A motorist who allegedly assaulted a traffic officer after being stopped for breaking a road rule has been arrested‚ the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) and police confirmed on Tuesday. He is now facing a criminal charge and being kept in custody until his next court appearance. The clash occurred on the N12 in Potchefstroom..
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WATCH: Motorist assaults traffic officer for giving him a fine
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Zuma told to pay back the money for Madonsela state capture challenge
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Jacob Zuma has been ordered to personally pay the costs of his failed attempt to stop the release of the State of Capture report by former public protector Thuli Madonsela. Judge Dunstan Mlambo in the Pretoria high court stated the president had “clearly acted in flagrant disregard of the duties of the Public Protector”. He..
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Killers of student Hannah Cornelius seemed more concerned about wooing their lovers in court than the 10 charges they face
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The four men accused of the rape and murder of Stellenbosch student Hannah Cornelius seemed more concerned about wooing their lovers in court than the 10 charges they face. Geraldo Parsons smiled and blew kisses to his girlfriend after he heard that the case was postponed, yet again, to January 25. He was standing in..
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ConCourt wants Sassa to explain alternative grants payment scheme
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The Constitutional Court has asked the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) to provide reasons why an alternative payment scheme, recently suggested by its expert panel, is feasible. The alternative payments scheme was suggested two weeks ago by the expert panel set up by Sassa and Black Sash under the supervision of the court. In..
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Mbete on Khwezi: I don’t want to deal with it
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ANC chairperson and presidential hopeful Baleka Mbete has dodged confirming if she believes that President Jacob Zuma raped Fezekile “Khwezi” Kuzwayo. Mbete was interviewed by Radio 702 host Karima Brown on Monday night when she was asked if she believes Kuzwayo. “You are raising a painful matter because she (Kuzwayo) is no longer alive. I..
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Eskom witnesses refuse to testify against Koko
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Eskom witnesses have reportedly declined to testify against former chief executive Matshela Koko at the internal disciplinary hearing against him, making way for him to be possibly reinstated. Eskom’s prosecution case against Koko came to a halt at the weekend after its evidence leader Cassim Moosa told chair of the disciplinary hearing advocate Mzungulu Mthombeni..
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Top anti-poaching cop fired due to alleged “trumped-up charges”
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One of South Africa’s top anti-rhino poaching cops has been fired on allegedly “trumped-up charges” and is now unemployed and looking for a job. “It is appalling … the whole thing is a circus,” Warrant Officer JP van Zyl-Roux’s attorney Jacques Botha told The Witness. After 29 years in the police force, the latter 10..
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HERO TO ZERO: CAPE TOWN COP ARRESTED IN DRUG BUST WAS NOMINATED FOR AWARD
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Clinton Langeveldt was arrested this week after he was found in possession of tens of thousands of mandrax tablets. In what may be a case of hero to zero, it’s emerged the City of Cape Town law enforcement officer arrested in a major mandrax bust was nominated for an outstanding service award last year. On..
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Ben Martins denies Gupta ‘tea party’ with Eskom legal head
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Deputy Public Enterprises Minister Ben Martins has denied meeting suspended Eskom head of legal Suzanne Daniels with Ajay Gupta and Duduzane Zuma in a flat near Melrose Arch in 2017. “I am perplexed by Ms Suzanne Daniels’ testimony to the parliamentary inquiry into Eskom,” he said in a statement on Thursday. “She falsely claimed that..
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Coffin assault accused in prison’s sick bay due to errors in court papers
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Farm employees Theo Jackson and Willem Oosthuizen‚ who were found guilty of assaulting Victor Mlotshwa and forcing him into a coffin‚ are yet to set foot in a prison cell. The pair have been kept in the sick bay of the Witbank Correctional Services facility since their sentencing two weeks ago‚ Oosthuizen’s attorney‚ Marius Coertze‚..
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Coffin case accused sentenced harshly in High Court – coffin sage was actually a political propaganda
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Willem Jackson, 30, has been sentenced for 11 years and Theo Oosthuizen, 29, has sentenced for 14 years in the High Court in Middelburg on Friday morning. The two former farm foreman’s were convicted of five charges in August in the so-called coffin case. This followed after the assault on Delton Sithole and Victor Mlotshwa..
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KZN woman who chopped woman’s head off with bush knife gets 30 years – SA land of the savages
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A KwaZulu-Natal woman has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the murder and kidnapping of a 22-year-old woman who was beheaded with a bush knife in Donnybrook, police said on Wednesday. The High Court in Pietermaritzburg on Wednesday sentenced Jwayelile Khuboni, 39, to 25 years for the murder of Nomthandazo Dlamini and five..
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Mbalula delivers crime stats, vows to crack down on ‘lazy’ police efforts
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Police Minister Fikile Mbalula on Tuesday announced a general 1.8% decrease in crime but remained scathing of efforts to curb violence. The crime statistics released in Parliament show that robberies are the highest they have been in a decade at 6% and are the cause of most aggravated contact crimes. Although the “most policeable crime”,..
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Jacob Zuma’s criminal status key for ANC rules
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If corruption charges against Jacob Zuma were to be re-enrolled, a fraught responsibility would fall on ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe. Under the ANC’s constitution, the party’s secretary general “may suspend” a member or office bearer indicted to appear in a court if that seems necessary — “on the authority of” the party’s national executive..
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NPA gives Zuma until November 30 to explain why corruption case must be dropped
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The National Prosecuting Authority has given Jacob Zuma until November 30 to make representations on why the corruption case against him should be dropped. In a statement issued on Friday, the NPA said the National Director of Public Prosecutions “is of the view that in light of the judgment of the SCA, it appears that..
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