The funeral of 20-year-old Tshepang Nyathi is underway in Refilwe, Cullinan, east of Pretoria, today, Wednesday following his fatal stabbing during Spring Day celebrations last week. Nyathi was allegedly stabbed on 1 September after a group of young people celebrating Spring Day splashed water on passing pedestrians. Police said an
Two people have been injured when a light aircraft crashed near the intersection of New Road and Old Pretoria Main Road (R101) in Glen Austin, Midrand, today, Tuesday afternoon. The aircraft came down near a business complex, with both occupants sustaining injuries. Emergency crews responded to the scene, where private
The Zulu Queen Sihle kaMdluli, the fourth wife of King Misuzulu kaZwelithini, has urged young maidens to behave with dignity in public, warning that poor behavior can damage their reputation and social standing. Queen kaMdluli, of the Mashobeni Royal Palace, addressed maidens from the King Cetshwayo District Municipality over the
LIMPOPO: Small Enterprise Development and Finance Agency (SEDFA) interim board chairperson Patrick “Pat” Makape has attracted attention after publicly extending a warm birthday message to Naki Moloto, an employee from the Limpopo Department of Public Works, Roads and Infrastructure. Makape, a mechanical engineer and experienced project manager with more than
TZANEEN: The South African Police Service (SAPS) in Tzaneen has opened an inquest after the body of an 18-year-old teenager, who had been missing for several days, was discovered in a lake at Relela village in Bolobedu South, Mopani District. The deceased has been identified as Ntshuxeko Mhlongo, a resident
CAPE TOWN: A police officer has told the Anele Tembe inquest that Kiernan “AKA” Forbes appeared composed and did not look visibly distressed when police encountered him after his fiancée’s fatal fall from Cape Town’s Pepperclub Hotel. The testimony was heard in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Monday during
CAPE TOWN: Kiernan “AKA” Forbes told police that he thought Anele Tembe was “kidding” when she threatened to jump from the balcony of their Cape Town hotel room because she had allegedly made a similar threat during an earlier incident in Durban, the inquest into her death has heard. The
CAPE TOWN: Police have told the Anele Tembe inquest that apparent bloodstains were found on several items inside the Pepperclub Hotel room occupied by Tembe and her fiancé, Kiernan “AKA” Forbes, following her fatal fall in April 2021. The evidence was presented in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Monday
CAPE TOWN: A witness has told the Anele Tembe inquest that he heard what sounded like an argument between a man and a woman, followed by a woman shouting “leave me alone” and “get away from me” shortly before Tembe’s fatal fall from the Pepperclub Hotel. The evidence was heard
CAPE TOWN: A Pepperclub Hotel employee has told the Anele Tembe inquest that Kiernan “AKA” Forbes called the hotel requesting security assistance shortly before his fiancée fell from the tenth floor of the Cape Town hotel. The testimony emerged in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Monday as the long-awaited
