4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (730+ words) Seconds after Anele Tembe fell from the 10th floor of Cape Town’s Pepperclub Hotel, a resident who saw her lying on the pavement looked towards a balcony and saw Kiernan “AKA” Forbes leaning over the railing and screaming, “Oh my God,…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (490+ words) South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) president Barry Hendricks has been suspended with immediate effect, the umbrella body told members in a circular on Wednesday. The Sascoc board took the action at a special meeting held on Monday…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (472+ words) An order for tequila shooters was requested on the morning Anele Tembe fell to her death from the 10th floor of a Cape Town hotel by Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and members of his entourage. The order for the alcohol to be…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (356+ words) The plea and sentencing agreement proceedings at the Johannesburg magistrates’ court in the firearm-related case of alleged UK fugitive Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma have been postponed to Thursday. The triple-murder suspect pleaded guilty to the unlawful possession of a firearm and…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (128+ words) Two cocaine seizures in four days have been made at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport. Police spokesperson Lt-Col Amanda van Wyk said an alleged drug trafficker was arrested on Monday with about 2kg of cocaine in his luggage. The drugs are…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (190+ words) The Tembe family say they feel comforted after the formal inquest into the death of Anele Tembe started in the Cape Town magistrate’s court on Monday. Anele died in April 2021 after falling from the 10th floor of the Pepperclub Hotel in…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (132+ words) TimesLIVE WATCH LIVE | ‘Cat’ Matlala and co-accused back in court Matlala faces allegations of targeting ex-girlfriend, businessman and music producer The high court in Johannesburg is expected to continue with a-trial-within-a-trial on Tuesday in the attempted murder case involving alleged…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (817+ words) “Leave me alone, get away from me.” These were the words Roberto Stefanutto told the Cape Town magistrate’s court he heard a woman scream moments before Anele Tembe fell from the 10th floor of the city’s Pepperclub Hotel in April 2021. The…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (320+ words) The Benoni magistrate’s court on Monday granted bail to DA ward councillor Kabelo Relitilwe Mahonko and three co-accused who face charges of murder, attempted murder and kidnapping. Mahonko, 40, was granted bail of R5,000 while Sibusiso Masondo, 43, Muzi des Godie, 33, and Lethabo…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (122+ words) Businessman Mpho Edward Malema made his first appearance, on Monday, at the Vanderbijlpark magistrate’s court in relation to the Emfuleni municipality’s R16m fraud and corruption case. Malema, 40, a director of Mabula Forestry and Construction, is facing corruption, fraud and theft charges....