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Motorists are in for another fuel price hike in February with petrol set to rise by 53 cents a litre and diesel by 80 cents a litre

An employee can be suspended for refusing to be vaccinated, the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration has again ruled. Gideon Kok, an employee of Ndaka Security Services, had refused to be vaccinated on religious grounds.

South Africa has now passed the grim milestone of over 95 000 people succumbing to Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic.

Western Cape Premier, Alan Winde, has finally confirmed widespread speculation that suspended Community Safety MEC, Albert Fritz, is facing allegations of sexual misconduct.

The Bloemfontein High Court sentenced four men to two life terms each for killing Free State farmer, Izak van den Berg, and his wife Ina on their farm Blouwboswes in July 2019.

The dismissal of an employee who refused to be vaccinated was fair, the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration has ruled. The employee, a training officer, had applied for an exemption from company policy on vaccination but was turned down.

A man who violated a protection order against his estranged wife has been sentenced to an effective nine years in prison. Matome John Dikgale was sentenced in the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court in Gauteng on Wednesday.

The Brits Magistrate’s Court has granted bail to three young people accused of a 2016 family killing.

A man who was out on parole for just three months after serving time for rape and assault has been convicted of similar serious offences in the Western Cape High Court.