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Blizboks captain, Impi Visser, says his team must play without fear in Bordeaux this weekend. The Springbok Sevens lost the final of the second SVNS World Championship tournament in Valladolid to Australia last weekend, but remain top of the overall standings on 38 points, four ahead of Argentina and eight ahead of the Aussies. "It was not the greatest team effort last weekend," Visser admitted. "Individually we fought hard, […]
Disgraced Pretoria Forensic Sciences Laboratory (FSL) analyst, Captain Itumeleng Laurence Makgotloe (53), remains in custody at the Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Facility after the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court postponed his bail application to 9 June. Makgotloe faces charges of defeating the ends of justice, two counts of being an accessory after the fact to murder, and unlawful possession of ammunition. "Mr. Makgotloe we have to postpone the matter, as you have heard, […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa has used a state visit by Kenyan President William Ruto to confront rising tensions around migration in South Africa, while positioning closer ties between the two countries as a pathway to trade, investment and job creation. Speaking at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Thursday, Ramaphosa and Ruto oversaw the signing of six memoranda of understanding (MOUs) covering sectors including agriculture, tourism, energy, transport and maritime cooperation. […]
Alleged political fixer, Brown Mogotsi, will remain behind bars after the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court denied his bail application, finding that he failed to show that the interests of justice favoured his release and that the State had presented a strong case against him. Delivering judgment on Thursday, Magistrate Annelise Thlapi, raised concerns over conflicting residential addresses provided by Mogotsi and his wife, as well as evidence suggesting investigators struggled to […]
A 19-year-old suspect is expected to appear in the Roodepoort Magistrates' Court on Friday in connection with the killing of a fellow teenager in Braamfischerville, Soweto. It is alleged that an 18-year-old boy was attacked with a panga and later succumbed to his injuries at a local clinic on Wednesday. According to authorities, the deceased boy, who is a learner at a secondary school in Meadowlands, had left home […]
South Africa has demonstrated the spirit of Ubuntu by donating funds for KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Hawks Warrant Officer, Karl Sander, following his emotional testimony at the Madlanga Commission this week. Sander detailed his deteriorating relationship with suspended KZN Hawks boss, Major-General Lesetja Senona, saying he was falsely implicated for the alleged theft of cocaine exhibits with a street value of about R200 million while they were stored at the Port Shepstone […]
Former Bafana Bafana goalkeeper, Itumeleng Khune, believes the current national team has what it takes to achieve what his generation could not, and progress beyond the group stages of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The former Kaizer Chiefs shot-stopper was part of the 2010 Bafana squad that became the first host nation in FIFA World Cup history to fail to advance beyond the group stages. This time around, Hugo Broos […]
Two Mozambican nationals have been arrested in connection with the brutal murder of Ernst and Dina Marais in the Kruger National Park, marking a breakthrough in a case that marred the park's 100-year history. The suspects, aged 32 and 33, were arrested in Mozambique following a cross-border investigation involving the South African Police Service (SAPS), Mozambican law enforcement, SANParks and conservation partners. The Marais couple, aged 71 and 73, were […]
Nearly five decades after anti-apartheid activist, Matthews "Mojo" Mabelane, died in police detention, witness testimony and forensic evidence presented at the reopened inquest are increasingly casting doubt on the apartheid-era account that he jumped to his death from the tenth floor of John Vorster Square. On the third day of proceedings in the Johannesburg High Court, the court heard evidence that sharply contradicts the findings of the original 1977 inquest, […]
