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  Police have confirmed that one of the suspects arrested in connection with the kidnapping and mutilation of Nqobizitha Zulu (5) and Tshiamo Rabanye (6) is a relative to one of the boys. The 50-year-old woman and her 39-year-old partner were nabbed following a forensic investigation at the homes of the two boys. The couple will appear in the Protea magistrate court on Friday on charges of kidnapping and murder. […]

Political analyst, Levy Ndou says the instability caused by broken coalitions in some metros should serve as an eye-opener to avoid dysfunctional alliances ahead of the 2024 general elections. Ndou's remarks followed the latest resignation of Joburg mayor Thapelo Amad on Monday evening. Al Jama-ah's Amad held the mayoral chains for three months after the Democratic Alliance (DA) 's Dr Mpho Phalatse was ousted in January. The city of Johannesburg […]

World football governing body, FIFA, has confirmed that South Africa is one of the four bidders to host the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup. The other three are from Brazil, a joint bid from the USA and Canada, and another from Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands. Following FIFA's confirmation of receipt of the bids, the four countries now have until the 19th of May to confirm and return their interest […]

The high court in Johannesburg has found Gerhard Ackerman (52) guilty of rape and sexual exploitation of children. The convicted rapist faced more than 730 charges, which included human trafficking, sexual grooming and possession of child pornography. Ackerman was charged alongside senior advocate Paul Kennedy who committed suicide shortly after he was arrested in 2022. The 52-year-old used his massage parlour to house the young victims and forced them to […]

While questions remain on the criminality that took place at President Cyril Ramaphosa's controversial Phala Phala farm, some of the country's biggest and most crucial public entities have exonerated the statesman. The alleged theft of foreign currency at the president's Limpopo farm in 2020 has cast a dark cloud over Ramaphosa and his administration. It seems that the widely publicised theft will still haunt the President even in the year […]