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“Please Call Me” inventor, Nkosana Makate, says he will not stop fighting for what, he believes, he rightfully deserves. This comes after the Constitutional Court referred his long-standing legal battle with Vodacom back to the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) for reconsideration. The SCA previously overturned Vodacom's initial R47 million offer, saying Makate should be paid between R29 and R53 billion. However, Makate is demanding R9.4 billion. Delivering the much-anticipated […]

A handwritten note found on Manhattan gunman, Shane Tamura, suggests that he may have been suffering from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain condition linked to repeated head trauma. The 25-year-old entered a prominent Midtown Manhattan skyscraper guns blazing and opened fire at random, killing four people, before turning the gun on himself. It is reported that Tamura had been trying to get into the National Football League (NFL) […]

Controversial businessman, Katiso Molefe and his three co-accused, have now been formally linked to the murders of DJ Vintos and Don Tindleni.   The four briefly appeared in the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court, where the matter was postponed to August 6 for a formal bail application.   DJ Vintos, whose real name was Hector Buthelezi, was gunned down outside a nightclub in Orlando East, Soweto, in March 2022, eight months before […]

What began as a routine commute, ended up in a seven-vehicle pile-up on the M1 highway near Booysens, earlier today. At least three people were seriously injured, after a passenger allegedly got into an altercation with the bus driver and grabbed the steering wheel, while the vehicle was in motion. The bus then lost control, veered off the M1 South, crossed the central barricades and median, and collided with six […]

Legal expert, Leo Maphosa, says the defence in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial is in no way obligated to inherit the state's blind spots. Maphosa says they are within their right to excavate what the prosecution buried beneath silence. The state has officially concluded its case in the trial that began in 2022. The focus will now move sharply to the defence as the five men accused of Meyiwa's murder […]

As turmoil deepens over alleged corruption within the country's security cluster, the President has granted the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry wide-ranging powers. President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga to lead the commission set up to investigate explosive claims made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. The commission will probe several key law enforcement entities, including the South African Police Service (SAPS), the  National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), the State Security […]

The man accused of killing Ekurhuleni Chief Auditor, Mpho Mafole, was out on bail at the time of the murder. This emerged at the Kempton Magistrate Court, where 40-year-old Goodwill Ntshalintshali made his first appearance. The state says Ntshalintshali is also facing another pending murder case where he allegedly fatally shot Bongani Mfihlo in September 2023. He now stands accused of the assassination of Mafole, who was gunned down in […]

Axed Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr. Nobuhle Nkabane, says she will prove that she is not the person critics have made her out to be. The embattled politician was fired as the Minister of Higher Education and Training yesterday, following the fallout over the controversial Sector Education and Training bodies (SETA) board appointments, which cast a cloud over her leadership. The former minister says her dismissal did not […]

Members of Parliament have criticised Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr Nobuhle Nkabane, for failing to attend a scheduled portfolio committee meeting. The Minister was expected to provide an update on the controversial appointments to the Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA) board, a matter that has drawn significant scrutiny and cast a cloud over her leadership. Instead, Nkabane is said to be in the Eastern Cape, where she […]