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Mantashe urges people to protect their infrastructure as taxi drivers and looters exchange fire in Vosloorus

Minerals and resources minister Gwede Mantashe has urged people to protect their own infrastructure even as taxi drivers guarding Vosloorus Mall on Gauteng's East Rand opened fire with live ammunition on looters. During a visit to the embattled Vosloorus Mall, Mantashe urged people to stop destroying their own infrastructure. "Protect…

14 Jul 2021 7AM 2 min

Boy, 13, dies in crossfire between taxi drivers and looters during Vosloorus rioting

13-year-old boy has been shot and killed during a skirmish between taxi drivers and a mob of looters trying to burn down Vosloorus Mall on Gauteng’s East Rand. Vuso Dlamini was shot dead shortly before lunchtime on Wednesday. Earlier the body of a looter was found behind the mall.

14 Jul 2021 7AM 1 min

Live rounds allegedly fired as taxi drivers try to stop looting in Vosloorus

Taxi drivers guarding Vosloorus Mall on the Gauteng East Rand have opened fire with live ammunition on looters In an exchange of gunfire, which lasted five minutes, taxi drivers from the Katlehong Peoples Taxi Association opened fire on hundreds of looters who were gathering outside the mall. The mall was…

14 Jul 2021 5AM 2 min

United front: Gauteng communities take the fight to violent looters

Thousands of people from communities across Gauteng have rallied together to protect food supplies and defend homes, businesses and shopping malls from marauding groups of protesters. Armed with baseball bats, paintball guns, truncheons, firearms and sticks embedded with spikes, nails and broken glass, residents have openly clashed with looters in…

13 Jul 2021 9AM 9 min

FULL ADDRESS | Cyril Ramaphosa: 'We will restore calm and order'

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday vowed to “restore calm and order”, as violent riots and looting rocked large parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. Speaking during a national address, he said that it was of vital importance to “restore calm and stability without any delay”.

12 Jul 2021 2PM 25 min

Politicians weigh in on looting

Widespread looting and violence has broken out in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. The looting initially began during protests against the incarceration of former president Jacob Zuma, but has since spiralled out of control. President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke briefly about the looting and criminality when he addressed the nation on…

12 Jul 2021 10AM 14 min

Six people killed as violence sweeps across Gauteng and KZN, 219 arrests

The police on Monday said they are investigating the circumstances around the deaths of six people since violent protests erupted in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. Spokesperson for the National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NatJoints), Col Brenda Muridili explained that, 219 arrests were made in the two provinces — 96 in…

12 Jul 2021 8AM 2 min

Ramaphosa keeps SA on lockdown level 4

SA will remain on lockdown alert level 4, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday night, maintaining the bans on alcohol sales and gatherings. Speaking during a national address that started at 8pm, Ramaphosa said the decision was taken following a meeting with cabinet earlier in the evening. About an hour…

11 Jul 2021 2PM 25 min

EXCLUSIVE | Discovery asks LA Health brokers to influence scheme’s trustee board elections

Discovery General Manager for Mass Markets, Khethang Malefane asked LA Health brokers to help influence the scheme’s board of trustees elections to protect R400 million a year business for Discovery. The Council for Medical Schemes is now investigating the company for tampering with the independence of the LA Health medical…

9 Jul 2021 10AM 11 min

Jacob Zuma's stay of arrest fails, he will stay in prison

Former president Jacob Zuma has lost his bid in the Pietermaritzburg high court for a stay of the warrant of execution for his arrest. He launched the application on Tuesday, a day before the deadline set by the Constitutional Court for the police to arrest him to begin serving 15…

9 Jul 2021 7AM 1 min

THE LAW EXPLAINED | What's next for Zuma, now that he has been arrested?

Former president Jacob Zuma handed himself over to authorities just before midnight on Wednesday and was admitted at the Estcourt Correctional Centre in KwaZulu-Natal. The Constitutional Court earlier found Zuma guilty of contempt, for refusing to appear at the state capture inquiry after being instructed by the court to do…

8 Jul 2021 10AM 7 min

SAPS confirms Zuma is 'in police custody' after handing himself over

Former president Jacob Zuma has officially handed himself over and is in police custody. Both national SAPS spokesman Brig Vish Naidoo and police ministry spokeswoman Lirandzu Themba confirmed the news.

7 Jul 2021 6PM 1 min

The situation outside Nkandla as the nation awaits Jacob Zuma's imminent arrest

South Africans all over the country are on the edge their seats as we await the imminent arrest of former president Jacob Zuma. Reporting from outside Zuma's Nkandla homestead, reporter Orrin Singh describes the scene on the ground.

7 Jul 2021 2PM 2 min

Dr Lara Norris pleads with SA

A frustrated medical doctor has caused a stir on social media after an open letter she wrote on social media went viral. Dr Lara Norris is a community service doctor based at George Hospital in the Western Cape. Like many others, she is tired, battered down and struggling against the…

7 Jul 2021 11AM 5 min

THE LAW EXPLAINED | Will Jacob Zuma report to police on Wednesday or be arrested?

All eyes will be on the police on Wednesday, with a Constitutional Court-imposed deadline to arrest former president Jacob Zuma by midnight still in place. On Tuesday, the former president made an urgent application to the high court to “stay” the execution of his arrest, but judge Bhekisisa Mnguni said…

7 Jul 2021 7AM 3 min

"Life doesn't always mean life" - devastated victims families share their stories

After leaving the country and maintaining years of silence over her brother’s murder – which her husband only found out about through an online search – Leigh Visser is now speaking out loudly. She was prompted into action when the Department of Correctional Services informed her that Adam Woest, the…

6 Jul 2021 6AM 19 min

FULL ADDRESS | Zuma speaks in Nkandla after meeting with lawyers

Former president Jacob Zuma on Sunday delivered what his foundation called an “address to the nation” after meeting with his legal team in Nkandla. The Constitutional Court this week found Zuma guilty of contempt of court and sentenced him to 15 months in prison. But he was given a reprieve…

4 Jul 2021 1PM 1 hr 11 min

Jacob Zuma guilty of contempt of court, sentenced to 15-month jail term

Former president Jacob Zuma is guilty of contempt of court for failure to comply with an order of the Constitutional Court to honour a summons to appear before the state capture commission, the apex court found on Tuesday.

29 Jun 2021 6AM 3 min

FULL ADDRESS | SA moves to alert level 4 for 14 days: Cyril Ramaphosa

All gatherings are prohibited, effectively immediately, except for funerals with a maximum of 50 people, said President Cyril Ramaphosa. The sale of all alcohol is banned and a curfew will be in effect from 9pm.Travel in and out of Gauteng is prohibited, although residents may return home. Beaches and parks…

27 Jun 2021 1PM 40 min

EXCLUSIVE | One-on-one with acting health minister Mmamoloko Kubayi

In this exclusive Sunday Times interview by reporter Amanda Khoza with acting health minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, we get down to the nitty-gritty around SA's Covid-19 response, its vaccine rollout and the major challenges the health department is facing while trying to enforce the country's lockdown and save lives.

25 Jun 2021 11AM 1 hr 01 min