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

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

Matlala trial: defence tells officer “one of you is lying.”

Three police officers who took part in the arrest of accused number one in the Matlala matter have given the Johannesburg High Court conflicting accounts of how they travelled to the scene

September 14, 2026

News·South Africa

McKenzie steps in, but DSAC has no plan to pay.

Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie has stepped into the dispute over cast and crew members allegedly left unpaid by Bakwena Productions, instructing his department to contact the affected workers

September 12, 2026

Film & TV·Sport

Matlala trial: Police sergeant denies Kekana was suffocated

A police sergeant has denied that accused number one in the Matlala matter was assaulted or suffocated while in police custody, in evidence going to the heart of the trial-within-a-trial now before

September 11, 2026

News·South Africa

Matlala trial: second officer contradicts commander

A second police officer has told the High Court that an unmarked Toyota Fortuner was present at the scene where accused number one in the Matlala matter was arrested, contradicting the evidence

September 11, 2026

Crime

Analysis: Matlala case built on memory, not records

The trial-within-a-trial in the Matlala matter has now heard from a colonel, a warrant officer, an investigating officer and an independent civilian witness. What has emerged over the past few sessions is

September 10, 2026

News·South Africa

DSAC asks for contact details of elderly Inanda footballers

The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture says it is looking for the contact details of a group of elderly women from Inanda and surrounding communities who have organised themselves around football,

September 10, 2026

News·Sport

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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

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

Matlala trial: defence tells officer “one of you is lying.”

McKenzie steps in, but DSAC has no plan to pay.

Matlala trial: Police sergeant denies Kekana was suffocated

Matlala trial: second officer contradicts commander

Analysis: Matlala case built on memory, not records

DSAC asks for contact details of elderly Inanda footballers

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