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Bafana Bafana head coach, Hugo Broos, says he is relieved after the team finally left Johannesburg on a chartered flight to Mexico on Monday afternoon, ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The Belgian admitted that the past few days have been stressful, uncertainty over traveling arrangements and visa delays affecting more than half of the team. Bafana were meant to travel on Sunday, but only left 24 hours later. […]
KwaZulu-Natal Hawks Warrant Officer, Karl Sander, says police officers are not adequately trained to handle drug seizures. Sander testified before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on Monday, where he said many officers are not fully aware of the dangers associated with handling toxic substances. He told the commission that he heads a Directorate For Priority Crimes Investigations (DPCI)/Hawks narcotics training programme aimed at equipping selected officers with the skills needed […]
Political divisions have emerged following the election of Rise Mzansi MP, Makashule Gana, as chairperson of Parliament’s Impeachment Committee, with political parties expressing mixed reactions to his appointment. Gana was elected on Monday to chair Parliament’s Section 89 impeachment committee, which will investigate whether President Cyril Ramaphosa committed a serious violation of the Constitution in relation to the 2020 theft incident at his Limpopo farm. The ANC, DA, PA, IFP, […]
The Johannesburg High Court has heard allegations of a systematic cover-up in the way deaths in detention at the former John Vorster Square Police Station were investigated during apartheid, as the reopened inquest into the death of anti-apartheid activist Matthews "Mojo" Mabelane gets underway. The inquest is revisiting the circumstances surrounding the death of the 22-year-old activist, who died in police detention in February 1977, less than a year after […]
Politician, Liam Jacobs, has returned to the Democratic Alliance (DA), less than a year after leaving the party to join the Patriotic Alliance (PA). In a video posted on X, Jacobs can be heard saying, "Sometimes the road out is the road back". It is understood that Jacobs will return to the DA in a consulting role. He previously served as one of the DA's youngest Members of Parliament before […]
The Blitzboks won two from two of their matches at World Championship in Valladolid, Spain on Friday and will now face Australia in a decisive clash for pool honours on Saturday. The South African Sevens eased past a physical Kenyan side to win 14-0, before setting up a showdown with the Wallaby Sevens side in their final pool match tomorrow at 13:23. Australia beat Kenya in extra time via a […]
Tensions around illegal immigration in KwaZulu-Natal escalated on Friday, as anti-immigration protests in Estcourt turned violent, leaving several foreign-owned shops looted and damaged. Residents took to the streets on Friday, demanding that undocumented foreign nationals shut down their businesses and leave the country. The unrest forced several shop owners to flee for safety, while others say they have kept their stores closed for weeks amid fears of further attacks. 🚨 […]
A 13-year-old girl has died following a blaze at Plastic View informal settlement in Tshwane. During search and recovery operations, firefighters discovered the teenager's body at the location where the fire is believed to have started. The girl's parents and a younger sister sustained burn injuries and were taken to a local hospital for treatment. The incident marks the second fire in the area this week, with the latest blaze […]
The man accused of assassinating prominent Johannesburg attorney, Bouwer van Niekerk, has abandoned his bail application in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court. Twenty-nine-year-old, Mukelani Ntombela, who faces charges of murder, possession of an unlicensed firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition following Van Niekerk’s killing in September last year, appeared in court on Friday. Ntombela’s legal representative, Marius Van Wyngaar, told the court on Friday that the defence would no longer proceed […]
