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National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise is currently on trial for animal cruelty relating to dead and emaciated animals found on her farm in the North West.  Her legal representative, advocate Dali Mpofu SC, told the court the private prosecution is a frivolous political stunt. AfriForum has denied this, saying there …

Harare, Zimbabwe – The new mayor of Zimbabwe’s capital Harare has been arrested for alleged corruption, his lawyer said Thursday, as the top opposition figure’s party slammed the case as politically motivated. Jacob Mafume – a prominent member of the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance – is …

Durban – Two brothers were shot dead in Himalaya Drive in Shallcross on Tuesday afternoon. According to KZN police spokesperson Captain Nqobile Gwala, Chatsworth police received a complaint of a shooting at Himalaya Drive Shallcross and proceeded to the scene just after 5pm. “On arrival they found two males with …

Frank Chemaly Quick thinking saved the day as a fire tore through the upper two floors of a block of flats in Florida Road yesterday. While firefighters raced to the scene at upmarket Mitchell Heights, local resident Siyabonga Mathenjwa, who was in his flat on the second floor when the …

The elective congress of the DA in the Western Cape will go ahead as planned this weekend. This, after an internal investigation found no merit in the allegations of an assassination plot between the two top contenders for the position of provincial leader. The Democratic Alliance’s provincial elective congress is …

I’m sometimes surprised by the extent to which South Africans are fascinated by the US elections, but given the country’s continued dominant status in the world, its importance to us as a trading partner and its undeniable cultural influences, I shouldn’t be. We are not alone. After a week of …

Former president Jacob Zuma “fears no finding” from the Zondo commission into state capture. Zuma wants Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo to recuse himself as chairperson. The commission’s evidence leader said Zuma’s application regarding Zondo appears to be based on political conspiracies. Former president Jacob Zuma doesn’t fear any finding, …

Cape Town – While a 28-year-old suspect who allegedly knocked down cyclist Nathier Roberts, 38, during a bike ride appeared in court, family and friends mourned his death at his Janaza (funeral) in Goodwood yesterday. Roberts died after he was knocked down by an allegedly drunk driver during a bike …

“That would be black people next, quite honestly, and many other people of color” Melinda Gates who is the wife of Microsoft founder Bill Gates has broken her silence about who she thinks should be the first in line to receive COVID-19 vaccine. Speaking to TIME ahead of the 2020 …

No, Italy Is Not Calling For Bill Gates’ Arrest A widely shared post on social media makes the claim that the Italian government has called for billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates to be arrested. The headline of this post is untrue. During her statement presented in this claim, Cunial denounced …