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  Psychologist, Dr Sath Cooper, says there could be something deeper in the case where a mother and a grandmother buried two newborn babies in a shallow grave at their home in Hammanskraal. According to authorities, the 32-year-old woman had given birth to triplets of which one was stillborn while the other one died after two days. Police say the women's 51-year-old mother helped in concealing the births by burying […]

The confession statement of one of the accused in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial has detailed how Kelly Khumalo may have telephoned accused no 3, Mthobisi Mncube, in the moments leading up to Meyiwa’s killing. This as new details of accused no 1, Muzi Sibiya, and accused no 2, Bongani Ntanzi’s, confession statements emerged in the Pretoria High Court today. Boksburg Magistrate, Vivian Cronje, took to the stand. She’s understood […]

Community members in Saldanha Bay, in the Western Cape, say they are not surprised by the alleged involvement of Laurentia Lombaard in the disappearance of Joslin Smith. The 32-year-old woman appeared in the Vredenburg Magistrates' Court today on charges of human trafficking and kidnapping. Lombaard joins three other accused including Joslin's mother and her boyfriend. A resident, Diego Diedricks, says Lombard's response to Joslin's disappearance was suspicious. "We went to […]

  Sports Minister, Zizi Kodwa, has called for a speedy resolution to the impasse between the South African Football Association (SAFA) and its former Vice-President, Ria Ledwaba. The association last week declared Ledwaba a persona non grata, effectively banning her from all football activity in the country. She was being punished for taking the football governing body to court over its 2022 elections. "It's not a nice story to read […]

Bafana Bafana departed for Algeria yesterday ahead of their participation in the FIFA Series international friendlies pilot project. Coach Hugo Broos had to make a couple of changes from the 23-member squad he announced a few days ago, with Siyanda Xulu and Thabang Monare replacing Siyabonga Ngezana and Sphephelo Sithole. Sithole was ruled out through injury, while Ngezana was withdrawn due to travel difficulties in Romania. Broos travelled with 15 […]

Technology expert, Arthur Goldstruck, has allayed any fears of security breaches following Microsoft's outage yesterday. The outage occurred in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East - resulting to a slow down in productivity across the regions. South Africa is said to be among the countries that were worse hit by the outage, which left users without access to cloud services like Microsoft 365, Teams, and Azure. Following much panic, Microsoft […]

Bongani Ntanzi has placed songstress, Kelly Khumalo, at the centre of Senzo Meyiwa's murder. He says he was paid at least R45 000 for Meyiwa's life. The High Court in Pretoria has heard the contents of the jaw dropping confession of accused number 1 and 2 today. Yesterday, Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng admitted the confessions as evidence after an almost four-month-long trial within a trial. Ntanzi revealed that he was instructed […]

  Double Rugby World Cup-winning Springbok lock, Eben Etzebeth, became only the second player to win back-to-back SA Rugby’s Player of the Year Award when he was recognised for a stellar season at the SA Rugby Awards 2023. The glittering ceremony was held at Multichoice City in Johannesburg last evening. The 32-year-old Etzebeth, who made his Test debut in 2012 and was nominated for World Player of the Year last […]

Roland Garros champion, Donald Ramphadi, says he hopes that the new Tennis South Africa (TSA) sponsorship will be elevate wheelchair tennis in the country. The federation yesterday announced a new partnership with American Express, which the federation believes will help take the sport to another level. Ramphadi, who is ranked number four globally, shared how difficult it has been for them and says he hopes that this sponsorship will bring […]

Muzi Sibiya’s defense team say they’re confident that his so-called confession statement will convince the court of his innocence in Senzo Meyiwa’s killing. The remark follows the Pretoria High Court's ruling, ordering that the confessions of two of the accused be allowed as evidence in the main trial. Speaking with YNews, Sibiya’s lawyer, Thulani Mngomezulu, expressed confidence that the contents of the confession statements will exonerate his client. He’s urged […]