ActionSA Ekurhuleni mayoral candidate Xolani Khumalo has been granted R2 000 bail following a brief appearance at the Palmridge Magistrates’ Court on Monday. Khumalo is facing charges of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and pointing a firearm. The charges stem from an incident in 18 December when he and his crew was raiding a home suspected of drugs. After which Khumalo handed himself over at the Katlehong Police Station. He was accompanied by ActionSA leadership, including Michael…

The death toll from a devastating collision between a scholar transport vehicle and a truck in Vanderbijlpark, in the Vaal region, has risen to 14 after another learner died in hospital on Monday. The crash occurred earlier in the morning while the scholar transport vehicle was ferrying pupils to school. Emergency services rushed to the scene following reports of a serious collision involving the minibus and a truck. Several learners sustained critical injuries and were transported to nearby hospitals for…

Families of victims of several brutal killings have voiced growing frustration over what they describe as painfully slow progress in the justice system, after court proceedings in high-profile murder cases were postponed in Pretoria this week. Suspects linked to the Jukulyn mass shooting, as well as the killing of Mamelodi cousins Baleseng Moramaga (21) and Tshiamo Moramaga (22), appeared in separate courts where their cases were postponed — much to the dismay of grieving relatives who packed the courtrooms seeking…