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The Durban Magistrate’s Court has ordered that a Burundian man be brought to court on Tuesday to make his first appearance for the attempted murder of a woman related to a local actor who has publicly supported March and March.

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson wants an investigation into why more than 6 000 state-owned residential properties are allocated to government departments and occupied by officials nationwide.

“He was just a small, curious little boy who wanted to be with his friends. Now he’s gone.” Those are the heartbreaking words of Tumi Mkeke, whose three-year-old son, Onumiyo, drowned after slipping into a muddy stormwater pond while washing his hands with two friends before heading home to New Horizons in Plettenberg Bay on Friday afternoon.

The embattled Emfuleni Local Municipality’s controversial R16-million fleet tender was among several flagged by slain whistleblower Martha Mani Rantsofu before her assassination, police have revealed.

Two young children had to be rescued from their Gqeberha home after discovering the bloodied bodies of their parents, two married police officers, who died in a hail of bullets in an apparent murder-suicide incident.

The City of Ekurhuleni owes its creditors more than R7 billion, with the bulk of the figure owed to Eskom.

The DA intends to introduce a Private Members’ Bill to loosen politicians’ grip on the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) and safeguard state employees’ pensions from what DA MP and finance spokesperson Mark Burke calls a “bonfire of governance”.

The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has granted the Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) a final forfeiture order allowing the State to permanently seize luxury assets worth hundreds of millions of rands linked to alleged Tembisa Hospital tender kingpin Hangwani Morgan Maumela.

The long-awaited trial of 62 people accused of instigating the July 2021 unrest has been delayed after several accused were left without legal representation, forcing the court to postpone proceedings while Legal Aid applications are considered.

An Eastern Cape woman who slept on the streets of Tokyo, Japan, after she was allegedly assaulted by the wife of then-ambassador to Japan Smuts Ngonyama, has welcomed the reinstatement of charges against Nokwazi Ngonyama, albeit with reservations.

More than a decade after making the daring escape that exposed one of South Africa’s most shocking child abuse cases, the son who fled the Springs “house of horrors” in 2014 to seek help for his siblings is now asking for help himself.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared that where municipalities or officials fail to comply with environmental and water services legislation, the government will use the enforcement mechanisms available to it, including directives, criminal proceedings and, where the law permits, personal liability.

The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) is yet to approve the Private Security Sector Provident Fund’s (PSSPF) contentious pick for principal officer amid pushback from employer associations and private security sector unions.

Confusion surrounded the anticipated arrest of Crime Intelligence senior investigator Colonel Ismail Dawood on Monday after he arrived at the Sandton police station to hand himself over, only for the process to be delayed.

The company behind the controversial R135 million bid for Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre has challenged Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis over the suggestion that it lacks the financial means to complete the purchase and says it has still received no official communication that the sale has collapsed.

Nearly four years after a fiery confrontation at a Cape Town bar sent fists flying and sparked explosive allegations of racism, Christopher Logan and the former owners of Hank’s Olde Irish Pub are once again facing off in the Western Cape High Court.

Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie is facing renewed accusations that he is stacking entities under his department with members of his party, the PA.

Musa Khawula is being dragged to court again – and this time, the gossip-blogger’s posts have raised the ire of Afrirent founder and chairperson, Senzo Tsabedze.

A woman’s vision of leaving a lasting legacy for her daughter, an aspiring beautician with dreams of a future in the beauty industry, ultimately unravelled into heartbreak and the alleged loss of more than R5 million.

An explosive High Court application by suspended Inspector-General of Intelligence (IGI) Imtiaz Fazel confirms how central now suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu’s office was to the series of investigations and leaks that led both to the Madlanga Commission and to the unprocedural and likely unconstitutional suspension of the IGI.