‘Everyone speaks emoji’: Media law experts hail JSC ruling on Mbenenge
With the animated wink of an eye and a bulging thumbs-up, emojis have jumped from popular culture to a standard communication tool that legally holds the same weight as written words.
By Gill Gifford
‘Crisis’ warning after hackers steal sensitive police data
A notorious international hacker group that specialises in ransom demands has breached Polmed’s database
By Sabelo Skiti
Mel and Peet Viljoen ‘back in SA soon’ to face the music
Private investigator Mike Bolhuis warns people not to send money to ‘con-artist couple’ detained in US
By Joy Mphande
How airtime vouchers, CCTV caught Cat
Gauteng detectives got their first break thanks to CCTV footage of the two alleged guns for hire at a shopping centre
By Thanduxolo Jika, Sabelo Skiti, and Sipho Masondo
DJs, drug wars: what Cat told me
An explosive affidavit from a popular DJ who survived an attempted assassination has lifted the lid on a high-stakes world of drug-dealing centred on South Africa’s night-club scene.
By Sabelo Skiti, Thanduxolo Jika, and Sipho Masondo
Eastern Cape man arrested after police recover suspected stolen cattle
Eastern Cape police have recovered 15 suspected stolen cattle and arrested a 27-year-old-man.
By Daily Dispatch Correspondent
Trump announces reforms to accelerate access to psychedelic drug treatments
US President Donald Trump on Saturday announced reforms intended to speed up access to medical research and treatment based on psychedelic drugs.
By Reuters
Ramaphosa yet to receive Malema letter on Fort Hare fraud probe
President Cyril Ramaphosa is yet to receive a letter from EFF leader Julius Malema requesting an update on investigations into academic fraud at the University of Fort Hare allegedly involving senior ANC leaders.
By Daily Dispatch Correspondent
Two funerals to be held for Richards Bay shooting victim after family feud
There will be two funerals for Richards Bay man Shan Govender who was gunned down at the Mondi mill recently after his partner and children fought over his final send-off.
By Yasantha Naidoo
Arrested Ekurhuleni metro police boss was due to face disciplinary hearing on fraud charges
The senior Ekurhuleni metro police boss who was arrested on Saturday was scheduled to appear at a disciplinary committee hearing next week Thursday.
By Herman Moloi
Defiant message from Iran as vessels attempting to cross Hormuz report gunfire
At least two merchant vessels reported they were hit by gunfire as they attempted to cross the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday
By Reuters
Tankers move through Hormuz, but Tehran signals strait may close again
A convoy of eight tankers was transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday in the first major movement of ships since the US-Israeli war on Iran began seven weeks ago, even as Tehran moved to tighten control of the waterway
By Reuters
SAPS Madlanga task team arrest Ekurhuleni municipality official for fraud and corruption
The arrest of the senior Ekhurleni municipality official comes as part of a broader investigation into alleged corruption
By TimesLIVE
Concern for missing friend leads to life sentence for man found guilty of his partner’s murder
A KwaZulu-Natal man who lured his partner to his home under false pretences received a life sentenced after leading police on a wild-goose chase when a friend reported her missing
By TimesLIVE
US figures suggest HIV aid was maintained; but data show drops in testing, diagnoses
The US state department on Friday said it had supported HIV treatment for 20.6-million people by September last year
By Reuters
