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Tensions flared at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) Westville campus on Monday when demonstrations over the recently concluded Student Representative Council (SRC) elections turned violent.Footage shared on social media showed a group of students, some wearing red T-shirts, confronting university protection services officers. The videos captured physical clashes, security personnel restraining individuals and officers intervening as tensions mounted.Security vehicles and law enforcement officials were also seen on campus as efforts […]

"Dishonourable discharge" was the headline that IOL chose to use when announcing the news that SAPS Deputy National Commissioner for Crime Detection Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya's employment with the police had been terminated with immediate effect. The disgraced top cop is facing a litany of battles – on trial at the Randburg Magistrates Court on charges of rape, sexual grooming, human trafficking and negligent possession of a firearm. The charges of grooming […]

A former police officer has told the Durban High Court how he led a team that arrested Siyanda Eddie Myeza, one of the seven men standing trial for the murders of rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and celebrity chef Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane.The officer, who previously served in the South African Police Service’s Tactical Response Team (TRT), testified that Myeza was arrested in Umlazi’s L Section in April 2023 on suspicion of […]

The Brent crude oil price reached nearly $107 a barrel Monday after Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi movement launched strikes on Saudi Arabia, heightening worries about tight global supplies heading into the Northern Hemisphere winter.Doubts surrounding US President Donald Trump's claim of an "energy ceasefire" between Ukraine and Russia, following his surprise announcement of a deal to buy diesel from Moscow, further unsettled investors.After a mixed showing for stocks across Asia, Europe's […]

For generations of South Africans, Black Cat peanut butter has been part of school lunchboxes, breakfast tables and the familiar combination of peanut butter and syrup on a slice of bread.This year, the brand marks its centenary, having started life in 1926 in Potgietersrus, the Limpopo town now known as Mokopane.What began as a locally produced peanut butter has survived a century of changing shopping habits, economic upheaval and increasingly […]