Author: staff
Prominent Durban security boss Ferrel Govender had his bail appeal dismissed in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban on Thursday. He is accused, along with his brother and business partner Darren, of the murder of businessman Shailen Singh.
After fighting tooth and nail to keep her job, Stellenbosch Municipality bigwig Annalene de Beer has been placed on precautionary suspension over serious misconduct allegations in accordance with a resolution adopted by the council in a closed meeting on Wednesday.
There were days after her husband’s passing when Carolyn Steyn just stared at the ceiling, unable to get out of bed. The only thing holding her up in her time of grief was her NPO, 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day, which became her pillar of strength.
When negotiations between the national government and the City of Johannesburg regarding the proposed renaming of Sandton Drive to Leila Khaled Drive, it will endeavor to dissuade the metro from undertaking actions that may exacerbate tensions between Pretoria and Washington.
“A shocking display of state overreach and misuse of public resources” – this is how the DA describes the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development employing an advocate at taxpayers’ expense to assist Magistrate Ezra Morrison in securing an interim protection order against News24 journalists Karyn Maughan and Kelly Anderson.
Shares of Shaftesbury Capital, the JSE-listed London-based real estate investment trust, rocketed nearly 20% on Thursday morning after it announced that Norway’s sovereign wealth fund had bought a 25% stake in its trendy Covent Garden property for R13 billion.
A week before former SAA Technical chairperson Yakhe Kwinana was arrested on extortion-related charges, she learnt that an application she had lodged for the review of a decision to strike her from the roll of chartered accountants had been dismissed.
The race to succeed Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee reaches a climax on Thursday with Juan Antonio Samaranch Junior, Sebastian Coe and Kirsty Coventry believed to be neck and neck but clear of the remaining quartet.
There is no crisis at South Africa’s embassies abroad, and despite limited funding, the country remains an influential global player, says the Department of International Relations and Cooperation which responded to recent reports of several technical and, in some instances, operational challenges at embassies in Asia.
A woman, who allegedly pretended to be a lawyer, managed to sit with her boyfriend in a holding cell at a court in Cape Town to discuss business with Nafiz Modack ahead of a botched hand grenade attack on the late Charl Kinnear’s house, the Western Cape High Court heard.