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

Radio station distances itself after presenter calls for attacks on Shona people

JOHANNESBURG — Hillbrow Radio 24-7 has publicly distanced itself from one of its presenters after a video circulated on social media allegedly showing him making remarks and using profane language while discussing

August 6, 2026

News·South Africa

McKenzie never approved FIFA World Cup report, DSAC tells furious MPs

The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC) was accused of undermining both Parliament and its own political leadership on Tuesday, 4 August. This after officials admitted that the report on the

August 5, 2026

News·South Africa

Parliament tears apart DSAC’s ‘half-cooked’ FIFA World Cup report as R31 million spending scandal deepens

The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture’s attempt to account for its controversial FIFA World Cup delegation collapsed in Parliament on Tuesday. This after MPs rejected its long-awaited report, branding it “half-cooked”,

August 5, 2026

News·South Africa

Gayton McKenzie Rejects Forensic Report’s Findings on R51.8m CCIFSA Funding

Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie broke with his own Department’s forensic report on Tuesday, telling Parliament he does not accept that only two people are implicated in the mismanagement of

August 5, 2026

News

Officer’s evidence fills gaps in State’s arrest case but opens a new one

The civilian surveillance witness who had followed a Mercedes-Benz Viano through Kew was later brought to the roadside where its occupants were being detained and asked to identify them, the Johannesburg High

August 3, 2026

News·South Africa

Officer concedes he broke National Instruction and Criminal Procedure act during arrest.

The police captain, who led the arrest of accused No. 1, Musa Kekana, conceded in the Johannesburg High Court that he had failed to comply with both a national police instruction governing

August 3, 2026

Crime·News

Analysis: Why Matlala’s Counsel is fighting the alleged hitman’s arrest.

There was something unusual about Friday’s proceedings, 31 July 2026 in the Johannesburg High Court, and it goes to the heart of what the trial-within-a-trial is really about. The advocate who spent

August 2, 2026

Crime·News

Matlala Case: Senior cop handcuffed ‘innocent’ man and admits he never heard of the rules.

A police captain, Phimi Alfred Sekgobela told the Johannesburg High Court that he handcuffed a man at the arrest scene who was not a suspect, and was unable to identify the legal

July 31, 2026

Crime·News

Analysis: Does the arrest evidence survive?

The defence has closed its cross-examination of Captain Phimi Alfred Sekgobela, one of the state witnesses in the attempted murder trial of alleged crime kingpin Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala in the Joburg High

July 31, 2026

Crime·News

“WE DON’T TORTURE PEOPLE “: Captain denies courier bag suffocation, gun threats as medical records tell a bloody story

Graphic allegations of police brutality emerged in the Johannesburg High Court on Friday, where Police Captain Phimi Alfred Sekgobela denied claims that he and his team suffocated accused No. 1, Musa Kekana

July 30, 2026

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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

Radio station distances itself after presenter calls for attacks on Shona people

McKenzie never approved FIFA World Cup report, DSAC tells furious MPs

Parliament tears apart DSAC’s ‘half-cooked’ FIFA World Cup report as R31 million spending scandal deepens

Gayton McKenzie Rejects Forensic Report’s Findings on R51.8m CCIFSA Funding

Officer’s evidence fills gaps in State’s arrest case but opens a new one

Officer concedes he broke National Instruction and Criminal Procedure act during arrest.

Analysis: Why Matlala’s Counsel is fighting the alleged hitman’s arrest.

Matlala Case: Senior cop handcuffed ‘innocent’ man and admits he never heard of the rules.

Analysis: Does the arrest evidence survive?

“WE DON’T TORTURE PEOPLE “: Captain denies courier bag suffocation, gun threats as medical records tell a bloody story

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