In a stunning moment inside the courtroom, Thabo Bester claimed that he did not escape from Mangaung Correctional Centre, insisting instead that he was lawfully released in May 2022. The statement, made during court proceedings, has immediately intensified public debate. It shifts the focus from an alleged escape to serious
This is a news update from MDNtv, when things happen fast, you are always in the know. Convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester has returned to the High Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday 24 March 2026 in connection with his 2022 prison escape case. Bester has filed an urgent application
The labour law attorney who was shot and killed outside the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration offices in Johannesburg has been identified as Chinette Gallichan. The 35 year old attorney from Krugersdorp was shot dead on Monday morning outside the CCMA offices at the corner of Fox and Joubert
The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has ruled that late Congress of the People (COPE) leader Mosiuoa Lekota was not of sound mind and unable to manage his personal and financial affairs for several months before his death earlier this month. The ruling followed an application brought by his wife,
A prosecutor from Randburg Magistrates’ Court has been arrested and appeared in court today after a woman accused him of sexually assaulting her while she was trying to get help with her brother’s case. Dinesh Nandkisoor (a regional court prosecutor) handed himself over at Randburg Police Station on 23 March
A 33-year-old man has been jailed for 25 years after he shot and killed his wife in a jealous rage, convinced she was to blame for their struggles to have children. Njabulo Zuma was sentenced in the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Monday for the murder of his 35-year-old
Police in Mpumalanga have opened a case of murder and an inquest following a tragic incident in Grootvlei on Saturday, where a 53-year-old police officer allegedly shot and killed his 39-year-old female friend before turning the gun on himself. According to Mpumalanga SAPS spokesperson Colonel Mavela Masondo, the officer, a
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has placed journalist Natasha Phiri on precautionary suspension following explosive revelations at the Madlanga Commission. Phiri’s name surfaced during testimony linked to suspended Gauteng Organised Crime Unit police officer Sergeant Fannie Nkosi, who admitted to giving her R500 after she shared the contact details
The urgent application brought by suspended Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Deputy Chief Julius Mkhwanazi to interdict his disciplinary hearing has been dismissed by the court. Mkhwanazi sought to halt the proceedings on grounds of alleged unlawfulness, arguing that they were based on an employment contract that had already terminated.
Pretoria – Five men accused of running an illegal gold and platinum refinery on a farm outside Hammanskraal made their first court appearance today, with one local farm owner walking free on bail while his four co-accused – all young foreign nationals – chose not to apply for release. Nicholus
