Domestic

Tributes are pouring in from all over South Africa following the news of the shock passing of the Director of Medi Response in Kwazulu Natal, Paul Herbst. Herbst and his K9 Odi had just returned from a rescue mission in Türkiye following a devastating earthquake that the World Health Organisation described as the worst natural disaster in the European Region for a century.

A medical doctor who was barred from practising medicine in South Africa eight years ago has been arrested again. Spokesperson for the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) Priscilla Sekhonyana says Dr Rasheed Mahfouz is currently in police custody in Philippi in the Western Cape following his arrest last week.

The family of a German tourist, who went missing in Cape Town on Valentine ’s Day, has taken to social media to help find young Nick Frischke.

Two police officers from Dobsonville SAPS in Soweto will appear in court on Monday on charges of kidnapping, extortion, and the possession of stolen goods.

The turbine on Unit 2 of the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station tripped at around ten pm on Friday while personnel were replacing a failed electronic turbine protection module.

The South African Police Service Minister, Bheki Cele, says the police have cleared the historic DNA backlog that had been hampering the administration of justice.

A Free State High Court Judge will appear in the Specialised Commercial Crime Court in Kroonstad on charges of theft, money laundering, and contempt of court.

A 57-year-old woman is behind bars for allegedly coercing her young niece to make a false rape claim against the child’s stepfather.

The Pretoria North Magistrates’ Court has sentenced six relatives, including an elderly couple, to 16 life terms and 110 years of imprisonment for 20 counts of sexual offences including rape, indecent assault and child grooming against their minor children on Thursday.