Domestic

On Thursday, the South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) hiked its repo rate by another 50 basis points (bps), taking the benchmark rate to 8.25% – the steepest level since 2009.

A 45-year-old widow from the small town of Praktiseer in the Sekhukhune District in the Limpopo Province has been arrested for failing to register her deceased husband's firearms. Police spokesperson Colonel Malesela Ledwaba says they received a tip-off from a community member and rushed to the premises on Tuesday morning.

A 49-year-old man appeared in the Richmond District Court in the Northern Cape for allegedly kidnapping a female police officer and assaulting her.

The annual consumer inflation rate eased to an 11-month low in April, down to 6.8% from 7.1% in March.

The Ombudsman for Short-Term Insurance (Osti) has recorded a steady rise in complaints related to power surges and has advised policyholders to re-evaluate their cover as insurers tighten their belts in the face of rolling blackouts. This is according to data highlighted in a joint 2022 annual report published on Tuesday.

The Hawks said two men aged 22 and 23, will appear in the Vereeniging Magistrate Court on Wednesday for allegedly operating an “illegal gold refinery” on a plot in De Deur outside Johannesburg.

A 35-year-old man accused of distributing fake pornographic images by using the faces of the President and the Minister of Police made his first appearance in the Pretoria Magistrates Court on Tuesday.

An alleged drug mule who was arrested at the OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA) over the weekend has made his first court appearance. The 29-year-old was identified as Latvian National, Raitis Dreijers who entered the country on a flight from Brazil.

A man from De Aar who broke into a primary school last year has been sentenced to a decade behind. Alwin Erasmus broke into the Alpha Primary School in December last year and stole food and sporting items to the value of R20 000.