has been arrested on a charge of murder. The accused’s 66-year-old wife was found dead on the kitchen floor of the couple’s home almost two weeks ago. She had been stabbed in the head and […]

The ANC said Councillor Thabani Dube presided over a divided council and failed to act against municipal officials who illegally took money from the municipality. KWAZULU-NATAL – The African National Congress (ANC) in KwaZulu-Natal has fired the mayor of the Umdoni Local Municipality on the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) south coast. The ANC on Wednesday said Councillor […]

The former State Security Minister Bongani Bongo and his brother, Joel, are among 11 individuals and 4 companies being charged with fraud, theft and corruption and money laundering and applying for bail. FILE: Home Affairs committee chairperson Bongani Bongo. Picture: GCIS. JOHANNESBURG – ANC MP and former State Security Minister Bongani Bongo and his brother, […]

In the first tragedy, fire crews rushed to a blaze that engulfed several shacks in Heinz Park overnight. File picture: Firefighters found the bodies of a woman and an infant among the debris. CAPE TOWN – Three people including a baby have died in two separate fires in Philippi and Fisantekraal. In the first tragedy, […]

Zane Kilian appeared in the Cape Town Magistrates Court on Tuesday in connection with the failed hit on lawyer William Booth at his Higgovale home in April. Lieutenant-Colonel Charl Kinnear was laid to rest on 3 October 2020. Picture: Supplied CAPE TOWN – The man accused of playing a part in the murder of a […]