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Free State/19 August 2026, 08:56am/ Mpho Mokoena Seven-year-old Ntombazana Mnyamane: Image Supplied By Mpho Mokoena: A wave of shock and anger has swept across Bultfontein in the Free State following the alleged rape and murder of seven-year-old Ntombazana Mnyamane. The child, from the Tswelopele Local Municipality, was reportedly attacked less than twenty metres from her...
News/19 August 2026, 07:56am/ Dakalo Mulaudzi Kgosientsho Ramokgopa: Image Supplied By Dakalo Mulaudzi: South Africans may soon be able to read their electricity bills like a financial report rather than a single, confusing figure. Under a revised electricity pricing policy unveiled by Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa on Tuesday, consumers could gain a clearer...
News/19 August 2026, 07:34am/ Linda Mgomezulu Crime Intelligence head Dumisani Khumalo: Image Supplied By Linda Mgomezulu: The National Prosecuting Authority is expected to withdraw all charges against Crime Intelligence head Dumisani Khumalo, Brigadier Dineo Mokwele and their co-accused as early as this week, in a dramatic reversal that could bring an end to a high-profile...
Crime/15 August 2026, 12:17pm/ Mpho Mokoena Julius Mkhwanazi: Image Supplied By Mpho Mokoena: A dramatic courtroom claim has emerged in the murder case of businessman Emmanuel Mbense, with suspended Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) Deputy Chief Julius Mkhwanazi alleging that he rejected an offer to become a State witness. Mkhwanazi made the claim in his...
News/15 August 2026, 10:56am/Linda Mgomezulu Cyril Ramaphosa: Image Supplied By Linda Mgomezulu: President Cyril Ramaphosa has challenged Southern African leaders to confront the root causes of migration by building a region where citizens can pursue opportunities at home rather than being forced to leave in search of survival. Delivering the SADC summit public lecture at...
Free State/15 August 2026, 09:37am/ Thandi Buthelezi Mkhuleko Hlengwa: Image Supplied By Thandi Buthelezi: While South Africa has recorded an encouraging decline in road fatalities this year, the Free State is moving sharply in the opposite direction — with road deaths rising by 16% and placing the province well above its 2026 target. Between 1...
News/15 August 2026, 07:56am/ Dakalo Mulaudzi By Dakalo Mulaudzi: The methods used by specialist police task teams investigating cash-in-transit robberies have come under intense scrutiny at the Madlanga Commission, where the Independent Police Investigative Directorate’s Deputy Director of Investigations, Len John, described a disturbing pattern surrounding the deaths of alleged robbery suspects.…
International/13 August 2026, 09:35am/ GoodWill Mathebula By GoodWill Mathebula: Zambia heads to the polls on Thursday in a high-stakes general election that will test whether President Hakainde Hichilema’s record of financial recovery can outweigh public anger over the rising cost of everyday life. Hichilema, who has governed the copper-producing southern African nation since 2021, is...
Politics/13 August 2026, 08:21am/ Mpho Mokoena Dickson Masemola: Image Supplied By Mpho Mokoena: As Johannesburg heads towards a high-stakes mayoral race, the ANC is asking voters for an outright mandate — but analysts say its promise to rescue the city will be tested by its own local-government record. The African National Congress is making a...
International/ 13 August 2026, 07:56am/ Staff Writer By Staff Writer: Oil prices pushed higher for a second day on Wednesday as the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz kept energy traders on edge, while global stock markets delivered a mixed performance ahead of crucial US inflation data. The market mood was shaped by a...
