Domestic

Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has revealed that it cost the taxpayer R1.4 million to bring back Thabo Bester and his girlfriend Dr Nandipha Magudumana from Tanzania on a chartered flight. Dr Motsoaledi appeared before Parliament’s home affairs committee on Tuesday. 

A 40-year-old man has been jailed for life for the fatal shooting of a police officer during a gun battle with armed robbers in Marikana in Rustenburg in North West.

A 43-year-old man has been found guilty of four counts of rape that were committed in a cemetery in Tsakane township in Ekhuruleni in Gauteng.

A few opposition parties and organisations have slammed the signing of the Electoral Amendments Bill into law by President Cyril Ramaphosa, saying broadly that the Bill was unconstitutional.

A court order to freeze properties and assets to the value of R165 million was executed on Monday against the Durban businessman, Thoshan Panday, and several others who are the accused in a 2010 World Cup fraud and corruption saga.

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has embarked on what it said is a major clean-up project help to change the face of Njoli Square in Kwazakhele. This comes after the metro engaged various stakeholders including the public transport sector, vendors who operate in the area, commuters and concerned residents in an effort to come up with sustainable solutions to end illegal dumping, which is among other concerns, specifically around the taxi rank.

The father of Thabo Bester's girlfriend, Zolile Sekeleni, has been released on R10 000 bail in the Bloemfontein Magistrate's Court.

South African bank depositors will have legal protection from next year when the government's first deposit insurance body comes into existence in 2024.

This is as the matter was postponed yet again on Monday in the Pietermaritzburg High Court.