The Grahamstown High Court has sentenced a man to 20 years in jail for killing his 74-year-old mother. Kwanele Mqeni, 36, was sentenced on Friday. Mqeni was out on a warning on another separate matter for assaulting family members. Police spokesperson Captain Jackson Manatha said Mqeni killed his mother hours after being released from prison. Manatha said, in July…
(Jackie Clausen/Gallo Images) A man who robbed a police officer and set his house alight with him inside has been handed a life sentence plus 65 years for various charges.Sergeant Sthembiso Dusse, 35, was murdered at his house in Esikhaleni in 2016.The killer was sentenced only hours before another officer was murdered during a shootout…
Three people found guilty of attempting to defraud the Royal Bafokeng Trust Fund of R500 million have each been sentenced to 15 years behind bars. Mario Marco, Getty Images Three people have each been sentenced for 15 years after attempting to defraud a trust fund of R500 million.They pretended to be signatories and attempted to…
The EFF has significantly changed the South African political landscape and is marking its seventh anniversary.Party leader Julius Malema has, however, been dogged by numerous controversies.Political analysts say leaders should be discerning and able to act in the interest of the organisation they serve, as opposed to themselves.Analysts and an EFF insiders ask what the…
Bikers ride to Parliament to protest against farm killings on Mandela Day. PHOTO: Gallo Images/Jacques Stander Forces need to be joined as they were 10 years ago when the Potgieter family was murdered in order to fight the scourge of violent crime, writes Dan Kriek. The spate of horrifying farm murders during the past few weeks…
The CDC is reporting 3,123 more cases of Cyclospora infections compared with a week ago in an outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce from a Taylor Farms growing operation in Central Mexico. The total number of patients for the outbreak now stands at 9,481with 398 hospitalizations. Two people in Michigan have died. The Centers for Disease
Published: August 12, 2026, 7:23 pm Whole Foods Market is recalling dozens of products that contain jalapeños because they are part of a larger recall connected to a Salmonella outbreak. The jalapeños were sourced from Coast Citrus Distributors and were recalled because of Salmonella contamination. There are 345 confirmed patients across 27 states in the
Dennis Schmidt started smoking as a teenager, when that was so unexceptional that his Catholic high school designated outdoor “senior smoking quarters,” where students in their final year could take cigarette breaks. He smoked a pack of menthols daily for nearly 40 years. As a registered nurse at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and