Advocacy groups have criticised suspended deputy national police commissioner Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya’s claim that he had consensual sex with an 18-year-old woman he is accused of raping. The 59-year-old appeared in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday to apply for bail on charges involving sexual offences. During the hearing, Sibiya admitted that he had sex […]

Explosive WhatsApp messages placed before the Madlanga Commission have laid bare allegations that two well-known taxi bosses used threats, intimidation, and the promise of violent disruption to squeeze money out of businessmen operating in Mpumalanga. At the centre of the storm are Joe "Ferrari" Sibanyoni and Bafana "King of the Sky" Sindane, who stand accused […]

A night out at Dora’s Tavern in Wedela, west of Gauteng, turned into a horrifying massacre when eight armed gunmen stormed the establishment and opened fire on patrons. The attack, which unfolded on Saturday night and continued into Sunday, left 18 people dead and another 18 wounded. It is one of four mass shootings recorded […]

The N2 highway near St Lucia became the scene of a devastating tragedy this Sunday, as a collision between a minibus taxi and a truck claimed the lives of 11 people in the early hours of the morning. The accident occurred at approximately 4:00 AM within the Inkosi Mtubatuba Municipality. According to initial reports from […]

Cannabis culture in South Africa has quietly shifted from taboo to talking point — and nobody's hiding it anymore. Ever since the Constitutional Court decriminalised private cannabis use back in 2018, the conversation among public figures has gotten noticeably more relaxed. Take rapper Emtee, for example. Tired of tabloid speculation painting him as a "drug […]

The prosecution revealed startling details in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday during the appearance of suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya. State prosecutors disclosed that intelligence reports indicated the 59-year-old high-ranking official harbored plans to escape custody and had actively engaged in witness intimidation. Sibiya was taken into custody on Monday night by […]

A 60-year-old woman was killed and 13 other people were injured in a collision involving three minibus taxis on Nelson Mandela Boulevard in Cape Town on Monday morning. The crash happened inbound, before Browning Road, at about 7:52am, according to Cape Town Traffic Services spokesperson Kevin Jacobs. Jacobs said the woman was declared dead at […]

He was on his couch with a cup of coffee and the morning news on. His balcony door was open. Across the road, ten floors up, something was going wrong. Roberto Steffanutto told the Cape Town magistrate's court he heard a woman shouting the same words over and over — "Leave me alone, get away […]

Cancer does not always announce itself clearly. In some cases, the first warning is a small change that is easy to dismiss: a weaker urine flow, bleeding after sex, pain in the pelvis or a discharge that looks different. Acting quickly can make a major difference, because both prostate cancer and cervical cancer can be […]

Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s son-in-law, Nceba Nonkwelo, has repaid money owed to the Gauteng Partnership Fund after a failed inner-city housing project left the state-backed agency pursuing him for R12.6 million. The repayment was made under a settlement agreement between the GPF and Nonkwelo. Neither party has disclosed the amount that was paid, but both […]