Celebrity aesthetics doctor Dr Nandipha Magudumana’s recent “prison glow up” has the streets talking‚ with many questioning how she has her makeup‚ hair and nails done while behind bars. Magudumana‚ who is linked to the convicted rapist…
The president will not have to appear in criminal court this week President Cyril Ramaphosa will not have to appear in the dock on Thursday‚ after the Johannesburg high court on Monday interdicted former president Jacob Zuma from taking…
Two Nigerians, aged 38 and 41, and a 35-year-old South African appeared before the East London magistrate ’s court on Friday June 17 on allegations of drug dealing. The trio were arrested in June by a joint team consisting of the Hawks…
Former president Jacob Zuma has been denied leave to appeal the dismissal of his “special plea” to remove lead prosecutor advocate Billy Downer from his corruption trial. Pietermaritzburg high court Judge Piet Koen on Wednesday ruled the…
Suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule insists that ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa remains “suspended” until a court of law decides otherwise. This was the salvo fired by a defiant Magashule in his responding affidavit filed at the…
A pensioner who raped a young girl in 2017 was sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment by the Butterworth regional court this week. Sithembiso Ngwanya,70, was convicted and sentenced in the Butterworth regional court this week. National…
Julius Malema, Commander-in-Chief of the Economic Freedom Fighters, will face trial at an East London court between August 23-27. The firebrand EFF leader, together with his co-accused Gerhardus Adriaan Snyman, on Monday, made a brief…
Three suspects arrested for allegedly defrauding pensioners were hauled before a court on Friday. Gugu Precious Magudulela, 41, Lindiwe Gladys Thango, 51, and Thabane Blessing Mbhele, 46, from Newcastle in KwaZulu-Natal, appeared in the…
A powerful Durban taxi boss has found himself on the wrong side of the law after being caught withdrawing money using stolen Sassa cards. Sthembiso Gcaba, 47, was arrested on Saturday in an intelligence-driven operation conducted by the…
Former president Jacob Zuma has vowed not to co-operate with the state capture commission despite a ruling by the Constitutional Court compelling him to do so. This decision will put Zuma squarely in contempt of the highest court in the…
A 28-year-old man convicted for the statutory rape of a 14-year-old girl who he claimed was his girlfriend has been sentenced to three years behind bars, Eastern Cape police said on Wednesday. Ronwin Swema was convicted in the Jansenville…
Former president Jacob Zuma on Tuesday expressed his disappointment at yet another postponement of the case involving him and French arms manufacturer Thales at the Pietermaritzburg high court. The JG Zuma Foundation said: “It is…
A 53-year- old HIV positive man who repeatedly raped his stepdaughter between 2008 and 2018 was sentenced to life imprisonment by the high court in Makhanda on Thursday. The ordeal started when the then 11-year-old victim moved in with…
A warrant of arrest has been issued for ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule in connection with a controversial R255m asbestos eradication tender in the Free State. The Hawks have confirmed Magashule is expected to appear at the…
The former CFO of VBS Mutual Bank, Phillip Truter, on Monday morning indicated he intended to plead guilty to the charges he faces. National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Sipho Ngwema said Truter, the eighth suspect arrested in…
