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R8m worth of copper cables found buried at Durban scrap dealer’s yard

More than R8m worth of copper cables belonging to the eThekwini municipality‚ Transnet‚ Telkom and Prasa has been seized from a scrap dealer’s yard in KwaMakhutha‚ south of Durban. Durban metro police said in a statement the copper cables…

The City of Tshwane is concerned by the high teenage pregnancy rate, which has many socioeconomic consequences. Stock photo.Image: 123RF/sam74100

Shocking number of girls aged 10 to 14 giving birth in Tshwane

The City of Tshwane has raised the alarm about the high rate of teenage pregnancies after its public health facilities recorded nearly 10‚000 deliveries to young moms in two years. “This figure represents a concerning high incidence of…

January 23 2020 Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo brief the media on the possible extension of the commission of inquiry into state capture Pic Veli Nhlapo

Raymond Zondo appointed acting chief justice

Deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo has taken on the role of acting chief justice. This was announced by the office of the chief justice on Friday. The switch is due to the appointment of Sisi Khampepe as acting chief justice coming to an…

The scooters were procured to transport patients in rural areas. File photo.Image: MARK ANDREWS

Special Tribunal sets aside R10m ‘scooter ambulance’ tender

The R10m “scooter ambulance” tender awarded by the health department in the Eastern Cape for the transport of patients has been declared invalid and unlawful by the Special Tribunal. The department purchased the motorcycles in 2020 after…

Former president Jacob Zuma has been offered legal representation for free following the Wednesday withdrawal of his legal team ahead of his corruption trial in May.Image: Rogan Ward

‘I’ll represent Zuma for free’: human rights attorney Richard Spoor

Jacob Zuma’s lawyers may have withdrawn ahead of his corruption trial next month but the former president has at least one offer to be represented for free. South African human rights attorney Richard Spoor took to Twitter on Thursday to…

Three suspects arrested for allegedly defrauding pensioners were hauled before a court on Friday. File imageImage: 123RF/ scanrail

Three suspects arrested for defrauding Sassa pensioners

Three suspects arrested for allegedly defrauding pensioners were hauled before a court on Friday. Gugu Precious Magudulela, 41, Lindiwe Gladys Thango, 51, and Thabane Blessing Mbhele, 46, from Newcastle in KwaZulu-Natal, appeared in the…

A Pretoria couple has been sentenced to two life terms each for raping and sexually grooming their two minor children. File image.Image: 123RF/ARTIT OUBKAEW

Parents get two life terms each for raping‚ sexually grooming their minor children

The Pretoria magistrate’s court has sentenced a couple to two life terms and 22 years’ imprisonment each for various sexual offences‚ abuse of their own two children and drug possession. The 39-year-old father and 33-year-old mother from…

Jacob Zuma. File image.Image: Veli Nhlapo

‘I do not fear being arrested’: Jacob Zuma flouts Constitutional Court order

Former president Jacob Zuma has vowed not to co-operate with the state capture commission despite a ruling by the Constitutional Court compelling him to do so. This decision will put Zuma squarely in contempt of the highest court in the…

Former president Jacob Zuma must appear before the state capture commission of inquiry, the Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday. File picture.Image: Veli Nhlapo

Former SA president Jacob Zuma ordered to appear before judge Zondo

The Constitutional Court has ordered former president Jacob Zuma to abide by a summons to appear before the state capture commission and give evidence before it. The decision of the highest court means that should Zuma not appear on…

This bring to 14 the number of people who have been arrested linked to Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) fraud.Image: Leon Swart/123rf.com

Pensioner arrested for R4.7m UIF-Ters ‘fraud’

The Hawks on Sunday arrested a 62-year-old man for allegedly pocketing R4.7m from the Covid-19 Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) temporary employer/employee relief (Ters) scheme. Hawks spokesman Brig Hangwani Mulaudzi said the man would…