Noncompliant security companies who aren’t paying over their workers’ pension contributions to the administrators of the Private Security Sector Provident Fund are frequently changing their business addresses, names and identities to avoid being traced.

A 19-year-old University of the Free State (UFS) student told Sowetan she can barely walk after being beaten with batons and sjamboks during a protest at the institution.

WhatsApp texts have revealed that attempted murder accused Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala shared a “strictly confidential memo” that contained President Cyril Ramaphosa’s details with the KwaZulu-Natal head of the Hawks.

The KwaZulu-Natal education department has set an ambitious target of surpassing the “outstanding results” it achieved with the matric class of 2024 when this year’s cohort sits for the National Senior Certificate exams.

Lt-Gen Shadrack Sibiya, the suspended deputy national commissioner for crime detection, says the removal of 121 dockets from the political killings task team had to happen because a decision had been taken to disband the team immediately.

The Western Cape minibus taxi industry has launched a peace ambassador programme after a spate of shootings that claimed the lives of several operators in the industry.

The chairperson of the Madlanga commission has ruled that the evidence of a witness, whose identity will remain secret, be presented by the commission’s evidence leader, Adila Hassim.

A rental hired BMW 5 Series, R150,000 a month towards a private security detail, and hotel accommodation – these are among the alleged perks enjoyed by the former CEO of the Road Accident Fund, Collins Letsoalo.

A bakkie driver is on the run after failing to stop while being flagged by a traffic officer and driving over him instead.

A bakkie driver is on the run after failing to stop while being flagged by a traffic officer and driving over him instead.

The University of the Free State has temporarily closed its Qwaqwa campus and ordered students to vacate the premises within 24 hours following violent protests on Monday night that left several students injured.

The Hawks in Gauteng have arrested three men accused of killing a police officer who had rushed to his girlfriend’s side when her car broke down in Joburg last month.

The Hawks in Gauteng have arrested three men accused of killing a police officer who had rushed to his girlfriend’s side when her car broke down in Joburg last month.

Lt-Gen Shadrack Sibiya has told parliament’s ad hoc committee probing allegations of corruption in the criminal justice system that he rejects claims labelling him a rogue police officer.

A 43-year-old father from Thabazimbi in Limpopo has been granted bail after his 11-year-old son accidentally shot and killed a farm worker on Saturday.

Suspended national deputy police commissioner for crime detection Lt-Gen Shadrack Sibiya is set for his second day before the parliamentary ad hoc committee looking into issues of national security.Sowetan 

Zimbabwe president Emmerson Mnangagwa says he has learnt with shock and grief about the people who died in a bus crash in Limpopo and who are of different nationalities, including Zimbabwean citizens.

Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi has placed Lesiba Malotana, head of the provincial department of health and wellness, on suspension with immediate effect.

A former employee of slain Glenwood guesthouse owner Jacqueline Needham testified before the Durban high court on Monday about the gruesome discovery of her employer on August 11 2022.

One of the people who survived the Limpopo bus crash that claimed 42 lives says moments before the accident that left scores of passengers dead, the driver had been speeding and narrowly escape a head-on collision.

The presidency has denied claims that President Cyril Ramaphosa visits the Sandton home of alleged Tembisa Hospital looting syndicate leader Morgan Maumela, saying he has never been to the property.