A former Human Resources Manager at a school for children with special needs has been sentenced to six years in prison after stealing R6 million over several years. Christopher Fischer, who worked at New Hope School, was found guilty of 11 counts of fraud committed between July 2018 and
Three men are expected in court this week after allegedly swindling a woman out of R3 million in a devastating online romance scam. The woman, who has asked to remain anonymous, believed she had found love online with a man she knew as “Mark Hermanus.” They met on Facebook,
The legal proceedings in the kidnapping case of 19-year-old Kamogelo Baukudi have hit a minor hurdle. A 42-year-old police officer, Nzima Adoons, was expected to appear in court alongside five others accused in connection with the teenager’s abduction. However, the case has been temporarily delayed. Authorities revealed that investigations
A 40-year-old man has appeared in the Seshego Magistrates Court in Limpopo, accused of the brutal murder of his 87-year-old mother. The horrifying incident occurred at their home in Sebora village, Ga-Mashashane, near Polokwane. According to police, the elderly woman was reported missing by a concerned neighbor who hadn’t
Deputy President Paul Mashatile will on Tuesday, 01 July 2025, lead the Clean Cities and Towns integrated service delivery programme in the Matjhabeng Local Municipality near Welkom, in the Free State Province. Launched last month in Gauteng, the Clean Cities and Towns campaign is a nationwide initiative aimed at
A 37-year-old Zimbabwean national, Joseph Kungwengwe, has been sentenced to six years in prison after being caught driving a stolen Toyota Corolla Cross in Limpopo. The vehicle was recovered on December 29 near Mokopane after law enforcement officials received intelligence about a car suspected to have been stolen in
A tragic incident in the Marathon informal settlement, Ekurhuleni, has left a community in mourning and in outrage after a three-year-old girl was fatally attacked by a group of aggressive dogs. The child, who was walking alone through a narrow path while visiting her grandfather, was suddenly mauled by
Gauteng’s Health Department has strongly denied recent reports suggesting that bodies were piling up at Helen Joseph Hospital due to a lack of printer cartridges. Concerns were raised after allegations surfaced that delays in printing documentation had prevented the transfer of deceased individuals to state mortuaries for nearly two weeks.
A Cape Town family is in deep distress after their newborn son, just one week old, was abducted from a shopping mall in Bellville. Baby Mogamat Imaad Shamar was last seen on Saturday, June 28, wrapped in a blue blanket and dressed in a white vest and white crawler
Two young lives were cut short in the early hours of Sunday morning during a mass shooting in Nyanga, Cape Town. The victims, aged just 23 and 25, were shot inside a home on the Cape Flats, leaving the community shaken and heartbroken. This devastating incident follows a series
