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The High Court in Durban, yesterday, DISMISSED with costs, the request of prominent businessman, Mr. Calvin Mathibeli, to appeal the case. According to KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson, Colonel Robert Netshiunda, Mathibeli had filed an appeal against the decision issued by the court on February 26 this year.On that day, the court ordered him to delete all his comments on social media, which defamed the name of the KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.”The court had given him 24 hours to do that. It said that he should remove himself from websites as well as online media,” said Netshiunda. He was…
Rhulani Herbert Maringa (44) was sentenced by the Bronkhorstspruit Magistrate’s Court after being found guilty of livestock theft. He was also declared incompetent to own a firearm. (Photo: Provided)A policeman attached to the police unit for livestock theft and endangered species in Cullinan has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for livestock theft to the value of R80 000.Rhulani Herbert Maringa (44) was sentenced by the Bronkhorstspruit Magistrate’s Court after being found guilty of livestock theft. He was also declared incompetent to own a firearm.According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), in 2019 two accused stole cattle from the Zonderwater…
Political parties and labor unions are happy with the reduction of petrol tax by R3, due to allegations that the government may be hiding a stick in the dirt.Political parties and unions have applauded the reduction in tax but they say it does not give them peace because the government did not explain who will pay the money that will be lost to the government due to the reduction in petrol tax.The reduction in petrol tax has relieved the burden on car owners as it has not increased as expected.The announcement of the reduction in petrol tax was made by…
Msongelwa’s problems are expected to increase in the second season of the comedy show Msongela’s polygamy The first episode of this show will be shown next Monday, on Mzansi Magic (161), at 8 pm.UMsongelwa (Andile Mxakaza) who is a taxi driver, it turns out that in this game he will continue to work hard, to show his three wives that another wife is still needed in the yard, as he recently saw the lady he was in love with when they were students, Asanda (Nosipho Pehlo), who wants to marry him. Speaking about the return of the game, Andile revealed…
The Charlotte Maxeke Hospital in Johannesburg. (Photo: Jana Smit/Maroela Media)Fewer patients are undergoing heart surgery at the Charlotte Maxeke State Hospital in Johannesburg. This state of affairs is attributed to a “shameful cover-up by the hospital and the Wits Medical School” because people in a critical condition simply do not receive surgery.Dr. Jack Bloom, the DA’s spokesperson for health in Gauteng, says figures show a 72.5% decrease in deaths between 2023 and 2025, which the Gauteng legislator described in response to questions as “substantial sustained improvement in patient outcomes”, but that far fewer heart operations are performed at the hospital.Bloom…
Bafana Bafana (0) 1Panama (0) 2THEY USED the opportunity in different ways for the two Bafana Bafana players who were called by the national team’s coach Hugo Broos when he spoke before the friendly match against Panama on Tuesday night at DHL Stadium, Cape Town.In this game, which was the first time in history that Broos was kicked at home, the winning goals for Panama were scored by Jose Cordoba and Giovanni Ramos, who finished off Mbekezeli Mbokazi’s.Bongokuhle Hlongwane, who last scored for Bafana in 2022, did not have a good game since he got an easy chance in the…
Slavery declared the gravest crime against humanity.Slavery has been declared the gravest crime against humanity in a United Nations resolution. Argentina, Israel, and the United States were the only countries that voted against it, with many others abstaining. So what does this resolution mean, and why won’t the countries that built their wealth on slavery agree to a path for justice? Al Jazeera’s Marthe van der Wolf explains.Published On 31 Mar 202631 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2SharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo
Chairman and coach of Milford FC, Xanti Pupuma, has made his wish to see two KwaZulu-Natal teams face off in the finals of the Nedbank Cup, Xanti Pupuma, whose team will face TS Galaxy in the semi-finals. Milford will play away to Galaxy at Solomon Mahlangu Stadium, KwaMhlanga, on Sunday at 3 pm. Durban City will host Casric Stars in one of the first matches at Chatsworth Stadium, Durban, on Saturday at 3 pm. Milford and Casric are playing in the Motsepe Foundation Championship, and they are currently competing against the teams in the competition for the league title of…
Willem Olivier. (Photo: Provided) Willem Olivier and Kelvin Vlok were sentenced in the Worcester Regional Court to 42 years of direct imprisonment for the gruesome murder of Vlok’s employer, a 77-year-old farmer’s wife, in 2023. Eric Ntabazalila, spokesperson for the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), says a co-accused of Olivier and Vlok who was a minor at the time of the murder of Christina Walters from the farm Papkuil near Ceres, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. All three men were declared unfit to own a firearm. The state also charged Olivier (52), Vlok (24) and the 20-year-old co-accused…
The HOLLYWOOD Foundation has confirmed the opening of applications for businessmen who wish to be part of the Bambelela Business Awards, which are annual awards that mainly aim to promote the excellence of KwaZulu-Natal businessmen.These awards, which focus on different entrepreneurs, help a lot in promoting the role of small entrepreneurs in community development, job creation, and economic development in KwaZulu Natal.The winner in the state will take home a million dollars with the support of the Hollywood Foundation. This is the third year that this type of award has been held, and approximately 46 businessmen have benefited from it.With…