The brothers last week consumed an energy drink from their father. Their other sibling, who was also poisoned, is recovering in hospital. Three siblings who died after they were allegedly poisoned by their father will be laid to rest on Saturday. The brothers last week consumed an energy drink from their father. Their other sibling, […]
The police presented the crime statistics covering the period from January to March. South Africa has seen an increase in all categories of contact and violent crime. Police Minister Bheki Cele and SAPS management on Friday morning briefed Parliament’s police committee on the fourth quarter crime statistics. Rape, murder and attempted murder have all shown […]
Singer Kelly Khumalo’s lawyer Magdalene Moonsamy says her client feels prejudiced. This follows defence lawyer advocate Malesala Teffo’s statement in the High Court in Pretoria on Wednesday that the defence team would produce a witness who would testify that Khumalo mistakenly shot her then boyfriend and Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa. More details on the SABCNEWS
Forensic police officer Thabo Mosia was back on the witness stand, testifying in the trial into the 2014 murder of the Bafana Bafana captain. New evidence presented in the Pretoria High Court has shown how the police did in fact consider potential contamination of the scene where Senzo Meyiwa was murdered. Forensic police officer Thabo […]
Tucked in a remote corner of South Africa, this frightened village of 3,000 people has suffered a murder almost every month, occurring with clockwork regularity for a year. ZINGQOLWENI – Sleep is something that the inhabitants of Zingqolweni abandoned many months ago. Tucked in a remote corner of South Africa, this frightened village of 3,000 […]
Vereeniging – A gang with weapons jumped in the school yard at General Smuts High School. This is the third day teaching and learning at this school gets disturbed. The school has been in the spotlight for the past few days due to bullying and other disheartening activities. It is alleged that the school is […]
Mafe has launched an appeal against the dismissal of his bail application in April. The bail appeal of suspected Parliament arsonist, Zandile Mafe, will have to be heard again in the Western Cape High Court. Mafe has launched an appeal against the dismissal of his bail application in April. Judges hearing the matter are, however, […]
Former President Jacob Zuma’s corruption trial returns to the High Court in Pietermaritzburg on Tuesday. Last month Judge Piet Koen granted a postponement pending the outcome of Zuma’s reconsideration application to Supreme Court Judge President Mandisa Maya. Zuma wants Maya to reconsider his application to have lead prosecutor Billy Downer dismissed after the Supreme Court […]
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi in a statement on Friday morning said that he was disheartened by the news of the incident, which took place at Thaba-Jabula Secondary School in Pimville on Thursday. A Soweto schoolboy has been stabbed to death, allegedly by one of his schoolmates. Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi in a statement […]
Judgment in the bail application of the seven men accused of killing Zimbabwean national, Elvis Nyathi, is expected to be handed down on Friday, at the Randburg Magistrates Court. The suspects are accused of killing Nyathi in Diepsloot, Johannesburg, last month during unrest over crime in the area. They are facing charges of murder, attempted […]