Police in Rustenburg have launched a murder investigation following the discovery of a woman’s body in Tlhabane township. The victim, initially unidentified, was reportedly found by a Bolt driver on the side of Nkosi Street, who alerted the police. Rustenburg police spokesperson Warrant Officer Ofentse Mokgadi said the woman had sustained multiple stab wounds and was certified dead at the scene. “The woman, who appeared to be 30 years old, was found with multiple stab wounds and certified dead at…

Prisoners’ rights activist and founder of the South African Prisoners’ Organisation for Human Rights (SAPOHR), Golden Miles Bhudu, says he does not believe the Department of Correctional Services has what it takes to turn the tide against the grip of criminal gangs that have taken over operations in some of the country’s correctional facilities. Bhudu was reacting to Correctional Services National Commissioner Makgothi Thobakgale’s claims that various gangs have infiltrated correctional facilities. Thobakgale testified before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry…

The North West Department of Education says it is deeply concerned and disturbed by the increasing number of suicide incidents involving learners across the province. The department was reacting to two separate incidents involving a Grade 10 learner from Thuto Ke Maatla Secondary School in Groot Marico and a Grade 12 learner from Golfview Secondary School in Mahikeng. According to the department’s Director of Communications, Dr Elias Malindi, the tragic incidents have left the department, school communities and the families…