Acting Ekurhuleni Metro Police Chief Julius Mkhwanazi has been drawn into a growing corruption scandal after CCTV footage reportedly showed him and a group of metro police officers at a workshop in Meyerton where copper cables were taken under the pretense of an official operation. The footage was brought
A quiet evening near Delhi’s historic Red Fort was shattered when a car suddenly exploded at a traffic light, killing at least eight people and injuring several others. The blast happened at around 6:52 pm local time, close to a busy metro station and one of the city’s most popular
Alleged serial rapist Sipho Phiri returned to the Benoni Magistrate’s Court on Monday, where he faces a long list of charges linked to attacks on women and young girls in Tembisa and surrounding areas. Phiri is accused of raping at least 43 victims between 2018 and 2023, a case
The long-awaited trial of Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party MP Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla — daughter of former president Jacob Zuma — begins today at the Durban High Court. She faces allegations of incitement and involvement in the July 2021 unrest, which led to widespread violence and looting across KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. The
Earlier today, ActionSA’s Mayoral Candidate for Ekurhuleni, Xolani Khumalo, responded to community appeals and personally apprehended and handed over to the police a drug dealer who had been selling drug-laced baked goods to minors in Etwatwa. Reports indicate that the perpetrator sold the drug-laced products yesterday, and today several minors
A Gauteng traffic officer will spend the rest of his life behind bars after the Pretoria High Court found him guilty of murdering his wife, shooting her multiple times while their two young children watched. The court sentenced 53-year-old Zakhele Bennet Hlongwane to life imprisonment for killing his 33-year-old
The murder trial of Bafana Mahungela — the former Varsity College student accused of killing Delta Park High School teacher Kirsten Kluyts — resumes at the Johannesburg High Court, Palm Ridge. Mahungela faces charges of murder, kidnapping, robbery, and attempted rape after Kluyts’s body was found in a Sandton park
The Road Accident Fund has placed four of its senior executives on precautionary suspension as part of a growing investigation into financial mismanagement and governance failures at the organisation. Those suspended include the acting CEO, the CFO, the Chief Governance Officer, and the Head of the Office of the CEO.
A palliative-care nurse from Wuerselen, in western Germany, has been handed a life sentence after being found guilty of murdering ten patients and attempting to kill twenty-seven others. The court ruled that his actions showed an extreme level of guilt, which means he cannot be considered for early release
Four private security officers in Mpumalanga have been arrested after allegedly attacking a motorist at Nhlazatshe Crossing in Elukwatini earlier this week. The men now face charges including attempted murder, intimidation, and malicious damage to property. The incident happened on Monday when the officers stopped a man’s vehicle and demanded
