Simon Majadibodu

Junior Multimedia Journalist

'State's case is weak': Nkosi denies charges, reveals he earns R16,500 per month

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

Sergeant Fannie Nkosi, accused of multiple offences including unlawful possession of explosives, told the Pretoria North Magistrate’s Court he is not a flight risk ...

Cyril Ramaphosa denies involvement in explosive IPID report allegations

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

President Cyril Ramaphosa has pushed back against allegations stemming from an Independent Police Investigative Directorate report, which suggests a possible cover-up ...

Ramaphosa Phala Phala scandal: IPID flags SAPS officers for alleged cover-up

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) has recommended disciplinary action against two members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) in connection ...

ConCourt set to deliver Phala Phala judgment within a month

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

The Constitutional Court says it is at an advanced stage in preparing its judgment on the Economic Freedom Fighters’ bid to revive the Phala Phala matter, with delivery ...

R50,000 found in mattress: Inside Sergeant Fannie Nkosi’s first court appearance

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

Sergeant Fannie Nkosi appeared in the Pretoria North Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday after police allegedly found more than R50,000 concealed in his home during a ...

Sergeant Nkosi to remain behind bars until next court appearance

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

Sergeant Fannie Nkosi will remain in custody until next week after his bail application was postponed during his appearance at the Pretoria North Magistrate’s Court ...

Murder-accused escapee found asleep at aunt's house, search continues for seven fugitives

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

Eastern Cape police have rearrested one of eight detainees who escaped from Afsondering police station cells, as a man wanted for murder was found asleep at a relative’s ...

Tragic outcome for conjoined twin after historic separation surgery in Limpopo

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

One of the conjoined twin boys separated in a landmark operation at a Limpopo hospital has died from organ failure, Premier Dr Phophi Ramathuba confirmed on Friday. ...

Fuel crisis: Panic buying leads to petrol shortages across South Africa, says government

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has said South Africa does not rely on Middle Eastern crude oil and urged citizens to avoid panic buying.

BMA ramps up Easter border security with new high-tech passport stamps

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

The Border Management Authority has introduced secure, traceable passport stamps and intensified operations at 71 ports of entry ahead of the Easter travel rush. ...

KZN police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s contract renewed, confirms premier Ntuli

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli has confirmed that provincial police commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi will remain in his post after his contract ...

Masemola faces court charges as Mkhwanazi emerges as potential successor

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

National police commissioner Fannie Masemola is set to appear in court next month over a controversial R360 million SAPS tender, intensifying pressure on President ...

Julius Malema criticises Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi: ‘I am not scared of you’

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

EFF leader Julius Malema has criticised KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, accusing him of being overly sensitive and unwilling to accept criticism. ...

'I haven’t done this': Ex-cop denies killing Witness D

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

Matipandile Sotheni, 41, denied all charges in the Brakpan Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, insisting he had no part in the killing of Madlanga Commission witness ...

Over 340,000 South African vehicles deemed unroadworthy ahead of holiday season: Creecy

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has warned that hundreds of thousands of minibuses, buses and trucks are not roadworthy, as authorities launch the 2026 Road Safety ...

Where are the missing firearms from Calvin Mathibeli’s security company?

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

KwaZulu-Natal police say businessman Calvin Mathibeli’s security company has 815 guns listed on its books, but police records show it should have over 850, and warned ...

Mugabe’s son ditches bail as plea deal looms

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

Proceedings against Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe and Tobias Mugabe Matonhodze have been postponed after the state said a senior prosecutor must still sign off on a ...

Mugabe's son abandons bail bid, enters plea talks with state

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, the son of late Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, and his co-accused have abandoned their bail application and are now negotiating ...

Death toll in Ormonde building collapse rises to eight

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

The death toll from the Ormonde building collapse south of Johannesburg has risen to eight after search-and-rescue operations resumed on Tuesday morning.

Six dead, two trapped after building collapse in Ormonde, Johannesburg

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

Six people have been confirmed dead after a building collapsed in Johannesburg.

Zille to step down as DA federal council chair after Ward 102 win

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

The race for Johannesburg is heating up after the DA secured Ward 102 with more than 94% of the vote, paving the way for mayoral candidate Helen Zille to join the ...

Basic Education Minister highlights fiscal constraints in response to Ramaphosa's SONA

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube has sung praises for President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address, calling it a turning point for growth and stability, ...

uMkhonto weSizwe Party MP Des van Rooyen says voters will punish the ANC over Cyril Ramaphosa’s ‘unfulfilled promises’

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

MK MP Des van Rooyen says voters want the party to warn President Cyril Ramaphosa that his unfulfilled promises will cost the ANC dearly in this year’s local government ...

South Africa to receive 1 million Foot-and-Mouth vaccines in record import: Steenhuisen

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen has announced that South Africa will receive a shipment of 1 million foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccines from Biogenesis ...

Watch VideoOpposition parties slam Ramaphosa’s R7m SONA as ‘more of the same’

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

Opposition parties have branded President Cyril Ramaphosa’s 2026 State of the Nation Address a costly exercise in repetition, arguing that it failed to tackle worsening ...