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Tembe family vows to ‘stay silent’ as Anele inquest resumes
1+ hour, 44+ min 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…...
‘Warning was inadequate’: Kekana’s defence fights use of bail record in Matlala trial
3+ hour, 14+ min ago (498+ words) The lawyer representing Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala’s co-accused Musa Kekana has challenged the use of his bail proceedings in the ongoing trial within a trial, arguing his client was not properly warned the contents of an affidavit could later be used…...
The AM Check-in | A school with more than 600 pupils exists only on paper
5+ hour, 10+ min ago (322+ words) For three years, Umkhumbane Junior Secondary School in Soshanguve, about 30km north of Pretoria, has existed on paper and online but not on the ground. Nevertheless, the school has been enrolling grade 8 to 10 pupils. Where the school is supposed to be…...
Leave me alone, get away from me’: Witness recalls screams before Tembe’s fatal fall
7+ hour, 10+ min ago (672+ words) “Leave me alone, get away from me.” These were the words Roberto Steffanutto told the Cape Town magistrate’s court he heard a woman scream moments before Anele Tembe fell from the 10th floor of the Pepperclub Hotel in 2021. The shouting, he…...
I missed my son’s tombstone erection due to Kekana’s arrest − Witness
19+ hour, 24+ min ago (457+ words) A state witness in the trial of Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala has told a court that helping Musa Kekana with a car’s wheel rim on the day police arrested him in connection with the murder of Vereeniging engineer Armand Swart led…...
Why Mapisa-Nqakula’s bid to have corruption case dismissed failed
19+ hour, 10+ min ago (149+ words) On Monday, the Pretoria high court dismissed former defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s application to dismiss the case against her. Mapisa-Nqakula is charged with 12 counts of corruption and one count of money laundering for allegedly soliciting and receiving bribes worth about…...
NSFAS worker’s Gmail trail lands her dismissal case back at CCMA
19+ hour, 46+ min ago (573+ words) The labour court has set aside an arbitration award that found the dismissal of an NSFAS employee unfair and awarded her R1.045m in backpay. Though the court did not decide Zenobia Abrahams should remain dismissed it ordered a fresh arbitration before…...
Housing rental wars pile up in Gauteng
19+ hour, 40+ min ago (480+ words) At least 188 cases of non-payment of rent, 115 deposit disputes, and 62 eviction matters were heard in the first three months of the Gauteng Rental Housing Tribunal’s financial year. The tribunal received 585 complaints between April and June. Landlords were involved in 59 complaints…...
Eight prison staff get suspension notices after inmate’s escape
20+ hour, 13+ min ago (227+ words) Eight correctional services employees at Rooigrond Maximum Correctional Centre near Mahikeng in North West have been served with notices of contemplation of suspension following an offender’s escape from the facility. Edward Khomotso Madiba was serving a 20-year sentence for robbery…...
Police officer among four arrested after Mamelodi hostel shooting
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (235+ words) Four suspects, including a police sergeant, have been arrested after an armed confrontation with police and security personnel at a tavern within the sprawling Nkandla Hostels complex in Mamelodi on Saturday night. The incident occurred at about 10.30pm in Extension 36. Police…...