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Convicted murderer and rapist, Thabo Bester, is expected to approach the High Court in Pretoria on an urgent basis to challenge his transfer from the Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Centre in Pretoria to the eBongweni Super Maximum prison in KwaZulu-Natal. Last month, the same matter was struck off the roll. LIVE STREAM:  www.sabcnews.com, https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/live-thabo-bester-challenges-prison-transfer/

By Kayiira Jackson  The stage is set for an exciting weekend of football after the Kayunga Secondary Schools Sports Associations conducted the official draws on Monday ahead of the district championships. A total of 32 schools have been pooled into eight groups, with matches set to be played this weekend at four host venues. Groups A, B, E, F, G …

The US State Department on Monday is calling on Americans to immediately depart more than a dozen countries in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, amid US-Israeli strikes against Iran.  Mora Namdar, the State Department’s assistant secretary for consular affairs, says US citizens should leave using available commercial transportation due to safety risks.  The warning came …

Search and rescue operations are set to continue at a construction site in Ormonde in Johannesburg following a deadly building collapse. Six bodies were retrieved from the rubble on Monday, while three are still missing. The City’s Emergency Management Services (EMS) says three people are currently in hospital after a concrete slab gave way at the site. Search and rescue …

Iran has detained at least six US citizens or permanent residents, according to detainee advocates, raising fears they and thousands of Americans believed trapped in the country could be used as bargaining chips in the escalating war with the US and Israel. The detainees are among what some experts estimate are possibly thousands of dual US-Iranian nationals and green-card holders …

Zimbabwean nationals, Bellarmine Mugabe and Tobias Matonhodze, are expected to apply for bail in the Alexandra Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.   The pair briefly appeared in the same court last week, but the case was postponed for further investigation.   The case relates to a shooting incident at former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s son’s house in Hyde Park last month, where …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the United States (US) and Israel’s war against Iran may take “some time” but it will not take years. The US and Israeli air war against Iran began with attacks against Tehran on Saturday, killing Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and prompting Iranian retaliation against Israel and missile attacks at Arab nations with American …

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) will establish a joint working group that will participate in preparations for a Conference of the Left through the establishment of a steering committee.  The SACP is planning a conference of the left that will, in their words, unite progressive forces, including trade unions, NGOs, and civil society. …

A traditional leader has been shot dead and a family member wounded during a robbery at Makhuvha village outside Thohoyandou in Limpopo. The wounded person has been taken to the hospital. Fifty-nine-year-old Chief Ntikedzeni Makhuvha was shot by armed robbers wearing balaclavas and security-type uniforms inside his house. The robbers had demanded vehicle keys and money. They fled with a …

The minister says the three were removed from Parliament in August 2024.Macpherson also wants the court to order them to pay for litigation costs. He says no individual is above the law when it comes to unlawfully occupying state property. [STATEMENT] I’ve authorised formal eviction proceedings, including a cost order, against three former MK MPs who have been unlawfully occupying …