JUST IN | Mxolisi Dukwana elected premier of the Free State
Activist Zackie Achmat will stand for National Parliament in the 2024 general elections.He said the proposed Electoral Amendment Bill will, in 2024, make it possible for candidates not affiliated with political parties to stand for election.Achmat vowed to lead ethically and hold political leaders accountable.
Mbalula addressed the media on Tuesday on the outcomes of a special national executive committee meeting on Monday. However, he said coming into the briefing that he had yet to receive Ntombela's resignation letter. News24 understands that most of the DA's coalition partners confirmed their willingness to support Brink. Brink still needs to win most of the support from the Tshwane council before he can be elected as mayor.President Cyril Ramaphosa paid tribute to the men and women who lost their lives in the line of duty during the commemoration of the Armed Forces Day in Richards Bay on Tuesday.
A shooting outside a nursery school in Bedfordview on Tuesday morning has left at least one person wounded. On 14 February 2016, Johannes Tebogo Mpete, 37, Matsobane Victor Kwanaite, 38, and Lesiba Richard Mapela, 40, stopped a motorist before they found drugs in his car and arrested the driver. Lesufi announced during his state of the province address that an outline of plans to finally see the scrapping of e-tolls would be announced ‘soon’.
The bail was granted in absentia because the man was recently admitted to a prison hospital after suffering a mild stroke. Last week, angry Nomzamo Park residents vowed to unleash violence should the officer be granted bail. The case had to be transferred from Orlando Magistrate's Court due to safety concerns.One cash van security guard was injured when an armed gang opened fire on them during a heist in Mabopane, Tshwane on Monday.
This was revealed in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Monday during the appearance of murder accused Sifiso Mkwanazi, 20. “After all efforts to resuscitate the child were exhausted, sadly the child was declared deceased,” said VonkOu Kaapse Weg fire extinguished, emergency services to monitor area
Jacobeth Lepinka, 52, and her son, Kedifentse, 28, were convicted in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Friday. OR Tambo Tambo District Municipality spokesperson Zimkhita Macingwane said the girl, her 4-year-old sister and their mother were swept away by floods at Lutshini Village on Friday night.Macingwane said another pair of siblings – two boys aged 5 and 7 from Qhogi Village - were still missing after they drowned while crossing a flooded stream with their mother and older sister while returning from a nearby clinic on Friday.
Officers confiscated 3 608 units of abalone with an estimated street value of R1.4 million.Two men aged 23 and 29 were arrested and expected to appear in court soon.Police in the Western Cape have launched a search for missing German tourist, Nick Frischke, who went missing on 14 February.According to police spokesperson Warrant Officer Joseph Swartbooi, Frischke was a resident at a local Air Bed and Breakfast in Pinelands.
Anyone with information that can assist with information that will lead to Nick’s safe return is kindly requested to contact the investigating officer Detective Sgt Daluxolo Mhlauli on 076 609 0764 or alternatively call Crime Stop on 08600 10111.JUST IN | UCT gets interim court order barring protesting students from disruption, violence
"Currently, there are no casualties confirmed, and the cause of the explosion has not yet been determined,” Fihla said.Two people were wounded after being shot during a cash-in-transit heist on Friday morning in Katlehong. According to Gauteng police spokesperson Colonel Dimakatso Sello, the cash van was targeted by men in a grey BMW. The van’s occupants were pulled from the vehicle before it was bombed, she said.
The Hawks in the Western Cape have arrested 10 people for allegedly defrauding Sassa of R1.8 million. The 10 were arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into allegations of fraud at Sassa, said Hawks spokesperson Warrant Officer Bonnie Nxumalo. Three men were arrested after they allegedly kidnapped a woman in Katlehong, east of Johannesburg, on Tuesday.
Masondo said the suspects were charged with being in possession of a hijacked motor vehicle and kidnapping. JUST IN | One killed after light aircraft crashes near Joburg highway The victims were taken to a hospital in Ladybrand in the Free State. A case of culpable homicide is being investigated.The Cape Town man convicted of kidnapping, raping and murdering 8-year-old Tazné Van Wyk was sentenced to nine life sentences.
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