Domestic

Two security officers suffered moderate to serious injuries following a cash-in-transit robbery in Kempton Park on Saturday morning.

A Western Cape widow and an alleged hitman were among three people who appeared in court on Friday in connection with the murder of wealthy Stellenbosch wine farmer, Wynand Smit.

The Acting Director of Public Prosecution in the Western Cape, Advocate Nicolette Bell, has declined to prosecute Eben and Emile Etzebeth on assault charges laid in 2019.

Six officials from the Department of Home Affairs have been arrested at the Lebombo port of entry in Komatipoort on charges of fraud, corruption, and the contravention of the Migration Act.

Two men who pleaded guilty to the possession of illegal abalone were fined R100 000 each on Friday but escaped a jail sentence.

Public hearings into the unrest that swept the country in July, particularly in Gauteng and Kwazulu Natal, will commence on Monday.

Former South African president FW de Klerk, who died on Thursday, has apologised for “the damage apartheid had done”. His message is contained in a video released by the FW de Klerk Foundation on Thursday, following the death of the 85-year-old late State President.

The death of former State President FW de Klerk has robbed the families of the Cradock Four of the truth about the murders of their husbands and fathers.

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana and National Treasury firmly committed to fiscal consolidation and reducing South Africa’s budget deficit back to single digits, with the tabling of the 2021 Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) on Thursday.