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Born and raised in Umlazi, south of Durban, 25-year-old Minenhle Simelane has found an extraordinary way to transform one of the world’s biggest environmental challenges into wearable art.

The legal team representing Brett Nicholson – the former St John’s Preparatory School teacher on trial on charges of sexually abusing more than a dozen children – has described him as his pupils’ “go-to” whenever they needed support or help.

Senior Crime Intelligence officer Colonel Ismail Dawood will spend three nights in custody after the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court postponed his bail application to Friday.

Suspended Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi and his ex-girlfriend, Witness K, have been granted R5 000 bail each.

The KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban has put warrants for the arrests of prominent provincial taxi boss Siyabonga Thomas Getsemane and three others on ice for the time being.

Investigating Directorate Against Corruption head Andrea Johnson has invoked her constitutional right against self-incrimination and declined to answer questions about why she allegedly emailed Crime Intelligence Major General Feroz Khan the contents of an assault docket against him.

Carel Schoeman, the lawyer accused of “buying” and raping a 13-year-old girl, claims he “clicked” with her on an emotional and intellectual level, leading him to believe she was an adult.

An unholy battle over Cape Town’s iconic Good Hope Centre has reached boiling point, with fresh questions being raised over the City’s handling of the controversial R135 million sale after the highest bidder challenged Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis’ public comments and a complaint was lodged with the Public Protector.

The murder of Gqeberha police officer, Constable Cállan Andrews, was a gang hit aimed at stealing his service pistol. And the perpetrator acted on the instruction of a higher-ranked member to make up for the loss of contraband during a robbery at a drug house on 31 December.

The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training has demanded an explanation from the troubled Construction Education and Training Authority (CETA) after News24 exposed that the entity used retired chief operations officer (COO) Innocent Ngenzi as a consultant.

The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has heard dramatic details surrounding the gunfight that ensued after armed men tried to take out taxi boss Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni in August 2022, with a security guard who was on the scene testifying that as the bullets flew, one of the would-be assassins shouted, “Die, you dog”.

A former teacher at St John’s Preparatory School accused of years of sexual abuse and grooming of children pleaded not guilty to all 25 charges against him in the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Monday.

Officials who cost a North West municipality R59.6 million only received informal warnings, despite the Auditor-General recommending formal disciplinary hearings.

Details of the defence of a Durban man accused of murdering his former colleague and burying her body in a makeshift grave in his backyard have been revealed in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court.

South Africa’s 26 public universities are implementing various initiatives to increase the country’s pool of black, coloured and Indian professors and associate professors.

South Africa’s top boys’ schools are turning their attention to football as the Association of Public Boys’ Schools of South Africa looks to give the sport a bigger platform in a landscape traditionally dominated by rugby, cricket and hockey.

Quite possibly South Africa’s coolest wine site is coming of age, and the world is beginning to take notice.

The Nigerian passport that enabled Chidimma Adetshina to compete on the international stage is now at the centre of the Department of Home Affairs’ bid to have her detained and later deported.

A Rooihuiskraal woman has accused a City of Tshwane official of demanding R12 000 to have an R73 000 electricity tampering penalty erased and her power reconnected, an allegation backed by an audio recording obtained by News24.

Police are investigating multiple allegations of assault, intimidation and property damage involving police officers and soldiers deployed under Operation Prosper as complaints from residents in Elsies River mount.