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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

Dark day looms for Joburg cyclists

Heartbreak is uniting the Johannesburg cycling community, with cyclists preparing to gather on Thursday morning to mark two tragic events. From 5am there will be a memorial ride for popular cyclist Alex Otto, who died on Sunday when he and his training partner were hit by a speeding taxi. Otto…

6 Oct 2021 10AM 3 min

Steenhuisen defends controversial campaign posters

The DA's election campaign posters in Phoenix, Durban, have been criticised by many. The posters read: “The ANC calls you racists, the DA calls you heroes.” According to the opposition party, the posters were to honour those who stood up to protect their property during the July unrest that resulted…

6 Oct 2021 7AM 2 min

SA's Covid-19 digital vaccination certificate system 'in testing phase'

The national health department has appealed for patience while it tests a Covid-19 digital vaccination certificate system that is expected to officially launch later in the week.

6 Oct 2021 4AM 1 min

Suspended acting Lepelle Northern Water CEO Ahuiwi Netshidaulu speaks to businessman Matome Sefalafala

Suspended acting Lepelle Northern Water CEO Ahuiwi Netshidaulu speaks to businessman Matome Sefalafala on a call recorded without his knowledge. In the recordings, Netshidaulu discusses his "kidnapping" which was allegedly orchestrated by Sefalafala and Netshidaulu's predecessor, former Lepelle boss Phineas Legodi. Sefalafala and Legodi have appeared in court on kidnapping…

1 Oct 2021 6AM 4 min

Woman left for dead recalls brutal attack and fight to survive

Tiisetso describes her 8km journey to seek help after her attacker assaulted, raped, robbed and slashed her throat. She describes stumbling across numerous fields until she was helped by nearby farmers and how she was able to detail her ordeal by writing it on her arm using a small stick.

1 Oct 2021 12AM 4 min

FULL ADDRESS | South Africa is moved to level 1

SA will officially move to lockdown level 1 at midnight, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced in his address to the nation on Thursday. As SA moves to lockdown level 1 for the first time since the end of May 2021, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that government will now allow public gatherings…

1 Oct 2021 12AM 23 min

FULL STATEMENT | Cyril Ramaphosa defends Digital Vibes delay after hard-hitting SIU report

President Cyril Ramaphosa defended the almost three-month delay in releasing a Special Investigating Unit (SIU) report into the tendering scandal that led to the resignation of former health minister Zweli Mkhize. During a media conference in Johannesburg on Wednesday evening, he also pushed back against suggestions that he should take…

30 Sep 2021 5AM 17 min

Sam Mkokeli in conversation with Mac Maharaj and Pallo Jordan

Two ANC stalwarts and former anti-apartheid activists Mac Maharaj and Pallo Jordan were on 22 September discussing their book Breakthrough with journalist and columnist Sam Mkokeli during a virtual dialogue which he jointly organised with SowetanLive.

25 Sep 2021 9AM 1 hr 53 min