Alaister Russell

1 week ago | theherald.co.za | Ernest Mabuza |Alaister Russell

The court says there is no substantive support that Ithuba Lottery will suffer a loss of R51m unless it is granted a temporary licence for a 12-month period. File photo. The Pretoria high court on Friday dismissed, with costs, an urgent application by the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) in which it sought to vary an order made by the court on May 21.

1 week ago | theherald.co.za | Isaac Mahlangu |Alaister Russell

Sizekhaya Holdings wins R180bn lottery licence Trade, industry and competition minister Parks Tau announces winning bidder for lucrative fourth national lottery licence After delays and court action, trade, industry and competition minister Parks Tau has announced Sizekhaya Holdings as the winner of the fourth national lottery licence. Ithuba Holdings, which ran the lottery for the past 10 years, will see its operations come to an end on Saturday...

4 weeks ago | theherald.co.za | Alaister Russell

Police in Dirkiesdorp, near Piet Retief, have arrested a 41-year-old man in connection with the murder of a 46-year-old woman, a goat owner. Mpumalanga police spokesperson Lt-Col Jabu Ndubane said according to information received, a herdsman sold a goat to the suspect on May 2. When the goat’s owner questioned him about the missing goat, the herder confessed he had sold it to the suspect. The next morning at about 6am, the goat’s owner went to the suspect’s residence to confront him.

1 month ago | sowetanlive.co.za | Alaister Russell

Police in Dirkiesdorp, near Piet Retief, have arrested a 41-year-old man in connection with the murder of a 46-year-old woman, a goat owner. Mpumalanga police spokesperson Lt-Col Jabu Ndubane said according to information received, a herdsman sold a goat to the suspect on May 2. When the goat’s owner questioned him about the missing goat, the herder confessed he had sold it to the suspect. The next morning at about 6am, the goat’s owner went to the suspect’s residence to confront him.

1 month ago | sowetanlive.co.za | Koena Mashale |Alaister Russell

The department of home affairs is working on a system to restore citizenship to those who lost it from October 1995 due to the Citizenship Act. This after the Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday that South Africans who lost their citizenship after obtaining dual foreign citizenship did so under an unconstitutional law. The verdict validates one made by the Supreme Court of Appeal in 2023, after the DA’s challenge.