This is a news update from MDNtv, when things happen fast, you’re always in the know. Advocate Andrew Chauke is set to testify before the Nkabinde Inquiry as proceedings resume in Pretoria. The inquiry is investigating Chauke’s fitness to hold office as Director of Public Prosecutions for South Gauteng, placing
ORTIA, 30 March 2026; The South African Police Service (SAPS), working closely with Airports Company South Africa (ACSA), arrested five South African female drug mules on Saturday, 28 March 2026, at OR Tambo International Airport with drugs worth more than R5 million that were concealed on their bodies. A preliminary
The Skukuza Regional Court has convicted and sentenced Bernet Sibuyi (54) and Evans Mashele (59) to eight years’ direct imprisonment each for poaching related offences committed in 2021. According to Mpumalanga National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Monica Nyuswa, the two men were convicted on two counts, namely possession of a
An 18-year-old suspect is expected to appear before the Lenyenye Magistrate’s Court for fatally stabbing a 17-year-old boy in Mphamme village_ Tzaneen. According to the Limpopo police, the incident occurred on Wednesday, 26 March 2026, in the evening. It is reported that both the deceased and the suspect are learners
The National Prosecuting Authority has secured a major victory after the Eastern Cape High Court in KuGompo City, formerly known as East London, ordered the final forfeiture of assets worth approximately R800 000 linked to a shocking pension fraud case. The seized assets include a flat in Quigney, a
POLOKWANE – A 27 year old woman has been sentenced to seven years in prison after setting her ex-boyfriend’s house on fire in a jealous rage. The Lephalale Magistrate’s Court handed down the sentence to Merriam Tutjie after finding her guilty of intentionally touching the property. The incident
Convicted murderer and rapist Thabo Bester appeared in the Johannesburg High Court on Tuesday, representing himself in a bid to challenge the conditions of his detention. Dressed in a designer Louis Vuitton shirt and shackled in leg irons, the convicted “Facebook R**pist” argued that his constitutional rights had been
The Gauteng High Court has granted an urgent interdict against X user Bafana Surprise Mathebula, known online as @BafanaSurprise, ordering him to stop publishing defamatory content about prominent corporate attorney Itumeleng “Tumi” Sole. In a post on Tuesday, 24 March 2026, Sole announced that Judge Senyatsi had ruled in
Attorneys representing Matipandile Sotheni, the former Special Task Force member accused of the murder of Marius van der Merwe (known as “Witness D” from the Madlanga Commission), have expressed bafflement at their client’s claims in court. On 25 March 2026, during proceedings at the Brakpan Magistrates’ Court, Sotheni told
ActionSA mayoral candidate Xolani Khumalo has returned to court this Thursday morning in connection with an assault case that has drawn national attention. The case was officially opened in December 2025, following an incident during a crime-fighting operation in Katlehong. Khumalo later handed himself over to police in January 2026,
