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Tshwane Mayor, Randall Williams flights campaign posters on June 10, 2021 in Tshwane, South Africa. The voter registration weekend for local government elections will be held on 17 and 18 July. (Photo by Laird Forbes/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Tshwane ignores lockdown woes as it cuts power to recoup R17bn

Mayor Randall Williams joined a blitz to switch off the lights of defaulting customers – including a luxury hotel opposite the Union Buildings that owes R23-million

Masetlha hoax-email case postponed in court

The alleged fraud case against former National Intelligence Agency (NIA) director general Billy Masetlha and his two co-accused was postponed in the Pretoria Commercial Crimes…

Billy Masetlha acquitted

Former spy boss Billy Masetlha was on Wednesday found not to have contravened the Intelligence Oversight Act by the Hatfield Community Court in Pretoria. His acquittal on charges…

Hoax email man shot in Pretoria

IT specialist Muziwendoda Kunene — one of the men allegedly behind the hoax email saga — was shot in Pretoria on Wednesday. The incident comes after Kunene claimed that senior…

Were hoax ANC emails created by an amateur?

There is a probability that the hoax emails allegedly fabricated by former spy boss Billy Masetlha and his two co-accused were created by an amateur, the Pretoria Commercial…

IT expert ‘hindered’ in probing hoax emails

A computer expert testified in court on Monday that he was hindered when analysing whether former spy boss Billy Masetlha and his two co-accused had fabricated controversial hoax…

Masetlha case postponed

Former National Intelligence Agency director general Billy Masetlha and his two co-accused, software specialist Muziwendoda Kunene and IT specialist Funokwakhe Madlala, had their…

SABS unwraps audit of condom department

The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) is auditing its condom department after a manager at the bureau was accused of certifying defective condoms in exchange for cash. ”On…