NSPCA's four-year legal fight ends in KZN dog breeder's conviction

Hope Ntanzi|Published

Inspectors found a number of dogs housed in conditions that did not meet acceptable welfare standards, including enclosures contaminated with faecal matter.

Public appeal: Hawks seek person of interest in elaborate investment swindle

Staff Reporter|Published

The Hawks have launched a public appeal to locate Princess Celerkosin Mseleku, a 51-year-old person of interest in a sophisticated investment fraud scheme that operated ...

Mkhwanazi ad hoc committee deadline now moved to March 31

​Staff Writer|Published

Parliament spokesperson Moloto Mothapo said the committee advised that parliamentary programme pressures — including the State of the Nation Address and related ...

US civil rights icon Jesse Jackson dies at 84 after lifelong fight for equality

AFP|Published

Jesse Jackson, who rose from marching alongside Martin Luther King Jr to becoming one of America's most influential civil rights voices and the first prominent Black ...

ANC axe falls on Emfuleni mayor

Karabo Ngoepe|Published

ANC Gauteng coordinator Hope Papo said decisions on deploying members to positions are handled by regional and provincial officials, warning against attempts to ...

More woes for Ekurhuleni senior officials implicated in Madlanga

Kamogelo Moichela|Published

The suspensions, mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza said, are part of an aggressive institutional renewal programme aimed at tightening governance, enforcing accountability ...

'Anglo American owes communities substantial historical social debt' - MACUA

Manyane Manyane|Published

MACUA had accused Anglo American of leaving South Africa without fulfilling its environmental and social liabilities, adding that the government should enforce compliance ...

Water crisis: SALGA pushes back against criminal prosecution of municipalities

Thami Magubane|Published

The South African Local Government Association (Salga) president Bheke Stofile said resolving the challenges municipalities were facing requires an intergovernmental ...

Water tanker mafia will deal ANC support a big blow, warns Radebe

Willem Phungula|Published

ANC veteran and current KwaZulu-Natal convener Jeff Radebe conceded that the government is not seen to be acting decisively against water tanker mafia.

Cradock Four: How NPA, government failed anti-apartheid martyrs

Siyabonga Sithole|Published

Lukhanyo Calata, son of anti-apartheid activist Fort Calata, stated his discontent with the lack of accountability for his father's killers.

Witness adamant Booysen split led to Wainstein murder

Kim Swartz|Published

The trial continued with cross-examination of the State’s key witness, Mr X, a Section 204 witness, after he had been in charge of Wainstein’s security, before, ...

Court rules personal loan protection policy can't be used for school fees, father's plea denied

Zelda Venter|Published

The father, in desperation turned to the Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg for an urgent order to obtain the money so that his children would not be kicked out of ...

Ride-hailing driver arrested in Parow with fake licence and forgery equipment

Staff Reporter|Published

A ride-hailing driver was arrested in Parow after officers discovered his fraudulent driver's licence and equipment to produce fake documents.

Gun billboard near school route cleared by Advertising Regulatory Board

Zelda Venter|Published

The Advertising Regulatory Board accepted that nothing about the advertisement indicates that children are intended as its target.

Landmark victory for mom in R23m lawsuit against government

Zelda Venter|Published

The SCA pointed out that Parliament, and not the courts, are responsible for major law reform. It also found that on the evidence, it was irrational to conclude ...

SA water crisis deepening: Experts call for professionals, not cadres, to lead solutions

Manyane Manyane|Published

Governance experts warn that the National Water Crisis Committee will not resolve the water crisis unless professionals with no loyalty to any political party are ...

Drakenstein now under quarantine amid latest foot-and-mouth outbreak

Staff Reporter and Theolin Tembo|Published

The latest quarantine measures in the Western Cape come days after President Cyril Ramaphosa’s declaration of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) as a national disaster ...

Over 100 windows damaged in 'senseless' school vandalism

Staff Reporter|Published

Over 100 windows at a Western Cape school were deliberately damaged in an act of 'senseless criminality', says Education MEC David Maynier. Despite security improvements ...

How Ramaphosa became 'a victim of his own lies'

Manyane Manyane|Published

Political analysts critique President Cyril Ramaphosa's presidency, labelling it a narrative of over-promising and under-delivering since 2018.

Premier decries 'political plot' in alleged misconduct probe

Karabo Ngoepe|Published

The committee is now expected to analyse the evidence and determine its findings, which will ultimately be submitted to the Speaker.