Domestic

A woman from Boksburg who stole a whopping R500 million from her employer was sentenced to an effective 50 years in prison on Friday.

Eskom appoints a former employee who was suspended because of an ethical stand against state capture, as its new CEO.

An arrest warrant has been issued for the managing director of a travel agency "Priority Escapes". Francois Swart allegedly defrauded several would-be holidaymakers out of hundreds of thousands of rand.

Police in Limpopo intercepted a convoy of motor vehicles packed with undocumented people travelling from Zimbabwe along the N1 North outside Polokwane on Thursday. Spokesperson Brigadier Hlulani Mashaba says the 11 vehicles, consisting of eight Quantums, two Double Cab bakkies and one Fortuner, were overloaded with 133 people.

A transgender woman who is suing the Minister of Police for damages after she says she was sexually assaulted and raped in police holding cells seven years ago, will have to wait a bit longer to hear her fate. On 5 December 2016, Debbie* was arrested following an altercation with a relative. She was 18 years old at the time.

The Post Office rescue plan gets the green light but comes with major retrenchments and an additional R3.8bn allocation.

The Hawks in Gauteng executed a seizure warrant at various shopping outlets in Johannesburg where counterfeit toys worth R850 000 were confiscated. Spokesperson Colonel Katlego Mogale says electronic games, equipment and computer games bearing the LEGO® trademark were confiscated.

SANDF denies allegations of the existence of a so-called death responsible for incidents of kidnapping, torture, and murder.

A clandestine operation involving SAPS, SANParks, and the Cape Town Stock Theft Endangered Species Unit pounced on a traditional medicine shop where items from illegal suppliers were bought for muthi purposes.