Saba Mbixane Dies at the Age of 54 Following a Motorbike Accident

Popular Umhlobo Wenene FM DJ Saba Mbixane (54) has died after being involved in a motorbike accident earlier this month in his hometown of Mount Frere, Eastern Cape. It is reported that Mbixane sustained critical injuries to his head and was rushed to hospital. He died on Thursday (26th of February) after spending more than two weeks in a critical condition at the Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital in Mthatha. Mbixane’s untimely death comes as a great shock to Maskandi mu... Read more »
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By Chelsea-Summer Lodewyk On Thursday, February 26th, 2015

William Nicol Taxi Violence Leads to Murder

Taxi violence has moved down William Nicol Drive from Hyde Park to Bryanston. The trouble started this morning on William Nicol Drive and Ballyclare Drive close to the Bryanston Shopping Centre and the Bryansto... Read more »
By Chelsea-Summer Lodewyk On Thursday, February 26th, 2015

Metrobus driver to be charged after driving off Braamfontein bridge

According to the Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD), the bus driver who made a lucky escape after he ploughed through a barrier wall and plummeted off the Queen Elizabeth II bridge in Braamfontein on W... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Wednesday, February 25th, 2015

Mixed Reactions to 2015 Budget Speech

There have been mixed reactions to the budget speech by the Finance Minister, Nhlanhla Nene that was presented in the South African parliament on Wednesday afternoon. While some economists have welcomed the spe... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Wednesday, February 25th, 2015

Zuma Ally Vuma Mashinini not Suitable for IEC Post – DA

The opposition Democratic Alliance has made vociferous complaints that too much power seems to be getting put into the hands of those people that are very close to the sitting president, Jacob Zuma. An MP from ... Read more »
By Staff Writer On Sunday, February 22nd, 2015

Zuma’s Wife MaNtuli Kicked out of Nkandla after Poisoning the President?

President Jacob Zuma’s second wife Nompumelelo Ntuli has been kicked out of Zuma’s Nkandla home following suspicions that she poisoned the president sometime last year, reported the Sunday Times. Last year ... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Sunday, February 22nd, 2015

Police Officer Dealing with Krejcir Case Was Paid to ‘Make Case Disappear’

A former police constable is likely to face a charge after he allegedly withheld evidence and reports in cases linked to Radovan Krejcir and another to the killing of the former Rwandan Colonel, Patric Karegeya... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Thursday, February 19th, 2015

Cellphone Jamming Was “Counter-Terrorism” Effort

In a statement released on Wednesday evening, the Department of State Security admitted to being at fault in the signal jamming saga surrounding the President’s State of the Nation Address on Thursday las... Read more »
By Chelsea-Summer Lodewyk On Tuesday, February 17th, 2015

Woman to Lay Charges against National Police Commissioner

National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega and her office have found themselves in the spotlight once again, and  for the same damning reason: crimes committed by members of her police force. Lana Stander, a wo... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Tuesday, February 17th, 2015

33 Year Old KZN Man Rapes 74 Year Old Granny

In a very bizarre case that has left the people in the community of KwaZulu Natal shell shocked, a young man has been found guilty of raping and assaulting a frail seventy four year old woman in the Pietermarit... Read more »