LIVE | Vusumuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala and co-accused in court
LIVE | Vusumuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala and co-accused in court. Skip to content Menu Home | LIVE | Vusumuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala and co-accused in court Image Credits : SABC News SABC News 17 September 2026, 10:19 [SAST] Alleged hitman Musa Kekana is expected to resume his cross-examination on Thursday in the trial-within-a-trial in the case against Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala and four co-accused at the High Court in Johannesburg.
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Skip to content Menu Home | Alleged hitman Musa Kekana’s cross-examination expected to continue Attempted murder accused Vusimuzi Cat Matlala and for others are back in the High Court in Johannesburg, September 16, 2026. Skip to content Menu Home | LIVE | Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula corruption trial continues Image Credits : SABC News SABC News 17 September 2026, 10:16 [SAST] Former Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula returns to the Gauteng High Court sitting in Pretoria for her corruption trial. Matlala and his co-accused face charges of orchestrating three failed assassination attempts targeting his former girlfriend, Tebogo Thobejane, businessman Joe Sibanyoni, and music producer Seunkie Mokubung, popularly known as DJ Vettys.
Alleged hitman Musa Kekana resumes his cross-examination in the trial of Matlala and four others While being questioned about a Hyundai i20 allegedly seen at the scene of Armand Swart’s murder, Kekana told the court that a police officer planted the vehicle’s keys on him. Photograph: ATL GamescomRaiding the past: Lara Croft relives her first adventure in Legacy of AtlantisWe have a first play of the forthcoming Tomb Raider remake and speak with its developers.
When Lara leaps down to the monastery’s crumbling pillared courtyard, it becomes clear that these screeching, leathery creatures aren’t just set dressing.
The wider picture
We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. The alleged assassination attempts took place between August 2022 and January 2024. On Wednesday, state prosecutor Elize Le Roux questioned Kekana about the sequence of events surrounding his arrest in April 2024. He also denied claims that police found an assault rifle in the vehicle on his property. Skip to main contentSkip to navigation The leopards have changed their spots … Lara faces a familiar foe with new abilities in Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis.
Can they improve on the gameplay without losing what made the 1996 original such a classic? We join Lara Croft in St Francis’ Folly – inspired by the Unesco-listed monasteries of Meteora in Greece – as the light shines through the cracked ceiling and a flock of bats glide across the vast ruins below. As they lurch towards her with unpredictable movements, she dispatches the swarm with a flurry of gun fire and panicked punches.
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It’s a suitably cinematic reintroduction to our heroine and her very first adventure. Co-developed by longtime Lara custodians Crystal Dynamics and Polish studio Flying Wild Hog, Legacy of Atlantis is a reimagining of the classic 1996 game Tomb Raider, and this familiar cliffside location is now brimming with new life and believable detail. Yet while our reunion gets off to an auspicious start, I have my concerns. It feels like reconnecting with an old friend at the pub, only for them to begin spouting conspiracy theories two pints in.
Where the ’96 original forced players to rely on their wits – or a pricey strategy guide – to figure out what to do, Lara can now straight-up cheat. She’s equipped with an environmental scanner, so a button tap reveals extra environmental lore or simply the solution to a puzzle. It’s a change that feels somewhat sacrilegious, and may detract from the eerily isolating atmosphere that made the original so beloved. View image in fullscreenLara v the bats is now suitably cinematic.
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Photograph: ATL Gamescom“If the devs from 1996 had the technology that we have today, what choices would they make? ” asks Raul Siqueira, game director at Crystal Dynamics. “The sense of isolation in the original game was largely due to the technological limitations of that time,” says Arek Tomaszewski, art director at Flying Wild Hog, likening it to the fog in Silent Hill which was both an artistic decision and a way to cover up empty environments on the PlayStation 1.
“The darkness and the feeling of being alone created an emotion that you remember. When I replayed Tomb Raider, my initial memory was the exact same. What we are trying to do now is build environments – like the spaces in Greece – where you feel as if you are the first person discovering them in centuries, entering places that have been left untouched. ”Lara now crafts balms from a menu rather than finding anachronous first aid kits in centuries-old untouched tombs.
Somewhat less believably, she can also pause her adventure to whip up stat-boosting stews, Breath of the Wild-style. These additions are among a slew of modern flourishes that I feel unsure about.
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