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Miss SA organisers say they are looking forward to this year’s competition where mothers and married women will be among those contesting for the coveted crown for the first time since the pageant was established. Trans women are also allowed to enter the competition. While the historic move has raised eyebrows in various quarters, organisers say it is part of efforts to disrupt patriarchal rules, which have long governed the beauty contest. […]

The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial has adjourned for the day and will resume tomorrow in the high court in Pretoria. After a lengthy delay, the case kicked off with a new witness on the stand, Mthokozisi Twala. Twala is one of Meyiwa's friends who were present in the Khumalo home when the football star was shot and killed in October 2014. Four accused in the matter have changed their legal […]

Government is severing ties with Bloemfontein Correctional Contracts, the consortium that's contracted G4S to run the Mangaung Correctional Centre, where Thabo Bester escaped. The Department of Correctional Services has issued the company with a 90-day contract termination notice. The department has been seeking a legal opinion on the matter and says it believes the company is not suitable to continue with the contract. “DCS will immediately resume internal exercise for […]

Twenty three-time grand slam winner, Serena Williams, is expecting her second child with husband, Alexis Ohanian. She made the announcement on Monday night at the star-studded Met Gala in New York. Williams also took to Instagram to share the news in a post captioned: “Was so excited when Anna Wintour invited the three of us to the Met Gala." The 41-year-old gave birth to her first child Olympia in 2017. […]

Nqobizitha Zulu and his cousin, Tshiamo Rabanye, were laid to rest today after a moving joint funeral service. The service was held at the Jabavu Stadium in Soweto, not far from where their bodies were found last week. The boys, aged five and six respectively, were found with their throats slit. Their noses, lips and genitals were missing. Droves of community members, including members of civil society, attended the boys’ […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed an Inter-Ministerial Committee to look at legal options available for South Africa regarding the ICC's arrest warrant against Russian President, Vladmir Putin. Putin is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and South Africa, as a signatory to the Roman Statute, is expected to arrest him should he come for the August Brics summit. However, conflicting messages from the ANC Secretary General, Fikile […]

The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has recommended that President Cyril Ramaphosa suspend Judge Tshifhiwa Maumela and Mngibisi Thusi from the Gauteng Division of the High Court. The JSC believes their competency should be probed, citing failure to deliver numerous reserved judgments, which the commission says has prejudiced the parties involved. In a statement, the commission says if prima facie evidence is found against them, it could result to gross misconduct […]

Political analyst, Professor Dirk Kotze, says the retracted insinuation that South Africa intends to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) was an emotional attempt to avoid having to deal the Vladimir Putin matter. As a signatory to the Roman Statute, South Africa has an obligation to comply with an ICC arrest order against the Russian President should he come for the BRICS summit in August. A move that some […]

Cape Cobras batsman, Zubayr Hamza, is back in the national team set-up following his doping suspension. The 27-year-old has been named in the 15-man South Africa 'A' squad that will travel to Sri Lanka for three one-day and two four-day matches in June. Hamza is returning from a nine-month suspension after admitting to violating a rule in the ICC's Anti-Doping Code. He provided an out-of-competition sample in January 2022 in […]

  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. […]