Ministers held hostage: Gungubele and Modise recount the ‘movie last night’
Ministers Thandi Modise and Mondli Gungubele said the state was not embarrassed by the ‘unacceptable’ hostage situation that unfolded on Thursday.
Ministers Thandi Modise and Mondli Gungubele said the state was not embarrassed by the ‘unacceptable’ hostage situation that unfolded on Thursday.
Lauren Dickason’s defence said she will plead not guilty to all three charges of murder. The South African doctor is accused of killing her daughters in September.
“The 56 suspects are currently in police custody and they are expected to be charged for at least three counts of kidnapping,” said Brigadier Vish Naidoo.
The Minister of Defence Thandi Modise was held hostage by struggle veterans on Thursday evening.
Section27, a civil rights group, is taking legal action against education and police authorities over a lack of action. A school caretaker allegedly implicated in two incidents of sexual assault but continues to work at the school.
A prayer meeting is being held in Durban by the Jacob Zuma Foundation to celebrate the former president’s release from prison.
SASSA is currently in the process of reconsidering public servants’ applications for social grants. The agency cancelled grant payments to more than 170 000 government workers recently. However, the Agency said many of the grants were paid to interns and general workers whose income would not render them ineligible.
A hijacking suspect was killed in an accident after he lost control of a double cab bakkie while being chased from Mpumalanga to Gauteng.
A 37-year-old Danish citizen was arrested following a bow-and-arrow attack in Norway, which left five dead and two seriously injured on Wednesday night.
The Windhoek High Court ruled that the first-born child of a same-sex couple is a Namibian citizen by descent. The Minister of Home Affairs previously insisted that a paternity test was required.
‘Eskom would like to apologise for the inconvenience caused by the implementation of load shedding, and thank the public for their understanding of the situation.’
F1 Race Director Michael Masi confirmed that South African Medical Driver Alan van der Merwe could miss some of the forthcoming races due to his decision to opt against the vaccine.
Mondli Majola’s body was exhumed in Flagstaff, Eastern Cape on Tuesday. This comes after contradictory evidence was presented in court about the way he died.
Majonhi, 42, allegedly killed her husband with a hammer and spade and dumped his body parts into several pit latrines in 2015.
Western Cape Department of Community Safety employee Jacqueline Mpontsana was allegedly burnt to death by her boyfriend last month.
An unoccupied building owned by the Enoch Mgijima Municipality burnt down on Monday. The Municipality is under investigation by the Hawks following the construction of the controversial Lesseyton Sports Facility.
Cape Town Anti-Gang Unit Detectives arrested a suspect in connection with the fatal shooting outside a Wynberg mosque on Friday.
A driver in KZN was allegedly shot and killed by a suspect that pulled up alongside his bakkie and opened fire. The deceased accelerated after being shot at and rear-ended a taxi.
Motlakgomang Alina Mohapi was found in Thabong on Thursday. She could not remember her home address. The police are seeking her next-of-kin.
The Johannesburg ANC retracted its statement about power purchase agreement it had signed with Eskom after the power supplier dismissed the claim as “totally untrue.”
“Out of all the provinces, the province of the Western Cape is the most resourced over and above the allocated provincial budget,” said Bheki Cele in Mitchells Plain on Friday.
The final matric exams begin on 27 October and end on 7 December. More than 700 000 full-time candidates will write at 11 308 examination centres across SA.
The parents of Zenade need to find a living donor willing to part with a small piece of their liver. The 11-month-old baby’s life depends on it.
The President of the Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association (CATA) Bongani Raneki died in a motor vehicle accident on the way to the Eastern Cape.
A fire broke out at 23:00 while a family of five was asleep in the Free State. Unfortunately, two young children died in the blaze.