British actor Sir Patrick Stewart, best known for playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men films, has died at the age of 86. Stewart died at his Los Angeles home on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, following a brief illness involving
Former uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party secretary-general Sibonelo Nomvalo is expected to hold a press conference at the Royal Majestic Hotel in Durban tommorow Friday, 30 October 2026, at 9am, following his removal from the position. Nomvalo, who was appointed in March 2026, was removed on 22 October after the party
The National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) has obtained a provisional restraint order over assets worth an estimated R99 million linked to Mpumalanga taxi boss Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni and others accused of organised crime, including extortion. The order was granted by the Mpumalanga Division of the High Court
Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia has approached the High Court seeking an urgent interdict to restrict March and March Movement protests in parts of Durban, including around the Department of Home Affairs Refugee Reception Centre on Che Guevara Road. The case, Minister of Police v March and March leader Jacinta
A father who abandoned his financial and paternal duties decades ago has been legally blocked from claiming a share of his late son’s inheritance. The court ruled that the absent father will not receive a single cent from the R716,000 estate of his son, who tragically passed away at the
The Podcast and Chill episode featuring North West businessman Benjamin “Benjy” Maponya has been deleted from YouTube amid his ongoing legal battle with mining businessman Solomon “MySol” Soka Madibela. The episode, which had accumulated more than 1.9 million views, is no longer available on YouTube as of Tuesday, 27 October
Law enforcement authorities have intercepted a major cocaine shipment worth more than R200 million at OR Tambo International Airport. The bust, reported today, Sunday, 25 October, involved more than 260 blocks of raw cocaine believed to have arrived on a flight from Brazil. The drugs were intercepted in an operation
Suspended SAPS sergeant Fannie Ezekiel Nkosi has formally resigned from the South African Police Service. Nkosi faces criminal charges, including theft, fraud and defeating the ends of justice, following a raid at his Pretoria North home in which firearms, ammunition, police dockets and R52,700 in cash were reportedly recovered. His
Four suspects have been arrested after police uncovered a suspected drug laboratory at Thabeng Section, Ramokokastad, near Sun City, in Mogwase? North West. The intelligence-driven operation was conducted on Friday, 23 October, following information about suspected drug manufacturing activities at the premises. Police seized chemicals, generators, gas cylinders, cooking equipment,
Renaldo Leaner is not in the Kaizer Chiefs squad, and with the Confederation Cup decider already under way, social media erupted with speculation. The goalkeeper’s absence from the matchday squad for the second leg against Red Arrows at Moses Mabhida Stadium set tongues wagging. This as it came just days
