1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (761+ words) The latest instalment in the turmoil engulfing the South African Police Service (SAPS) raises an ethical question beyond the personalities occupying senior positions: when a state lawyer advises a public official, to whom does that lawyer owe allegiance? It was…...

4+ day, 51+ min ago   (52+ words) TimesLIVE WATCH LIVE | Senzo Meyiwa murder trial The Bafana Bafana player was murdered in 2014 The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial resumes at the high court in Pretoria on Thursday morning. The case had been postponed due to the interpreter not feeling…...

4+ day, 7+ 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, 17+ hour ago   (602+ words) A teacher in Limpopo has lost his challenge against a three-month suspension without pay after an Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC) arbitration found, on a balance of probabilities, that he had assaulted a pupil with a fist after the child…...

4+ day, 17+ 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, 20+ hour ago   (496+ words) Former defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has explained the cash payments made towards extensive renovations at her house in Bruma, Johannesburg. The state alleges that Mapisa-Nqakula used these kickbacks to fund her home renovations. Interior designer Nomsa Shabangu, who managed the…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (192+ words) TimesLIVE Five things you need to know about the Reiger Park shooting accused’s bail bid State opposes bail as defence lawyer says its case relies heavily on circumstantial evidence Story audio is generated using AI The bail hearing of Regan…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (343+ words) Pretoria businessman Lucas Legabe, who has been linked to the R200m cocaine heist from a secure Hawks storage facility in November 2021, claimed he was tortured to implicate police officers, when he made a bid for bail on Tuesday. The 49-year-old appeared…...

6+ day, 4+ 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…...

6+ day, 1+ 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…...