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The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) has distanced itself from ongoing strikes in the sector as well as the attacks on foreign truck drivers

Violence exacts huge toll on lives and a R1bn loss in the freight sector

The Road Freight Association puts the cost of the ongoing attacks on trucks at about R1.2-billion with 1 200 vehicles and cargo destroyed

Former apartheid security police officer João Rodrigues, who was charged with the murder of anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol in 1971, died at his home on Monday. (Anthony Schultz/M&G)

Application denied: Rodrigues to stand trial for Timol murder

João ‘Jan’ Rodrigues’ application for a stay of prosecution has been dismissed. He will stand trial for the 1971 murder of activist Ahmed Timol

The New Zealand Media Freedom Committee, which represents the country’s five largest news outlets, said the accused “may attempt to use the trial as a platform to amplify white supremacist and/or terrorist ideology”. (Mark Mitchell/Reuters)

Christchurch accused to face 50 murder charges

Christchurch gunman Brenton Tarrant will face 50 charges of murder and 39 charges of attempted murder

Former apartheid Security Branch policeman Joao Rodrigues. (Anthony Schultz/M&G)

Officer in Ahmed Timol case to appear in court on murder charge

Almost 46 years since his death, the high court last year found that Timol died at the hands of apartheid security branch police while in detention

Oscar Pistorius’s murder sentence increased to 13 years

The SCA in Bloemfontein has sentenced former Paralympian Oscar Pistorius to 13 years in prison for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp

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#lionmama raises funds for woman who stabbed daughter’s rapists

She was charged with murder and attempted murder, but South Africans are pitching in to fund the ‘lionmama’s’ legal fees.

Former Blue Bulls player convicted of murder

Former rugby player Phindile Joseph Ntshongwana knew it was wrong when he killed his four victims with an axe, the Durban High Court ruled.

Oscar Pistorius was jailed for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013

Tragic lesson of the Oscar Pistorius trial

The African sense of kinship is more forgiving, but also very insular, writes Lee Mwiti.

SCA rules Mdluli may face murder charges again

While corruption and fraud charges may be set aside, according to the Supreme Court of Appeal, Richard Mdluli could face murder charges again.

Oscar Pistorius.

Oscar trial: Connecting shots heard to ballistic analysis

The prosecutor has attempted to align what witness Michelle Burger heard to a ballistic analyst’s reconstruction of Reeva Steenkamp’s last moments.

Pistorius investigators get meeting with Apple

Prosecutors in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial have secured a meeting with Apple officials in the US over accessing evidence on his locked iPhone.

Pistorius case: Steenkamp family seeks closure

As the anniversary of Reeva Steenkamp’s death approaches, the family of Oscar Pistorius’s slain girlfriend says they would like closure.

Police prepared for upcoming Pistorius trial

Police say they are prepared for the trial of murder-accused Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, which is set to begin next month.

Kunene body double did a bad job, says court

The body double the police allegedly used to frame IT consultant Muzi Kunene of murder did a bad job, the high court in Bloemfontein said on Wednesday

Taxi driver to face murder charge

Pretoria minibus taxi driver, Percyval Matji, who allegedly drove over and killed a schoolgirl, will face a murder charge.

‘Son of God’ released on bail

Lotter murder accused Mathew Naidoo was on Tuesday released on R20 000 bail by a Pinetown regional magistrate.

‘Son of God’ makes second bail application

A Durban man described by his co-accused as the ”Son of God” on Tuesday made another application for bail in the Pinetown Regional Court.

Bouncer accused of murder out on R500 bail

An East London bouncer accused of killing a 35-year-old man at a nightclub was on Monday released on R500 bail