22+ hour, 32+ min ago   (334+ words) Police are warning women in and around Kempton Park, particularly Rhodesfield, to exercise extreme caution amid concerns about a possible serial killer after the discovery of four women’s bodies in the area in about two months. The latest body was…...

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, 18+ 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, 16+ hour ago   (399+ words) Advocates for Transformation (AFT) has condemned a sustained and escalating campaign of threats and intimidation directed at its national chairperson Myron Dewrance SC and Sandile Khumalo SC, as well as members of Dewrance’s family and friends. “AFT has deliberately refrained…...

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, 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, 1+ hour ago   (294+ words) Ex-Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone was stopped at an airport in Portugal on Monday after police found he had brought a shotgun into the country on his private jet without documentation. The 95-year-old said in a telephone call from Portugal…...

6+ day, 20+ 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, 3+ day ago   (799+ words) What was once seen as harmless Spring Day fun has taken a troubling turn, with reports of unsuspecting members of the public being drenched with water, older people being targeted and motorists having water thrown into their vehicles while driving…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1263+ words) For Sbonelo Mabena, gambling started with a friend who appeared to be making easy money. He watched his friend win, joined in and won a few times himself. What started as something enjoyable in 2020 soon became a habit that cost…...