Officials enter the Estcourt Correctional Centre, where former South African president Jacob Zuma began serving his 15-month sentence for contempt of the Constitutional Court, in Estcourt, on July 8, 2021. Disgusting, and a mockery of South African law, is how some of the country’s opposition parties, are reacting to the news, that Jacob Zuma’s being released on […]
National Freedom Party (NFP) President Zanele KaMagwaza-Msibi was at her voting station at the Thengisangaye Public Primary School in Ulundi in northern KwaZulu-Natal. National Freedom Party Leader Zanele Ka-Magwaza-Msibi has passed away. She was 59-years-old. This has been confirmed by NFP MP and close ally of Ka-Magwaza-Msibi, Achmed Shaik Emam. Ka-Magwaza-Msibi was Deputy Science […]
A Grade 8 pupil is set to appear in court for allegedly stabbing a schoolmate to death. The incident took place at school in Alexandra. The 15-year-old boy allegedly got involved in a fight with 16-year-old Qhayiya Mgayi on Monday. It is unclear why the pupils were fighting. Mgayi’s mother is urging the Basic Education […]
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) continues to process millions of applications received electronically for the Special Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress Grant (SRD R350 Grant) since its inception on 06 August 2021. Applications for this grant are done strictly on-line and not at SASSA Offices. Once systems opened for this SRD grant, applications […]
In April, the Supreme Court of Appeal rejected Zuma’s appeal of a personal cost order relating to his corruption trial. An appeal has been posted on the Jacob Zuma Foundation’s Twitter page asking for donations to help cover the cost of his legal battles. The 79-year-old Zuma is due to stand trial for corruption along […]
Former Minister Bathabile Dlamini is to be prosecuted for perjury. The charges relate to her testimony during an inquiry by the Constitutional Court in 2018 into the social grant crisis. Judge Bernard Ngoepe found Dlamini’s conduct had been “reckless and grossly negligent” and has ordered her to pay a portion of the costs of litigation. […]
Gauteng Transport MEC, Jacob Mamabolo, has called on motorists who have slots allocated for driver licence renewals to ensure they keep to their bookings. Calls are mounting for Transport Minister, Fikile Mbalula, to extend the grace period deadline for driver license renewals. Several motorists whose licences expired between March and December last year say they have been […]
Ward 93 councillor, Thando Pimpi, said that he could not speculate on what the motive for the attack was and that and he was allowing SAPS to do their job. The motive for the attack on an African National Congress (ANC) ward councillor in Khayelitsha remains unclear at this stage. A week ago, gunmen opened […]
Former President Jacob Zuma’s fraud and corruption trial has been postponed to the 9th and 10th of September by the Pietermaritzburg High Court. Judge Piet Koen heard the application for the postponement virtually after the former President was hospitalised last week. Zuma is currently serving a 15-month sentence for contempt of court. French Arms company […]
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader, John Steenhuisen, has welcomed the resignation of Zweli Mkhize, who has been on special leave for three months. However, Steenhuisen believes that more people should have been in the firing line. Political parties have reacted to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Cabinet reshuffle, questioning why some in the security cluster were staying put […]