1+ day, 9+ 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…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (119+ words) TimesLIVE Plea deal talks for Ndodana Tshuma on gun and visa charges The case will return to court on October 1 Story audio is generated using AI A possible plea deal is under discussion between the prosecution and defence for Ndodana…...

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…...

5+ day, 15+ 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…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (89+ words) Alleged UK family killer and fugitive Ndodana Tshuma is appearing in court on Tuesday to face a firearm charge and extradition request. In August the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said extradition documentation was ready in the case against him. Tshuma,…...

5+ day, 17+ 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, 1+ 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, 19+ hour ago   (164+ words) Triple-murder suspect Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma has pleaded guilty to charges of unlawful possession of a firearm with ammunition and for entering South Africa while being a wanted fugitive in the UK. Tshuma, a 45-year-old British citizen of Zimbabwean heritage, is…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (130+ words) A 53-year-old scholar transport driver was fatally shot in Westbury, Johannesburg, on Monday morning soon after dropping off schoolchildren. Gauteng police spokesperson Capt Tintswalo Sibeko said police received a complaint about a shooting at about 8.10am. Sibeko said police arrived to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (478+ words) An international expert on policing, illicit markets and organised crime has recommended to the Madlanga commission of inquiry the establishment of an organised crime council as a short-term intervention. Dr Mark Shaw, who has three decades of experience in organised…...