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NMCH welcomes City Power apology over false debt listing
The Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital has welcomed a formal correction from City Power after the power utility falsely announced that the hospital owed R47 million in electricity bills.
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Senzo Meyiwa: Warder lays assault complaint against 3 accused after court fight
The scuffle broke out when the warder reprimanded the accused in an informal manner while sitting during a tea adjournment on Monday.
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Court hears parole board member fell asleep during Donovan Moodley's hearing
Donovan Moodley is attempting to overturn the most recent decision to refuse him parole and central to his case are his claims of bias against the parole board.
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SA govt 'afraid' to completely cut ties with Israel - pro-Palestine supporter
Parliament recently voted in favour of closing the country’s embassy in Tel Aviv and shutting down the Israeli embassy in Pretoria until a ceasefire is agreed upon, but DIRCO's Naledi Pandor said cutting ties with Israel would be counter-productive.
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Families of 11 miners who died at Implats mine begin identification process
On Monday afternoon, eleven workers at the Rustenburg mine died when a cage carrying 86 mineworkers suffered a mechanical fault resulting in it plunging to the bottom of the shaft.
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NPA hopes Mdumiseni Zuma's sentencing serves as warning to would-be offenders
Mdumiseni Zuma was found guilty of inciting public looting at the mall in KwaZulu-Natal during the 2021 July riots and was on Wednesday sentenced to 12 years in prison.
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Sharpeville massacre: New research shows dead, injured massively undercounted
Research from a new book compiled by researchers found police at the time minimised the number of victims on 21 March 1960 by almost a third, misrepresenting this shocking story for over 60 years.
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Ntshavheni presents draft law that will disestablish SSA to Parly committee
Presenting the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill to the committee, Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshaveni said it would provide a regulatory framework for monitoring, coordinating, and aligning the services of the intelligence services.
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More state entities achieving a clean audit, Auditor-General tells MPs
Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke and the Office of the Auditor-General on Tuesday presented the audit outcomes for national and provincial government for the 2022/2023 financials.
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Hundreds of pro-Palestinian supporters gather at Mary Fitzgerald Square
Standing in solidarity with Palestine, supporters raised several placards, some describing Israeli air strikes on Gaza as genocide and a form of apartheid.
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July unrest instigator Mdumiseni Zuma handed 12-year sentence
Zuma was arrested in connection with the burning of the Brookside Mall in KwaZulu-Natal during the July 2021 unrest.
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Court to sentence July unrest instigator Mdumiseni Zuma
Zuma, who was convicted in September for contravening the Riotous Assemblies Act for his role in inciting violence in the 2021 July unrest, is expected to realise his fate at the Pietermaritzburg Magistrates Court.
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Implats disaster: Ramaphosa extends condolences to families of deceased miners
Eleven miners died when cage transporting 86 of them plunged to the bottom of the shaft during a mechanical fault on Monday. President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended his thoughts to mine management and injured staff.
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KZN's Mfume community living in fear following family mass killing
Four people died on Monday from a mass shooting after five gunmen stormed the Ngidi homestead in Mfume, just outside Durban.
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Implats tragedy ended hopes of closing 2023 with fewer deaths: Minerals Council
Eleven miners died, and 75 others were injured when a cage transporting them to the surface fell to the bottom of the shaft at the end of their shift on Monday afternoon, bringing the total mining accident fatalities for 2023 to 52.
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Meyiwa trial: More direct links drawn between Ntanzi and Adv Dominic Mjiyako
The State has insisted that Mjiyako was Ntanzi’s lawyer on record when he made a confession before a magistrate in 2020, with two investigators also drawing direct links between the two on separate occasions.
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'Forced to use alternative land for initiation' - Stellenbosch Initiation Forum
The Stellenbosch Initiation Forum’s chairperson said his ‘hands were forced’ into reaching an agreement with the municipality to use alternative land for initiation in Franschhoek, despite it being far from access to necessary supplies and services.
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Mantashe to trade unions amid Implats deaths: 'We don't campaign on disasters'
Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe says a disaster like the one at the Impala Platinum mine where 11 people died occurs, it serves as an opportunity for unions to make inputs on improving workers' safety.
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D-Day looms for Charlotte Maxeke hospital to foot millions for electricity bill
The health institution is among those owing City Power the most amount of money for electricity. Failure to settle the debt will see the facility plunged into darkness.
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SA's rail network enough for growing population, no need for expansion: Chikunga
The Minister of Transport believes South Africa’s rail infrastructure is enough to support the needs of the country’s growing population but frowned upon the issue of infrastructure vandalism.
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Implats deadly disaster: Govt sets 3-month deadline to conclude probe
Eleven workers died at the Rustenberg-based mine when a cage carrying 86 mineworkers suffered a mechanical fault in its conveyance system, resulting in it plunging to the bottom of the shaft.
