Sipho Mahlangu is the Chief Reporter and covers the police, the courts and the crime beat, including the cases that go quiet and the charges that do not hold.
A 44-year-old man appeared in the Groblersdal Magistrates' Court in Limpopo on two counts of rape and two counts of sexual grooming involving learners at a local school. The State is opposing bail and he remains in custody.
Home Affairs says 274 people who spent nearly four months camped outside its Durban offices have agreed to relocate to the Lindela Repatriation Centre. Others remain at Stella Park in Glenwood, saying no long-term plan has been put to them.
