Domestic

A R500-million project to boost chicken farming in Lesotho has been canned by the United States Department of Agriculture.

Police Spokesperson Brigadier Donald Mdhluli says in the early hours of Thursday morning, about 15 armed suspects, wearing masks and gloves, stormed into the premises, holding employees at gunpoint.

The suspects, Fezile Ngubane and Philangenkosi Makhanya, are on the run and considered armed and dangerous. Brigadier Mathe says SAPS forensic experts seized the VW Polo and found traces of blood inside.

According to police, a black Ford Fiesta with false number plates and a Bronze Toyota Etios with eight occupants were stopped and searched with the assistance of members from the Tactical Response Unit.

Free State police are searching for a 20-year-old woman who went missing from her home in Bethlehem on Tuesday night.

The minister of Trade, Industry and Competitions, Park Tau, has announced the awarding of the fourth national lottery and sports pool license to Sizekhaya Holdings.

Road Accident Fund (RAF) CEO Collins Letsoalo has been placed on special leave with full pay and benefits.

The Hawks have welcomed the hefty sentences imposed on two men convicted of ambushing and killing two police officers in Johannesburg in October 2022.

The Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies Solly Malatsi has debunked allegations that his department gazetted a draft policy directive in which BBBEE could be eased to create a better chance for Elon Musk’s Starlink company to operate in South Africa.