News Brief caters for Top Stories happening both in South Africa and the World.
An alleged Verulam drug dealer was shot dead shortly after leaving a bar in the early hours of Saturday on Wick Street, Verulam CBD. According to witnesses, three males in a silver BMW (registration unknown) pulled up next to him shortly after he left the bar. One of the men Read more…
According to a media statement released by the South African Government News Agency, President Ramaphosa has expressed his condolences to Marshoff’s family and friends. Marshoff passed away on Saturday, leaving behind a legacy of service to the people of the Free State province. “The President has expressed his condolences to Read more…
Letsemeng Local Municipality in the Free State province is facing a crisis as major managerial positions remain vacant, some for an extended period of time. The contracts for the last two important posts, CFO and Director of Technical Services, expired on 04 April 2023, and the Director of Corporate Services Read more…
A 17-year-old KwaZulu-Natal teenager, accused of raping his one-year-old sister, was beaten to death in Hazelmere. According to Reaction Unit South Africa, they received a call for assistance from the ward councillor. On arrival at the scene, RUSA members met with detectives from the Verulam SAPS and un-uniformed officers. It Read more…
Tuesday’s parliamentary briefing on the escape of rapist and murderer Thabo Bester from Mangaung Correctional Centre was unable to proceed when security company G4S, which operates the prison, declined to appear. Bester escaped from prison on 3 May 2022. The Parliamentary Committee on Justice and Correctional Services had invited G4S, Read more…
The Amaoti Transit Camp on Shellbrook Street in Amaoti, north of Durban, was intended as a temporary home for people who had to be moved from land earmarked for a housing development. But 11 years later, many of the families are still there, and their living conditions are getting worse. Read more…
A Malawian couple was stabbed and hacked to death in their rented room on Saturday night in Redcliff, KZN. According to Reaction Unit South Africa, they were called to the scene at about 22:21 after neighbours discovered the lifeless bodies of the couple covered in blankets. “On arrival, Reaction Officers Read more…
A photo newly leaked to GroundUp confirms that Dr Nandipha Magudumana accompanied a man resembling Thabo Bester at a Sandton shop in June last year, almost two months after a prison fire that was announced to have killed Bester. More details have emerged of Bester’s apparent links to Magudumana’s multiple businesses. The Read more…
In a move that has sparked outrage and criticism, Gauteng Legislature Speaker Ntombi Mekgwe has jetted off on a R759,000 trip to New York. According to reports, Mekgwe is leading a delegation of six officials from the Gauteng Legislature to attend a conference at the United Nations headquarters in New Read more…
Msunduzi Parks Department Employees have found themselves in hot water after they were caught “resting in peace” on top of graves at a cemetery. It is said that the employees, who are hired by the city to clean out vegetation and waste that are defacing tonnes of graveyards, were caught Read more…
