Media personality and businesswoman Bonang Matheba is reportedly facing the possibility of asset seizure after the South African Revenue Service (SARS) issued a final notice over an alleged unpaid income tax debt of more than R7 million. According to Sunday Times, SARS issued the notice of debt collection on
The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry is expected to deliver a written judgment on Monday regarding a request by ANC member and North West businessman Suleiman Carrim to testify in camera. Carrim’s application has sparked a major controversy ahead of his scheduled testimony before the Commission. His legal team
The Maphumulo Regional Court in KwaDukuza in the north coast of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) sentenced a 25-year-old man to life imprisonment for raping a 9-year-old girl in the Maphumulo area in 2022. The accused and the complainant knew each other and the accused was living with the complainant’s family at
The Polokwane High Court has sentenced a 47 year old Nathaniel Molatelo Mokgehle from Sekonye Village in Botlokwa to 20 years’ direct imprisonment for the brutal murder of then girlfriend, 41 year old Mokgadi Julia Mohlaela on Wednesday. The accused was also sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for malicious
The Boschfontein Regional Court has sentenced a 36-year-old man to 25 years’ direct imprisonment, for the rape of a 4-year-old girl. Mdhluli at the time of the incident in 2023, the accused was employed as a general worker at a certain creche in the Nkomazi area. “According to
A service provider Nokuzola Mavis Mafunda (69) and her company Ithani Amen Pty Ltd represented by her, appeared briefly at the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Gauteng on Thursday. Mafunda is facing a charge of fraud worth more than R940 000. Gauteng National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Spokesperson
Sarah-Jane Trent faced intense questioning from Members of Parliament during the latest sitting of Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee investigating serious allegations surrounding the criminal justice system. The session became tense as MPs pressed Trent for answers, with several moments where the witness appeared under pressure while responding to questions from
In the busy Warwick Avenue area of Durban, people living in a block of flats on Douglas Lane say they’ve had enough. Homeless individuals struggling with drug addiction have set up makeshift shelters right on the road and pavements outside their building, turning the spot into what feels like an
The corruption case involving Gauteng High Court Judge Portia Phahlane and International Pentecostal Holiness Church leader Mike Sandlana has been postponed in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court. Phahlane, Sandlana and four co-accused face 19 counts of corruption linked to a bitter leadership dispute inside the wealthy IPHC church. According
In a brief appearance at the Vanderbijlpark Magistrate’s Court today, the matter was remanded until 22 April 2026. This delay is to allow the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to review the docket and make a final decision on the charges and potentially where the trial will proceed. Dludla, who
