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Hillary Gardee funeral: Grandmother asks whether we are still safe anywhere

The Grandmother of Hillary Gardee says the brutal murder of the 28-year old woman shows that violence against women is out of hand in the country and that there is no solution to this crisis. Nora Fakude addressed mourners at the funeral for Gardee.

7 May 2022 3AM 2 min

EFF says they will wait till Monday to learn the identity of the man charged with the murder of Hillary Gardee

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) says even though they desperately want to learn the identity of the man arrested for killing Hillary Gardee, they will wait like the rest of the country until Monday when the suspect appears in court. The male suspect in his thirties was arrested in Schoemansville…

7 May 2022 1AM 1 min

Police arrest suspect for murder of Hillary Gardee

Provincial Commissioner of the SAPS in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Semakaleng Daphney Manamela, told the media on Friday night that the suspect was arrested in Schoemansdal in Nkomazi. It's a week after the 28-year old Gardee went missing while shopping in Nelspruit. The identity of the suspect will be revealed during…

7 May 2022 12AM 1 min

Criminal law expert at the University of Pretoria, Llewelyn Curlewis, believes the latest regulations are unconstitution

Curlewis believes government is guilty of an abuse of power.

6 May 2022 7AM 9 min

LISTEN: Legal experts take aim at ‘ridiculous’ Covid-19 regulations

Former public protector Thuli Madonsela says the government does not have the power to promulgate legislation that restricts the rights of citizens.

6 May 2022 7AM 11 min

LISTEN: Gordhan says Eskom executives need 'words of encouragement' as they battle load shedding

Members of Parliament have renewed their calls for management at Eskom to step down amid the country's ongoing energy crisis.

5 May 2022 10AM 1 min

Sibanye defends CEO’s R300m salary amid wage strike

Sibanye-Stillwater has defended its CEO's massive pay-out amid wage disputes at the company’s gold operations.

2 May 2022 9AM 3 min

LISTEN: Koko rubbishes state capture report blaming him for Eskom collapse

Former Eskom CEO Matshela Koko has rubbished the latest instalment of the state capture commission's report which fingers him in the rot at the power utility.

2 May 2022 6AM 1 min

General Council of the Bar slams 'humiliating' Teffo arrest

The General Council of the Bar (GCB) has accused police of humiliating Advocate Malesela Teffo during his dramatic arrest at the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday.

29 Apr 2022 12PM 1 min

Mashatile: Step-aside resolution 'not cast in stone'

The ANC says its national executive committee spent the better part of the weekend tweaking the party's controversial step-aside resolution.

28 Apr 2022 12PM 2 min

Calls for govt to quell attacks on foreign nationals ahead of Freedom Day 2

The Foundation for Human Rights says South Africans are justified in their frustrations as the country prepares to celebrate Freedom Day on Wednesday.

26 Apr 2022 1PM 1 min

Calls for govt to quell attacks on foreign nationals ahead of Freedom Day 1

The Foundation for Human Rights says South Africans are justified in their frustrations as the country prepares to celebrate Freedom Day on Wednesday.

26 Apr 2022 1PM 2 min

Ramaphosa vows to protect public purse during flood relief

President Cyril Ramaphosa has vowed to ensure checks and balances are in place to safeguard the public purse as government ramps up its relief efforts in the three provinces devastated by recent floods.

26 Apr 2022 11AM 2 min

COJ130 heads back to bargaining council

The conflict between the City of Johannesburg and some 130 of its aggrieved employees is heating up.

25 Apr 2022 1PM 1 min

Bulls pay tribute to Pedrie Wannenburg

Bulls President, Willem Strauss, has described Pedrie Wannenburg as a "true legend" of the game. Wannenburg died in a horrific car crash in Texas on Saturday morning.

23 Apr 2022 3AM 1 min

Bulls Legend Pedrie Wannenburg dies in horror crash in the US

Former Springbok and Bulls legend, Pedrie Wannenburg, has died in a horror crash in Texas in America in the early hours of Saturday morning. Major Quincy Whitaker confirmed a teenager, who was fleeing from police, crashed into Wannenburg's vehicle in Harris County.

23 Apr 2022 2AM 1 min