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Dr Nandipha Magudumana's legal team is taking the fight to have her released from jail to the Supreme Court of Appeals. The disgraced celebrity medic's team says they are in the process of filing the court papers. Earlier, the high court in Bloemfontein dismissed with costs - Dr Magudumana's urgent application to have her arrest in Tanzania declared unlawful. Judge Philip Loubser said Magudumana did not meet the criteria for […]

ANC Secretary General, Fikile Mbalula, has refuted assertions that the party is only visiting the community of Hammanskraal to gain votes. In a statement, the ANC says it visited the community out of concern following the cholera outbreak that has claimed more than 20 lives in the area. The comments come as the country heads into election season, ahead of next year's national polls. Mbalula visited the community in the […]

Disgraced celebrity doctor, Nandipha Magudumana, will find out on Monday morning whether her case against the state has been successful. Magudumana is accusing government of abducting her from Tanzania alongside her lover, Thabo Bester. During today's court hearings, she relied on top international lawyer, Anton Katz, to clearly paint the picture as to why she should be released. Advocate Katz argued that Magudumana's deportation from Tanzania was a disguised extradition. […]

Seven new cholera cases have been confirmed in Tshwane, taking the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 99. Kanana in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, has been hardest-hit. Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, confirmed this earlier on Wednesday at a media briefing on the department’s efforts and interventions in response to the cholera outbreak. The disease has so far claimed 23 lives in Tshwane and one in the Free State. The […]

Civic group, Action Society, says the murder rate in the country has reached war zone levels. The group's Director of Community Safety, Ian Cameron, made the remarks in reaction to the fourth quarter crime stats that were released by Police Minister, Bheki Cele, and his high-ranking officials in Cape Town today. The latest stats have painted somewhat of a bleak picture on how crime has increased. It shows a 3.4% […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa's decision to appoint an independent panel to probe the allegations that South Africa sold weapons to Russia has received mixed reactions from opposition parties. However, the one thing that all parties have echoed is the question of how is it that the President does not know what is happening in his his back yard. Ramaphosa over the weekend announced the appointment of a three-member panel to probe […]

Dr Nandipha Magudumana will have to wait until next week to find out whether her urgent bid to have her arrest in Tanzania declared unlawful has been successful. The disgraced medical practitioner made a brief appearance in the Bloemfontein High Court today and the matter was rolled over to Thursday. This was done in order to afford respondents in the matter, including the Department of Home Affairs, time to file […]

Human Rights Activist, Sipho Mantula, has called for this year's Africa Day to be used to honestly reflect on the state of affairs on the continent. Mantula's call comes as recent data by the United Nations Humans Rights Commission revealed that hundreds of people have died in West Darfur, while at least 60 000 people have crossed into Chad since violence erupted in Sudan earlier this year. The latest bout […]