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Louis Liebenberg. (Photo: Isabel Venter/Maroela Media) Louis Liebenberg, the controversial diamond peddler,’s list of alleged crimes is getting longer and longer. He and his co-accused are currently facing a total of 127 charges, which now also include four charges of racketeering. Liebenberg, his wife, Dezzi, and their seven co-accused appeared again in the Bronkhorstspruit Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, where the final indictment was served on the group by the state. According to this document, which covers more than 140 pages, there are now 80 additional charges and a list of almost 170 possible state witnesses that will be called. The…

AI company Anthropic is banned in America, but despite this, America’s National Security Agency (NSA) is still using its AI model Mythos Preview on a large scale. Last week there was a meeting between the Defense Department and Anthropic. In this, working together of Anthropic and America’s Defense Agency was discussed.The United States National Security Agency (NSA) is still using Anthropic’s Mythos Preview AI tool despite the ban. In fact, the United States Defense Department Pentagon had imposed strict restrictions on Anthropic for government use in the country by accusing it of supply-chain related risks. But America’s National Security Agency…

THE LEADER of MKP, Mr. Jacob Zuma, wants the upcoming local government elections to be postponed.Zuma wants an election that should be held between November and January, to be held once the complaint lodged by the MKP regarding the results of the 2024 national and provincial elections has been resolved.He said this while speaking to MKP members on Sunday night at a meeting attended by the party’s members in the Thekwini region. IMKP challenged the results of the 2024 election, where it became the third largest party in Parliament.The body overseeing the election, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), dismissed MKP’s…

Ballot delivery delays and other missteps on election day have contributed to frustration with electoral authorities.Published On 21 Apr 202621 Apr 2026The head of Peru’s election authority has resigned from his role amid widespread anger over the country’s chaotic general election earlier this month, with vote counting still under way.Piero Corvetto said in a social media post on Tuesday that he was stepping down as head of the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE), a government body tasked with organising elections in Peru.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listIn a letter to the National Board of Justice (JNJ), Corvetto…

Foot and mouth vaccine (Photo: Dunevax) A presentation on the government’s response to foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) to parliament’s portfolio committee on agriculture “again confirmed that not enough is being done to ensure that vaccine is administered effectively at farm level”. So says FMD Response SA and at the same time warns that the vaccine should not be kept in refrigerators, but should be used. “What is urgently needed is a clear, workable plan from the government that ensures that BKS vaccine is distributed to all provinces and administered to 14 million cattle within a period of six to eight weeks,”…

A RESEARCH conducted by researchers at the University of Cape Town (UCT), in the research unit of different products that generate profit in the country’s economy, has revealed that fake tobacco products take more than half of the market.In this research published in the Tobacco Control document, it was warned that this problem could have a negative impact on health and the tax collected by the government in the country.The researchers who were doing the research, also used some information from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey of 2021, where they found that it was estimated that 60% of the tobacco…

21 April 2026 Maroela editorial How would you like to share the article? (Photo provided by SANParks) A fire broke out at the Onder-Sabie rest camp in the Kruger National Park and damaged the camp’s shop. Accommodation and activities are not affected by this. According to JP Louw, spokesperson for SANParks, the fire was reported early in the morning and rangers and staff acted quickly to put it out before it could spread to other structures. No injuries or deaths were reported. “The shop at the camp was indeed affected by the fire, while the restaurant did not sustain fire…

Mr. Request|Published 6 minutes agoKIHLE mourned at the Durban High Court, a man accused of stabbing and killing his fiancee, in an incident that took place on October 20, 2024, in Morningside, Durban.Mr Mhleli Ndaba (33) is charged with murdering his fiancée, Ms Dima Phohlo (31). This event was revealed to have happened after a heated argument that broke out between them. Ndaba is out on bail, which left the family of the deceased in awe, accusing the court of negligence and asking how a murderer is released?Yesterday, it was the first time for Ndaba to enter the box, to…

Archive photo (Photo: Daniel Bone/Pixabay) A 24-year-old man has been sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment for the murder of an 11-month-old baby following a violent attack in Philipstown in the Northern Cape. Samuel Pieters pleaded guilty to a charge of murder after fatally injuring the child, Aidan Booysen. The court heard that Pieters went to his girlfriend’s house where an argument arose between them. She later carried the baby on her back to lull him to sleep when Pieters attacked her with a cricket bat. During the attack, the baby was hit on the head and suffered fatal injuries. Emergency…

THE recent signing of Orlando Pirates striker, Evidence Makgopa, may depend on the fact that the club is trying to help him make history in South African football by becoming the third player to score against Kaizer Chiefs four times in a row.Chiefs and Pirates will play each other in an important home game in different ways for both under the Betway Premiership on Sunday at 3 pm, at FNB Stadium, Nasrec.Makgopa who is the favorite of Pirates fans does not usually start games this season since his coach, Abdeslam Ouaddou, does not hide that he believes in Yanela Mbuthuma.In…