On Friday the Johannesburg high court found Ntuthuko Shoba guilty of the premeditated murder of his pregnant girlfriend Tshegofatso Pule.

Pule was killed on June 4 2020 by convicted murder Muzikayise Malephane, who is serving a 20-year jail sentence.

Shoba will be back in court for sentencing on May 10.

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Acting chief justice Raymond Zondo on Thursday afternoon held a media briefing after his appointment as chief justice by President Cyril Ramaphosa this month. Zondo was asked questions about the position, which he said was a special honour.

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It has been a bad few week for the air transport industry.21 March, the world watched in horror as China Eastern flight MU5735 plummeted out of the sky with none of the 132 people on board having been found alive.

This right after a five-day air travel suspension, from 12 to 16 March, of South African airline Comair and a subsequent landing gear incident, 19 March, which delayed a Comair owned British Airways flight from Gqeberha to Cape Town.

Naturally, these events have left some questioning the safety of air travel and particularly the safety of Comair’s British Airways.

The EFF was accused of "protecting drug dealers" after party members on Wednesday accompanied 59-year-old Victor Ramerafe, a former branch secretary, to open a criminal case against Operation Dudula frontman Nhlanhla Lux Dlamini over an alleged drug raid the group conducted at his home on Sunday.

Masks are no longer mandatory outdoors, as announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday.

Renowned SA scientists Shabir Madhi and Salim Adbool-Karim support the scrapping of masks outdoors, and opposition parties have also had their say about the new regulations

The Electoral Commission (IEC) on Tuesday launched a joint voter registration campaign with Wits University to encourage young people to cast their votes in future elections.

The campaign will include other tertiary institutions throughout the country, to boost youth participation in the polls.

The latest data by the IEC shows that only 26-million South Africans are registered to vote. The commission hopes to increase this number by getting more youths at the polls.

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