On 1 May 2025, Minnie Dlamini stood at a Mall of Africa activation, fulfilling her side of a Nivea skincare deal. Within weeks, she says, the meetings stopped, the emails turned vague, and the campaign carried on without her. She has now put that sequence of events — and a price tag of R897,000 — […]

A Thembisa man who locked his partner inside their room for months, raping and assaulting her during her captivity, has been handed down life imprisonment for rape, attempted murder, and kidnapping. Thembisa Magistrates’ Court sentenced 46-year-old Bhutan Sizwe Mlotshwa to life imprisonment for rape. In addition, he received 10 years’ imprisonment for attempted murder and […]

A 20-year-old deaf matric pupil from Tzaneen faces the prospect of missing her preliminary examinations — and possibly repeating Grade 12 — after her hearing aids were destroyed when neighbourhood children splashed her with water during Spring Day celebrations. Mpho Mhlanga was walking home from school when a group of peers from her neighbourhood doused […]

Former Emfuleni Local Municipality service provider Janitha van Reenen has been arrested again, shortly after appearing in court in a separate fraud matter involving the same municipality. Van Reenen, 25, was arrested on Thursday morning after appearing in the Vanderbijlpark Magistrate’s Court for another case in which she is also accused of defrauding the municipality. […]

Blikkiesdorp residents were confronted with a grim scene on Wednesday morning when the body of an unidentified man was found on Symphony Way. The man was lying on his back and had suffered stab wounds to his chest, a cut to his neck and severe injuries to his face. Broken concrete slabs had been placed […]

At least 41 undocumented foreign nationals working for a construction company were arrested during a government compliance operation at a Johannesburg construction site yesterday, as authorities intensified inspections targeting labour and immigration violations. The blitz, led by the Department of Employment and Labour, took place at a Century Property Developments construction site in Riversand, north […]

Man stabs young neighbour to death after being drenched with water Spring Day tradition that had long been associated with children playing in the streets ended in tragedy when 21-year-old Tshepang Nyathi was stabbed during an argument over water near Cullinan, east of Pretoria. Tshepang was killed in Refilwe on Tuesday, September 1, after a […]

The Delft South community is reeling after a 16-year-old girl was shot dead inside a shack in the Tsunami informal settlement. The shooting happened on Sunday night, 30 August 2026, shortly after 9pm. According to police, the incident occurred at about 9.30pm inside an informal dwelling in Delft. The teenager sustained multiple gunshot wounds to […]

The arrest of alleged tender syndicate boss Stefan Govindraju at OR Tambo International Airport has reopened one of South Africa’s most painful corruption stories — and placed fresh pressure on authorities to explain why the alleged masterminds behind Babita Deokaran’s killing remain out of court. Hawks detectives reportedly arrested Stefan Govindraju on Friday afternoon as […]

CCTV footage that the defence says could support the alibis of three men accused of killing two police officers and two women in Reiger Park will be played in court when their formal bail proceedings resume next month. The footage became a central issue in the Boksburg Magistrate’s Court this week as defence attorney Samkele […]