Zama Nteyi

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Moja Love defends Somnala episode, says woman was adult

Moja Love has confirmed that Love-Love, the young woman at the centre of controversial remarks by King Somnala on Umndeni SomNala, was an adult when the events discussed in the programme took

September 9, 2026

by Zama Nteyi

“This is fraud’: State’s first witness turns on police in Matlala trial.

Day three of the trial of alleged underworld figure Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala turned on a single, sharpening question: how to test what the State’s first witness actually saw on the night of the shooting he survived. Security officer Bethwell Mzamo

July 22, 2026

by Zama Nteyi

Matlala trial: no 9mm casings found where witness says he fired 15 rounds

The State’s first witness in the trial of alleged underworld figure Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala was confronted

Defence attacks credibility of first witness in ‘Cat’ Matlala trial

The first witness in the trial of alleged underworld figure Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala faced a sustained

Owen Ndlovu’s car found stripped amid SAMRO court fight

Owen Ndlovu’s car has been found allegedly half-stripped in Walkerville, hours after he was reportedly abducted by armed men while fetching his wife from church in Katlehong. Ndlovu’s wife, Portia Ndlovu, said

September 16, 2026

Crime·South Africa

GFC CEO under fire as filmmakers demand her removal.

A leading Gauteng filmmaker has called for the immediate removal of Gauteng Film Commission (GFC) chief executive officer Keitumetse Lebaka, accusing her of presiding over the collapse of the institution and failing

September 16, 2026

Film & TV

BREAKING: Owen Ndlovu allegedly kidnapped by armed men

Owen Ndlovu, the founder of United Artists and SAMRO member has allegedly been kidnapped by armed men in Katlehong on Tuesday night, with the incident reportedly taking place in front of his

September 15, 2026

Crime·South Africa

“He came and lied”: Kekana turns on state witness

JOHANNESBURG – Alleged hitman Musa Kekana has accused a state witness of lying about seeing him drive a Hyundai i20 on the morning of his arrest, as the state began cross-examining him

September 15, 2026

Crime·News·South Africa

Kekana: I only heard my rights the day after arrest.

JOHANNESBURG – Hospital records read in the Johannesburg High Court show that alleged hitman Musa Kekana told doctors, on the day of his arrest, that he had been suffocated with a plastic

September 15, 2026

Crime·News·South Africa

Kekana tells court police suffocated him with plastic bag

JOHANNESBURG– Alleged hitman Musa Kekana has told the Johannesburg High Court that a police commander knelt on his back and pulled a plastic courier bag over his head five times, until he

September 15, 2026

Crime·South Africa

Near-fistfight as filmmakers confront Gauteng Film Commission

A Gauteng Legislature sitting descended into shouting and near-blows on Friday, when a filmmaker had to be physically restrained by fellow filmmakers as he advanced on a Gauteng Film Commission official who

September 15, 2026

Arts & Entertainment·Film & TV·South Africa

Matlala trial: tracking fault on Golf still unexplained

The supplier of the South African Police Service’s vehicle tracking system cannot establish when or how the tracking device on a VW Golf central to the Matlala trial-within-a-trial came to be incorrectly

September 14, 2026

Crime·News·South Africa

Matlala: 16 police cars at Kew address, tracking data shows

Johannesburg High Court-Satellite tracking data drawn from the South African Police Service’s own fleet management system placed sixteen police vehicles at Kew residential address on the day Musa Kekana was arrested. A

September 14, 2026

Crime·News·South Africa

Julius Mkhwanazi awaits bail ruling in blue-lights case

Suspended Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi is due to learn on Monday, 14 September whether he will be granted bail in the criminal case arising from the installation of

September 14, 2026

Crime·News·South Africa

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Zama Nteyi

Moja Love defends Somnala episode, says woman was adult

“This is fraud’: State’s first witness turns on police in Matlala trial.

Matlala trial: no 9mm casings found where witness says he fired 15 rounds

Defence attacks credibility of first witness in ‘Cat’ Matlala trial

Owen Ndlovu’s car found stripped amid SAMRO court fight

GFC CEO under fire as filmmakers demand her removal.

BREAKING: Owen Ndlovu allegedly kidnapped by armed men

“He came and lied”: Kekana turns on state witness

Kekana: I only heard my rights the day after arrest.

Kekana tells court police suffocated him with plastic bag

Near-fistfight as filmmakers confront Gauteng Film Commission

Matlala trial: tracking fault on Golf still unexplained

Matlala: 16 police cars at Kew address, tracking data shows

Julius Mkhwanazi awaits bail ruling in blue-lights case

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