FIFA Crisis: Morocco, not South Africa, Should Have Hosted the World Cup in 2010!

As the FIFA crisis deepens, more absurd and dramatic claims are beginning to emerge. One of the revelations is that the right to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup was won by Morocco rather than South Africa, who became the eventual hosts. In addition, there are claims that former President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki and the disgraced FIFA President, Sepp Blatter actually discussed the $10 million bribe that is claimed to have been paid. This emerged as the The Sunday Times publi... Read more »
by Oliver Ngwenya | Published 11 years ago

By Chelsea-Summer Lodewyk On Friday, June 5th, 2015

Panayiotou Bail Application Denied

The Port Elizabeth Magistrates’ court has denied murder accused Christopher Panayiotou bail. The presiding Magistrate, Abigail Beeton said that Panayiotou and his legal team failed to show any plausible c... Read more »
By Chelsea-Summer Lodewyk On Thursday, June 4th, 2015

Panayiotou to Hear Bail Judgement on Friday

Christopher Panayiotou, the man accused of organising a hit on his wife Jayde Panayiotou, will hear his fate on Friday morning. The 28-year-old businessman and club owner will find out whether or not he gets ba... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Saturday, May 30th, 2015

Police in KZN Arrest 5 During Service Delivery Protests

The police in KwaZulu-Natal reported on Saturday that they have arrested five people on charges of public violence which is related to a service delivery protest in Mbazwana. This was confirmed by the provincia... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Friday, May 29th, 2015

Madonsela Sticks to Her Guns and Attacks Nhleko’s Report

The Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela has lashed out at the report made by the Minister of Police, Mr Nkosinathi Nhleko regarding the upgrades that were made to the residence of the President of the Republic of... Read more »
By Chelsea-Summer Lodewyk On Friday, May 29th, 2015

Derby-Lewis Granted Immediate Medical Parole

The Pretoria High Court has ruled that Clive Derby-Lewis, the man convicted for providing the weapon that was used to assassinate South African Communist Party Leader (SACP) Chris Hani in 1993, must be granted ... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Friday, May 29th, 2015

Opposition Breathing Fire Following Police Minister’s Report

Following the presentation of the report by the Minister of Police, Nathi Nhleko, in which he cleared the President of South Africa of any wrongdoing and of not having misused public funds during the security u... Read more »
By Chelsea-Summer Lodewyk On Thursday, May 28th, 2015

Heyns Killer Gets Life in Prison

Marthinus van Der Walt (35), the man convicted of murdering Cape Town based paediatrician, Dr Louis Heyns (59), has received life imprisonment for the murder. Van Der Walt was found guilty of the gruesome 2013 ... Read more »
By Brian Harry On Wednesday, May 27th, 2015

FIFA Officials Arrested on Bribery Charges

Several FIFA officials were arrested today in a Zurich hotel after a 6am Raid by the police as part of a US investigation into bribes and fraud campaigns. This comes two days before the FIFA elections as Sepp B... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Tuesday, May 26th, 2015

Taxi Strike in Durban Leaves Commuters Stranded

Business ground to a stand still on Tuesday in the Durban Central Business District after hundreds of taxi drivers and owners went on strike demanding the return of more than three hundred taxis that had been i... Read more »