Month: June 2025
News24 | From luxury to leg irons: Tender don Cat Matlala abandons bail
Tenderpreneur and criminally accused businessman Vusimusi Cat Matlala abandoned his bid for bail in the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday and has traded his high-life for a prison cell while awaiting trial.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Magashule’s ex-PA’s special plea: Judge rules court has no jurisdiction to try her
Ace Magashule’s former assistant, Moroadi Cholota, has successfully scuppered her prosecution on graft charges related to the asbestos removal tender.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Judge dismisses bid for acquittal in Zuma, Thales corruption trial
KwaZulu-Natal High Court Judge Nkosinathi Chili has dismissed the summary acquittal applications of former president Jacob Zuma and French arms company Thales in which they cited “unreasonable” delays in their corruption trial.
Continue ReadingNews24 | One dead, dozens hurt as 5.8-magnitude Turkey earthquake felt in Greece, Egypt
A 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck the Marmaris area of southwestern Turkey, killing one teenager and injuring dozens of people, the interior minister said.
Continue ReadingNews24 | El Salvador President Nayib Bukele defies critics: ‘I don’t care if they call me a dictator’
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele said he would rather be branded a “dictator” than allow criminals to run loose, defying critics in a barnstorming speech marking one year since his re-election.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Disciplinary action for KZN cop who drove police vehicle that had no driver’s side door
KwaZulu-Natal police say they will take disciplinary steps against an officer who was captured in video driving a marked police vehicle that had a missing driver’s side door.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Portugal police announce new search in Madeleine McCann disappearance case
Portuguese police will carry out a new search this week in the municipality of Lagos at the request of German authorities investigating the 2007 disappearance of 3-year-old Madeleine McCann, a spokesperson told AFP Monday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Africa to get most of Bill Gates’ $200bn in next 20 years
Africa is set to be the largest beneficiary of the $200 billion that the Gates Foundation plans to give away over the next two decades, co-founder Bill Gates said.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Father of six killed ‘for piece of bread’ during Gaza aid distribution
Cries of grief echoed across southern Gaza’s Nasser Hospital on Monday as dozens came to mourn Hossam Wafi, after the father of six was killed while attempting to get supplies to feed his family.
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