South Africa

A Mpumalanga man is to spend Christmas behind bars after he was sentenced to 29-years in prison for stock theft, said the Hawks on Monday.

Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi on Monday paid a visit to one of the country’s busiest border gates Kopfontein, to assess its readiness to process people and goods over the festive season.

Police Minister Bheki Cele on Monday spoke out against the abuse of women and children while also urging police not to turn away any victim of abuse.

Police have arrested a man for allegedly being involved in a business robbery in Durban.

Government has put in place contingency plans to mitigate against the impact of inclement weather conditions during the summer period.

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has encouraged law enforcement officials to deal decisively with corruption.

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has spoken out about overloaded vehicles that embark on cross-border travel overnight.

The Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) has called for an investigation into the deaths of 21 boys at an initiation schools in the Eastern Cape.

A 31-year-old man is to appear in the Vanderbijlpark Magistrate’s Court after he was caught in possession of over 40 illegal firearms and ammunition, said the Office of the National Police Commissioner.

The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development has confirmed a successful eradication of the invasive fruit fly species Oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis) in the Pixley ka Seme and ZF Mgcawu District Municipalities in the Northern Cape.

Two former Eskom senior managers and two businessmen who were arrested for alleged fraud and corruption committed at Eskom’s Kusile power station have been granted R300 000 bail each.

With a drop in demand during the holiday period and a return to service of some generating units, Eskom is not implementing any load shedding on Friday.

Two former Eskom senior managers are among those arrested for alleged fraud, corruption and money laundering worth R745 million.

Deputy President David Mabuza is confident that a peace agreement will be reached in South Sudan.

Government is engaging with mobile operators on the best ways to reduce the high cost of data without interfering with the work of regulators, says Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams.