By Our Reporter CAPE TOWN (CONVERSEER) – President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned the killing of Marius “Vlam” van der Merwe, a key witness before the Madlanga Commission, describing the attack as “heinous” and a direct assault on the integrity of South Africa’s justice system. Van der Merwe, publicly known as Witness D, was shot outside…
By Our Reporter BRAKPAN (CONVERSEER) – Marius ‘Vlam’ van der Merwe, also known as Witness D in the Madlanga Commission, was tragically shot and killed in front of his family in Brakpan. Van der Merwe, a former officer with the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) and the owner of QRF Task Team, had testified in…
By Joe Udo HARARE (CONVERSEER) – A United States-based 33-year-old Zimbabwean senior high school teacher, Zvikomborero Maria Makedenge, has been charged in court for allegedly raping a 16-year-old male student. Makedenge was arraigned before Harare Magistrates Court on 28 November, after her sex video with the 16-year-old on 2 August surfaced online It was alleged…
By Our Reporter DAKAR (CONVERSEER) – Senegal, on Monday, 1 December 2025, commemorated the 1944 massacre of African soldiers by French colonial forces, marking 81 years since one of the most consequential and long-suppressed atrocities of the colonial era. The ceremony, held in Dakar under the patronage of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, seeks to shed…
By Our Reporter CAPE TOWN (CONVERSEER) – Court proceedings in the high‑profile Senzo Meyiwa murder trial were briefly halted on Tuesday after the South African Police Service (SAPS) intervened following intelligence that a group present in the courtroom intended to target judges, prosecutors and other key figures involved in the case. Three men, who had…
