Author: staff
Three days after a Nelson Mandela University student was run over and killed by a luxury car allegedly driven by an off-campus residence manager, the victim’s grieving family gathered at the spot where he took his last breath to wash away his blood.
Sentiment about South Africa has improved since the formation of a coalition government but the nation needs to be cautious about complacency, according to chief executive officers at two of the nation’s biggest financial-services companies.
After ActionSA filed a criminal complaint against Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Thembi Simelane, the Hawks said it had already made “great strides” in investigating VBS, but it would not confirm whether it was investigating Simelane.
The MK Party is seeking to urgently block the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) from interviewing prospective judges until the legal battles over impeached Judge President John Hlophe’s suitability to serve on the body are finalised.
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu told terrified Ngobozana villagers in Lusikisiki that they could start sleeping peacefully again because police had “the names and surnames” of the killers who gunned down 18 people in a mass shooting on Saturday.
A withering attack on the new National Lotteries Commission (NLC) in Parliament last week was led by three men: chair of the trade and industry portfolio committee Mzwandile Masina, former minister Malusi Gigaba, and the EFF’s Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, according to GroundUp.
South African residential vacancies surged by over 50% between the first and second quarters of 2024 due to a constrained consumer environment in the lower end of the market, as well as seasonal factors affecting holiday and student accommodation.
Additional security measures, including the installation of surveillance cameras and heightened monitoring of bridges, will be explored urgently, after a Pietermaritzburg woman was killed when a battery was thrown from a bridge on the N3 near the Pavilion Shopping Centre in Westville, KwaZulu-Natal.
Correctional services staff knew within weeks of Facebook rapist and killer Thabo Bester’s fake suicide that he had escaped from prison, but they delayed opening a criminal case for six months, a Public Protector investigation has found.
Chief Justice Mandisa Maya has told the MK Party’s lawyers that the Judicial Service Commission “resolved by majority vote” to continue with its interviews without John Hlophe next week, despite the party’s threats of legal action and protest.