The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in Bloemfontein has reserved judgment in the former president Jacob Zuma’s medical parol case. Advocate Dali Mpofu told the court on Monday that the former Correctional Services Commissioner Arthur Fraser granted Zuma medical parole within the parameters of the law. Mpofu argued that the High Court failed to establish that […]
The operation started in Midrand and ultimately took them to Drieziek extension 9 in Orange Farm. The Hawks have swooped on a woman believed to be running an illicit snuff operation. A multi-disciplinary team descended on the Vaal area on Monday, as part of an investigation into counterfeit snuff. The operation started in Midrand and […]
Appearing in the Western Cape High Court, Pangaker, 55, is facing 27 charges including the kidnapping, rape and murder of eight-year-old Tazne van Wyk, of Ravensmead; as well as child exploitation, indecent assault,, sexual assault, common assault, incest, child grooming, intimidation, violating a corpse and absconding from monitoring while on parole. Mumbling through his testimony, […]
The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) says over 20 000 people are expected to attend the 10th Marikana commemoration at the infamous Marikana koppie in the North West. That is where police shot and killed 34 mineworkers on August 16 2012. This year’s Marikana commemoration will be held under the them ’10 years of betrayal.’ […]
Last week saw a series of shootings in Cape Town and this weekend three people were murdered in Mbekweni in Paarl. Cosatu claims that crime is spiralling out of control. Last week saw a series of shootings in Cape Town and this weekend three people were murdered in Mbekweni in Paarl. Cosatu staged a protest […]
Lawyers representing the commissioner of correctional services whic granted Zuma parole on medical grounds also made submissions defending the decision. Former statesman Jacob Zuma was back before court on Monday to appeal an earlier high court judgement that found his parole unlawful. Lawyers representing the commissioner of correctional services who granted Zuma parole on medical […]
The exact circumstances surrounding the assault are unclear at this stage but in the video, shared widely on social media, a police officer can be seen pinning a man down on the ground while another continuously hits him with his baton. Independent Police Investigaive Directorate (Ipid) is probing a case of assault following a video […]
A roundtable discussion reflecting on the 10 years since the Marikana Massacre. It has been 10 years since the Marikana Massacre in North West shook South Africa’s young democracy. Thirty-four miners were brutally killed by the South African Police Service on 16 August 2012 following a strike at the Lonmin platinum mine. The massacre was […]
The former MEC secured an overwhelming victory after over 300 delegates voted his entire slate into the top five at the ninth provincial conference. Newly-elected African National Congress (ANC) North West chairperson, Nono Maloyi, said that stability and unity were part of his priority list as he assumed office. The former MEC secured an overwhelming […]
Several suspects, including a 13-year-old boy, have been arrested in the Western Cape on charges of rape, attempted rape, and sexual assault. Five of the suspects, aged between 13 and 42, were arrested in different cases in George and Knysna at the weekend. They’re scheduled to make their first appearance in their respective magistrate’s courts […]