Day: April 15, 2025
News24 | Matatiele child rape case could have been ‘elevated’ earlier – Mchunu
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu admitted that the investigation into the rape of a 7-year-old from Matatiele could have been "elevated" earlier.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Malawi’s debt crisis deepens as aid cuts hurt
Behind a dimly lit bar in Malawi's capital, Ben Manda rubbed his tired eyes and poured a customer a drink. He had been working for 36 hours straight, packing in back-to-back shifts to feed his family of four.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Hijackers, signal jammers, and dirty cops: Truck hijackings surge in KZN
The police in KwaZulu-Natal have raised concerns about the truck hijacking trend, where law enforcement agencies, including traffic officers, are also believed to be involved.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Power outages stall court proceedings in kidnapping kingpin Faizel Charloos’ trial
The trial of an alleged kidnapping kingpin, Faizel Charloos, hit another snag on Tuesday after electricity supply in Soweto's Protea North, where the Protea Magistrate's Court is located, experienced power supply issues.
Continue ReadingNews24 | There’s a new Bob Skinstad on the brew… only he’s English
In his latest Rucking with Rob newsletter, Rob Houwing draws comparisons between Northampton Saints' Henry Pollock and Bobby Skinstad.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Luthuli inquest: Hawks unable to trace train driver and conductor from 1967
It has emerged that the driver and conductor of the train alleged to have hit and killed former ANC president and stalwart Chief Albert John Luthuli could not be traced by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation as they investigated the reopened inquest into his...
Continue ReadingNews24 | UPDATE: Walter Sisulu University denies that person who was shot dead on campus is its student
Walter Sisulu University says a person who died after being shot in the Mthatha campus on Tuesday morning was not a student at the institution.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Eastern Cape man facing almost 800 child porn charges is ‘misleading’ court, State argues
A man facing nearly 800 charges, ranging from the rape of his daughter to possession and distribution of child pornography, has been misleading the court, the State has submitted in the Eastern Cape High Court in Gqeberha.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Call for probe into ‘sangoma ritual’ at NWU residence smacks of ‘intolerance’, says academic
AfriForum has demanded an investigation after what they have called a "sangoma ritual" in a student residence at the North-West University.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Wandile Sihlobo | Jonas and the whale of SA’s American problem
South African leadership is actively working to mend fences with the US. Mcebisi Jonas has his work cut out, writes Wandile Sihlobo.
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