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A suspect has been arrested in Johannesburg in connection with the murders of Nothabo Zandile Tshuma, 42, and her daughters daughters Natalie, 15, and Nala, 5 in the UK.

Fugitive sought over UK family murders arrested in Johannesburg

Police on Friday arrested an alleged fugitive sought by British police in Kensington, Johannesburg, after an intensive operation involving the police’s Interpol National Central Bureau, crime intelligence and the organised crime…

In this file picture, police warn defiant beachgoers who continued to visit Muizenberg Beach in Cape Town on December 29 2020. Picture:

Couple get no compensation as court dismisses Covid-19 lockdown claim - Clone

The beach-going parents were arrested on Muizenberg Beach on May 4 2020

KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Maj-Gen Lesetja Senona testifying at the Madlanga commission in Pretoria earlier this year.

Senona resigns as KZN head of Hawks with immediate effect

Suspended officer’s departure comes after his implication in R200m cocaine theft

KwaZulu-Natal commissioner of correctional services Mnikelwa Nxele.

KZN corrections commissioner gets bail in R20m fraud matter

KwaZulu-Natal commissioner of correctional services Mnikelwa Nxele was released on R50,000 bail after he appeared before the Pietermaritzburg magistrate’s court on charges of fraud and money laundering

Before his death on June 5 2025, former Zambian president Edgar Lungu said he did not want those who did not care for him while he was still alive to be 'anywhere near his body', Lungu's wife Esther said in court papers. File picture:

SCA overturns order to repatriate Edgar Lungu’s body to Zambia

The Supreme Court of Appeal found that the Pretoria high court erred in concluding that the Zambian government had established a right to an order directing the repatriation of the late former president Edgar Lungu’s body for a state…

The late deputy police commissioner Lt-Gen Sindile Mfazi. Picture SUPPLIED

Foundation says alleged search of Mfazi’s home occurred before widow arrived

The alleged search of senior police official Lt-Gen Sindile “Pitso” Mfazi‘s Pretoria home and removal of sensitive investigative files had taken place long before his wife Malindi Mfazi ever set foot on the premises.

Eskom is breaking ground on a 75MW solar power plant at the Lethabo power station in the Free State.

Beyond coal: Eskom begins rolling out 6GW renewable pipeline

17 high‑priority projects will be implemented across existing coal‑fired power station footprint

An official assigned to the procurement of mobile devices at the Construction Education and Training Authority has been arrested.

Suspect arrested in Ceta mobile phone procurement fraud scheme

In alleged scam, an official is suspected of falsifying documents to authorise orders, which were subsequently sold for personal benefit

Lower food prices today cannot hide the heavy operational burdens our producers face due to escalating energy costs, says agriculture minister John Steenhuisen.

Steenhuisen warns record-high fuel prices threaten SA’s agricultural sector

Statistics SA reports lowest food inflation rate in 14 months, but agriculture minister warns farmers are under pressure

Mpumalanga taxi boss Joe 'Ferrari' Sibanyoni shaking hands with his legal representative Shaun Abrahams SC after his extortion and money laundering case was struck off the roll.
Picture: THULANI MBELE

NPA to suspend prosecutor as ‘Ferrari’ Sibanyoni case collapses

The prosecutor was convicted of contempt of court after he failed to appear in court

The Johannesburg high court found Musa Khawula in contempt.

No apology for Malemas: court hands Khawula suspended jail term

Judge gives social media commentator another chance to comply, or direct imprisonment awaits

Unused water infrastructure funds were returned by municipalities amid the ongoing water crisis. File image

Municipalities return R1bn in unspent water grants over five years

South African municipalities returned R1bn in unspent water grants to Treasury over five years

Trade union federations Cosatu and Fedusa engaged with Gems on Tuesday on what they described as an unaffordable 9.5% hike imposed on public servants from February 1. Stock photo.

Cosatu, Fedusa give Government Employees Medical Scheme a week to review 9.5% hike

Union federations also blast Gems for behaving like a commercial scheme

Shamaria, Sandy, Kraidon and Allen Monswamy were taken from their Newark home on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast, robbed and then killed last week.

Suspects in murders of seven family members abandon bail

The three men accused of killing seven members of the Monswamy family last week appeared in the KwaDukuza magistrate’s court on Tuesday where they face 14 counts, including seven of murder.

Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen says his department had ensured it has access to a steady foot-and-mouth disease vaccine supply.

SA expands FMD vaccine supply with millions more doses on the way

Goal to vaccinate national herd and break back into international markets, says agriculture minister