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'The IEC is playing games with the future of this country': Herman Mashaba

In an interview with TimesLIVE, ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba expressed his views on the battle between his party and the IEC saying what the IEC "is doing" is not only affecting ActionSA but the voters.

25 Oct 2021 1AM 4 min

John Steenhuisen shares his views on coalitions ahead the upcoming elections

On the eve of local government elections DA leader, John Steenhuisen, has revealed that his party was willing to work with just about any political party in coalitions, including the ANC, just as long as they are not the EFF

23 Oct 2021 4AM 4 min

Cape fur seals are mysteriously dying en masse

Wildlife experts are baffled by the deaths of thousands of Cape fur seals along SA’s west coast, one of the biggest mass die-offs that may be linked to a shortage of fish for seals to eat. Grim video footage this week showed seals convulsing and dying in shallow water, with…

22 Oct 2021 10AM 7 min

‘Not in a million years': Lindiwe Mazibuko says she will never vote for John Steenhuisen as her councillor

Former DA parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko says she would never vote for current party leader John Steenhuisen if he ran for a councillor position in her ward. Mazibuko said Steenhuisen, the leader of SA’s official opposition, lives “in an echo chamber” and surrounds himself with “yes men”.  The columnist was…

22 Oct 2021 4AM 1 min

Mixed reactions as youngsters give SA’s vaccine rollout a shot in the arm

Still dressed in her school uniform, Amaani Limalia arrived at the Swartkop Covid-19 vaccination site in Pretoria — and left feeling excited. “I feel great,” she said, moments after getting the jab. But she was not the only person to get the injection at the site on Wednesday, the day…

21 Oct 2021 8AM 2 min

How will the ANC’s public internal battles impact it's election results? 

The ANC’s internal party battles have long been reported by SA media, but the country has recently seen the internal battles play out very publicly.  With only 12 days to go before the local government elections on November 1, the question of what this internal fracturing will mean for the…

20 Oct 2021 8AM 7 min

Ace Magashule asks NPA for list of witnesses implicating him in corruption case

Suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule’s legal counsel has asked the state to provide a list of witnesses implicating his client in his corruption case. Magashule and his co-accused appeared in the Bloemfontein high court on Tuesday. Their case was postponed to November 3 for pretrial and for them to respond…

19 Oct 2021 10AM 1 min

Ramaphosa takes election campaign to Magashule's home base

Suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule’s Free State stronghold welcomed ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa warmly with thousands packed to the rafters at the Intabazwe Stadium in Harrismith. Ramaphosa has taken his ANC local government election campaign to the Free State starting on Sunday where thousands were waiting for him before he…

19 Oct 2021 8AM 2 min

How Covid-19 will impact your voting experience — IEC 

With only 14 days to go until South Africans are expected to head to the polls for this year’s local government elections, questions around safety and procedures are without doubt top of mind. Being the first time citizens are headed to the polls during a pandemic, it is natural to…

18 Oct 2021 6AM 5 min

Lunch with renowned local chef David Higgs

David Higgs, South Africa’s most genial version of celebrity chef has not watched Squid Games, the bloodthirsty Korean series at the top of the global Netflix popularity contest when he proposes that we meet for lunch at Banchan a Korean restaurant in Morningside. “I don’t usually eat out he says…

16 Oct 2021 5AM 1 min

LEAKED AUDIO | Police respond to owner of Max's Lifestyle shot outside his establishment in Umlazi

A police officer stationed in Durban's CBD was flagged down by the owner of Max's Lifestyle, Max Mqadi, after he was shot outside his establishment in Umlazi, south of Durban. The unidentified cop radios in the call to control room saying that they have been flagged down by Mqadi who…

15 Oct 2021 4AM 1 min

LEAKED AUDIO | Owner of Max's Lifestyle in Durban rushed to hospital after shooting

A police officer stationed in Durban's CBD was flagged down by the owner of Max's Lifestyle, Max Mqadi, after he was shot outside his establishment in Umlazi, south of Durban. The unidentified cop radios in the call to control room that they are at Netcare Umhlanga Hospital where Mqadi is…

15 Oct 2021 4AM 1 min

FULL ADDRESS | I’m being politically persecuted, Jacob Zuma tells prayer meeting

Former president Jacob Zuma says he remains a prisoner under very strict parole conditions and it feels like what house arrest and banning orders must have felt like during colonial and apartheid times. The 79-year-old, who is on medical parole from a 15-month sentence for contempt of court, addressed supporters…

15 Oct 2021 1AM 55 min

OFFICIAL STATEMENT | 'We were held hostage': Minister speaks after dramatic rescue from Tshwane hotel

Disgruntled military veterans on Thursday night held ministers Thandi Modise and Mondli Gungubele hostage at the St George's Hotel, forcing police and security forces to intervene. Speaking to media at the hotel, SAPS spokesperson Brig Vish Naidoo confirmed that police had “penetrated the room where the hostages were being held”,…

15 Oct 2021 12AM 1 min

All you need to know about 'killer cop' Nomia Rosemary Ndlovu's trial

The state has highlighted how murder accused Nomia Rosemary Ndlovu’s modus operandi was similar in several of the cases where she lost loved ones under brutal circumstances. Delivering closing arguments in the Gauteng High Court, prosecutor Riana Williams said the pattern observed was that the Thembisa-based former policewoman was seemingly…

14 Oct 2021 9AM 3 min

'Killer cop' Nomia Rosemary Ndlovu returns to court on sixth anniversary of lover's murder

Alleged killer cop Nomia Rosemary Ndlovu’s return to the high court on Thursday coincides with the sixth anniversary of the murder of her lover, Maurice Mabasa. Speaking to TimesLIVE on Wednesday, Maurice’s brother Justice said they needed more than justice for Maurice, they needed answers — if it was proven…

14 Oct 2021 8AM 8 min

'He is not fit enough to be out in public': Uncertainty over whether Jacob Zuma will attend 'welcome prayer'

As scores of former president Jacob Zuma supporters were expected to descend to People’s Park at the iconic Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban on Thursday, it remains to be seen whether the man of the hour will himself be present. Some family members who spoke to TimesLIVE on Wednesday said…

14 Oct 2021 3AM 3 min

Police turn away GBV survivors

One beaten into a coma; another doused in acid; a third slipping from a second storey flat window as she tried to escape her attacker. These Gauteng women are tallied among the increase in violent attacks against women – and police are seemingly not always prepared to help.

8 Oct 2021 11AM 9 min

SA's first marine sciences matric class faces their final exam

Ashleigh Mingo has taken to heart the lines of a famous poem by English poet, John Masefield, who wrote, “I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky”. The 17-year-old pupil from Wynberg Girls’ High in the Western Cape and 11 of her peers…

8 Oct 2021 11AM 5 min

A house of horror becomes a house of hope

It was dubbed the House of Horrors – 227 Malherbe Street in Pretoria where paedophile and serial killer Gert van Rooyen and his accomplice Joey Haarhoff lived. Van Rooyen and his accomplice, Joey Haarhof, were linked to the disappearance of six girls between 1988 and 1989. Capital Park Residents and…

8 Oct 2021 11AM 4 min