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A businessman has been arrested after the alleged torching of a rehabilitation centre sign and a Hilux bakkie in Polokwane. Picture:

Polokwane businessman nabbed over R800,000 `arson’ attacks

Police have arrested a suspect after a rehabilitation centre signboard and a bakkie were badly damaged by fire in Polokwane

Former senior partner at Fluxmans Incorporated, Solomon Slom, has been convicted and sentenced for theft and money laundering by the specialised commercial crimes court.

Former attorney, 82, sentenced over almost R40m theft and money laundering

An 82-year-old former attorney was sentenced to 10 years' direct imprisonment on Thursday for stealing and laundering nearly R40m from an escrow account.

Three men sentenced to life for murder of Grade 11 pupil outside Soweto school

Trio sentenced to life after Grade 11 pupil killed in robbery outside school

Three men have been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of an 18-year-old Grade 11 pupil who was stabbed to death outside his school during a robbery.

Driver fatigue is believed to have contributed to the crash. Picture:

Driver of bus dies in crash while transporting 65 Malawians

The Limpopo transport department says 11 people were injured

As a peaceful anti-illegal immigration march unfolded in parts of Johannesburg on Tuesday, minibus taxi operators and scholar transport drivers had an unusually quiet morning. Picture:

Quiet roads, empty seats: taxi drivers feel impact of march fears

As a peaceful anti-illegal immigration march proceeded in parts of Johannesburg on Tuesday, uncertainty about what the day might bring kept many commuters, workers and school pupils at home

Malawians stranded in Johannesburg amid transport delays. Picture:

Administrative holdups see Malawians stranded in Joburg during repatriation drive

Community groups scramble to prevent humanitarian crisis as repatriations delayed by administrative issues

Ngizwe Mchunu's LGBTQ videos were ruled hate speech by the Equality Court. Picture:

Ngizwe Mchunu fined R250,000 over anti-LGBTQ remarks

The media personality must also issue a public apology and undergo human rights training

President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Ramaphosa urges employers to ‘hire for potential’ as R1-trillion investment drive takes shape

The programme is expected to generate jobs, apprenticeships and skills development opportunities for young people

Limpopo SAPS members were convicted over a break-in at a police storeroom. Stock image:

Limpopo cops sentenced after attempting to steal cigarettes from SAPS storeroom

Two Limpopo police officers have been handed suspended prison sentences after pleading guilty to breaking into a police storeroom and attempting to steal confiscated cigarettes

An eight-year-old girl was stabbed to death by her uncle in the North West. Stock image:

North West man stabs niece to death before taking own life

An eight-year-old girl has died after she was allegedly stabbed by her uncle, who later took his own life, in Kanana near Orkney in the North West

The accident claimed eight lives on Tuesday. Picture:

Eight killed in minibus taxi and truck crash on N4 in Mpumalanga

Eight people have died in a collision between a minibus taxi and a truck on the N4 toll road near Waterval Onder in Mpumalanga

The SIU is seeking to recover more than R8.3m in irregular spending in the Free State government's bursary scheme. Picture:

‘Cash for relatives’: Free State bursary scandal deepens as SIU traces spending

More than R8.3m in irregular expenditure linked to the Free State government’s bursary programme is being pursued for recovery by the SIU

The state is challenging Brown Mogotsi's provided address as the fight over his bail intensifies.

Where does he live: Brown Mogotsi’s address dispute dominates bail hearing

Details on key documents do not match the physical location visited, say investigators

Alleged mastermind in the murder of DJ Warras, Victor Majola, appeared at the Johannesburg magistrate's court on Wednesday.
File picture: Mukovhe Mulidzwi

DJ Warras murder case moved to high court, pre-trial set for June

A pre-trial hearing has been scheduled for June 18

Home Affairs rolls out biometric crackdown on ghost workers costing SA billions.

Home affairs launches biometric system to tackle ghost workers

The department of home affairs has developed a new real-time digital employee verification platform for National Treasury aimed at rooting out ghost workers and curbing payroll fraud across government departments.