The Pretoria North Magistrates’ Court has sentenced 40-year-old Dineo Cambrige Baloyi from Soshanguve to life in prison for the murder of his younger brother, Lethabo Baloyi (27). Baloyi was also handed an additional five years’ imprisonment for conspiracy to commit murder and was declared unfit to possess a firearm. The two men were brothers who…
The Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) have a bolt step this week by nabbing a suspected drug dealer in Pretoria North. The arrest of the suspected drug dealer was during a drunk driving operation in the Akasia area on 17 January 2026. Members stopped a silver Polo with one occupant who is identified as a…
A burnt body in a plastic bag was recovered in the bushes at Daan de Wet Nel Drive near First Avenue in Hestea Park, Pretoria North.
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Just hours before the crossover to 2026,.news emerged that multi-award-winning musician and songwriter, Ndivhudzannyi Ralivhona, better known as Makhadzi, was involved in a car crash. In a statement, her production company, Makhadzi Entertainment, revealed that the celebrated musician was admitted in a hospital in Polokwane, Limpopo following the accident. She was on her way to…
The quiet mining community of Bekkersdal in Gauteng was left traumatised following a brutal incident that claimed the lives of nine people, sending shockwaves far beyond the township’s borders. What unfolded was not only a criminal act of devastating proportions, but also a painful reminder of the deep social fractures that continue to haunt many…
DiTrupa dance competition like this one will be held at the Jesus my Answer Ministries later this year.
Two of South Africa’s largest fibre network operators (FNOs), Evotel and Net Nine Nine, do not plan to increase their wholesale fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) prices in 2026, according to a report on MyBroadBand. FNOs typically update the prices they charge for lines resold by Internet service providers (ISPs) annually, although the precise timing varies from one…
The who’s who of Free State provincial government and Gauteng sport enthusiasts will converge in Thabong, Welkom to witness raw emerging talent being nurtured to advance sports in the sleepy town of “happiness”. Thabong, as preparations intensify for the Diski99 Championship taking place at Zuka Baloyi Stadium on 29 November, will host 16 schools from…
A Mamelodi man who was shot in his private parts during an ordeal that claimed the lives of two women told EWN that his life may never be the same. Desmond Senong has been recovering in hospital after he was shot, along with Baleseng and Tshiamo Moramaga, at the weekend. Senong said that he was…
Tebogo Mnisi has abandoned bail in the Mamelodi Magistrate’s Court. He’s accused of using murdering cousins Tshiamo and Baleseng Moramaga in Mamelodi East on Sunday. The court heard that he used an unlicensed firearm and ammunition to carry out the murders.
