Author name: Scott Balson

The Tembisa Magistrates Court has handed down a significant sentence to Thabang Malebelela, convicting him for murder and attempted murder following a violent altercation that began as an argument over electricity. The court heard that on the evening of September 27, 2022, Malebelela, a resident of the Dali Mpofu informal settlement, became involved in a […]

A multi-agency operation led to the arrest of a 42-year-old male suspect for possession of a suspected stolen motor vehicle in the Mokopane area of the Waterburg District on Wednesday, 12 November 2025. The arrest was conducted by the Anti-Smuggling Task Team, in conjunction with the Provincial Tracking Team and supported by private security companies.

A new nationally representative opinion survey by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has found a clear rebuke to political interests who continue to stoke racial divisions for their own ends. The findings reveal that ordinary South Africans have long moved past the historical politics of race and are united in their focus on solving

Ekurhuleni Mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza has stated that frequent changes in the city’s leadership have contributed to significant instability within the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD). The mayor’s comments come in direct response to damning allegations of corruption and criminality within the department, which are being revealed at the ongoing Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. The inquiry

A damning national assessment of school readiness has exposed a severe infrastructure crisis and deep-seated inequalities within South Africa’s public education system, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has announced. The findings follow visits to over 150 schools ahead of the new academic year, with Commissioner Professor Tshepo Madlingozi detailing the commission’s concerns. He

The National Treasury has significantly downgraded its economic growth forecast for 2025 to 1.2%, a reduction from the 1.4% projection announced in the May budget speech. The announcement, made during the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), has sparked immediate concern over the country’s ability to tackle its severe unemployment crisis. Alongside the revised 2025 figure,

In a stark pre-budget assessment, the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) Finance spokesperson, Mark Burke, has argued that excessive government bureaucracy is actively stalling South Africa’s progress and that the state must “get out of the way” of the private sector to reignite economic growth. The comments were made during a discussion ahead of the Medium-Term Budget

A community in Delmas is in mourning today after the body of a missing seven-year-old girl, Thandolwethu Mahlangu, was discovered on Wednesday morning, prompting a murder investigation and an ongoing manhunt for her unknown killers. The tragic sequence of events began when the child’s mother, Ms. Ayanda Ngwenyama, approached the Delmas Police Station on Tuesday,

In a coordinated operation on Wednesday, 12 November 2025, a multi-unit police team arrested a 32-year-old Nigerian national in Klerksdorp for the alleged unlawful possession of drugs. The operation was conducted by the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation unit, in conjunction with the North West Provincial Anti-Gang Unit and the Provincial Drugs Task Team. The

The Tzaneen Regional Court has handed down a life sentence to 41-year-old Matome Modiba for the attempted murder of his 39-year-old girlfriend in a violent attack that occurred in November 2023. The court heard that on the morning of 12 November 2023, the victim left her home in Segwashi, Nyakelang Section, and travelled to her