Suspended South African Police Services (SAPS) Head of Organised Crime, Richard Shibiri, says he has no knowledge of institutional capture of the police. He has been accused of interfering with the investigation into the killing of Vereeniging engineer Armand Swart. This is due to his suspected links to alleged underworld kingpin Katiso “KT” Molefe. Molefe is one of four people …
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The Ndimande brothers, accused of murdering rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and his friend Tebello “Tibz” Motshoane – in a dramatic turnaround – informed the Durban Magistrate’s Court that they plan to apply for bail. Siyabonga and Malusi Ndimande, through their lawyer, made the submission to court after earlier indicating that they wouldn’t seek bail. He also indicated that he would …
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Mojtaba Khamenei, the powerful son of Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, is alive and favoured to emerge as his father’s successor, two Iranian sources told Reuters on Wednesday. Even as new explosions rang out in Tehran, huge crowds of mourners were expected in the streets later on Wednesday to grieve the elder Khamenei, 86, killed by Israeli forces in …
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Former National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Director of Public Prosecutions Advocate, Anton Ackerman, has described former president Thabo Mbeki’s approach to the investigation and prosecution of Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) cases as manipulative. He was testifying before the TRC Cases Inquiry in Newtown, Johannesburg. The Inquiry is probing alleged efforts or attempts to stop the prosecution and investigation of apartheid-era …
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Gauteng Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC, Jacob Mamabolo, has condemned what he describes as the politicisation of the water crisis in the province. Mamabolo says access to water is a basic human right and should not be used for political point-scoring. He has urged political parties and community leaders to stop spreading divisive rhetoric that could heighten public anxiety. …
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Aryna Sabalenka announced her engagement to Georgios Frangulis ahead of the Indian Wells tournament, where the world number one will return to action from an extended break after losing the Australian Open final in January. Belarusian Sabalenka and Frangulis, the CEO of global health-food brand Oak Berry, have been dating since 2024. “All good guys, everything happened, but look how …
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Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | The Uganda Marketers Society (UMS) has set a demanding agenda for 2026, urging marketing, sales and brand professionals to reposition themselves as commercial leaders capable of delivering measurable business value in a tightening economic environment. The call was made during the first Ignite Session of the year, hosted at the Saladin Media Uganda offices in Kampala, where senior executives …
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Families of the construction workers who died in the collapsed building in Ormonde, south of Johannesburg, have called on the government to support the children of the deceased. Nine people were killed, and three others were injured in the incident, which happened on Monday. Mfanakhona Hlatshwayo, who lost his brother, Abel Hlatshwayo, says there are serious questions about whether proper …
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A United States mining company backed by billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates is in a tangle with Belgium’s Africa Museum over who should digitise antique maps of what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, in the museum’s archive. Mining startup KoBold Metals said it had offered to support the DRC in digitising the colonial-era archive, stored on …
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has conveyed his condolences to the Lekota family. He says he and the late Congress of the People, COPE, leader Mosioua Lekota have come a long way as activists. Lekota died in the early hours of Wednesday morning at a hospital in Midrand, Johannesburg. He was an anti-apartheid activist who cut his political teeth in the Black …
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North-West businessman, Brown Mogotsi, has apologised to the Madlanga commission for failing to appear before it on Monday after saying he was ill. He spoke after the commission’s Chairperson, Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, raised concerns over an increasing number of witnesses calling in sick. “I really have to apologise and reiterate that I have been very consistent throughout the preparations …
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Iranians will bid farewell to late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a ceremony in Tehran late on Wednesday, a senior Iranian official told state media. Hojjatoleslam Mahmoudi, head of Iran’s Islamic Propagation Council, said the farewell ceremony would continue for three days, and the funeral procession would be announced later. The official said the public will be able to …
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Minister Gayton McKenzie briefs the media on the Department of Sports, Arts & Culture Priorities. LIVE STREAM: www.sabcnews.com, https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/live-gayton-mckenzie-briefs-media-on-dsac-priorities/
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Police in KwaZulu-Natal have launched a manhunt for eight suspects who shot and wounded two security guards in a cash-in-transit heist on the N2 south of Durban. The suspects fled with bags of cash after the incident, which happened on Wednesday morning. Police say the guards were travelling in a cash delivery truck when the heavily armed suspects intercepted them. …
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Former Chiefs coach Dave Rennie has been named as the replacement for Scott Robertson as coach of the All Blacks. He will take New Zealand to the Rugby World Cup in Australia next year. The 62-year-old former Wallabies coach beat out Jamie Joseph for one of the biggest jobs in world rugby after an extensive recruitment process. The process started …
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