Former president Thabo Mbeki calls on Cyril Ramaphosa and senior ANC leaders to take responsibility for the party’s poor electoral performance. The ANC’s National Executive Committee (NEC) is meeting on Thursday at the Birchwood Conference Centre in Boksburg to assess the party’s performance in the 2026 Local Government Elections, which saw its national electoral support fall to a historic low. The meeting comes amid mounting pressure on the party’s leadership, following former president Thabo Mbeki’s calls for President Cyril Ramaphosa…
A Soshanguve man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his younger brother in a crime the court found was driven by greed. The Pretoria North Magistrates’ Court also sentenced 40-year-old Dineo Cambrige Baloyi to an additional five years for conspiracy to commit murder. The court found that Baloyi planned and executed the killing with his girlfriend in Soshanguve, north of Pretoria. The pair devised the plan after discovering that Baloyi’s younger brother, Lethabo Baloyi (27), stood…
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development says it is optimistic that cooperation with key stakeholders will ускорate the reopening of Magistrates’ Courts affected by heavy flooding in Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal. Several courts were temporarily closed due to structural damage, including roof leaks and power interruptions. In a statement, the department said Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi has engaged her counterpart in the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Mcphearson, to address the challenges. The department said the public will be…
Justice and Constitutional Development Deputy Minister Andries Nel has issued a grave warning following a brazen and deadly attack at the Booysens Magistrate’s Court, where gunmen struck in broad daylight, turning a place of justice into a scene of terror. Nel was speaking outside the court on Tuesday after five people were shot, two of them killed instantly, in what he described as a disturbing and escalating trend of violence targeting eyewitnesses and accused persons during court appearances. He warned…