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Cat Matlala’s wife charged with fraud as SIU cracks down on private security regulator

Tsakane Matlala, wife of alleged cartel leader Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala, has been granted R20,000 bail in a fraud and corruption case amid a wider SIU crackdown on the private…

Suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

More woes for Mchunu as police seize cellphone at his KZN family home for the second time

Police have executed a search and seizure warrant at the KwaZulu-Natal residence of on-leave Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, confiscating a cellphone amid escalating investigations.

Suspended Deputy national commissioner for crime detection Shadrack Sibiya. Photo: X

Top cop Sibiya detained on charges of sexual grooming and rape

Suspended deputy police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya has appeared in court on charges including rape and child trafficking, and will remain in custody pending a bail hearing.

National Police Commissioner Fanie Masemola.

Masemola charges withdrawn as NPA investigates IDAC

The Pretoria Magistrates’ Court has formally withdrawn charges against suspended National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola after an NPA review found insufficient evidence to…

President Cyril Ramaphosa

An Open Letter to His Excellency, President Cyril Ramaphosa

An open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa calls for critical reforms in South Africa's criminal justice system, stricter criteria for public office, and a constitutional review…

Second pandemic: Almost a year since GBVF was declared a national disaster, government has failed to implement relevant legislation and hold perpetrators accountable. Photo: ANCYL

Ekurhuleni murders expose GBVF gaps

The discovery of nine dead women in Ekurhuleni has exposed critical failures in South Africa's response to gender-based violence and femicide, with advocates warning that…

Ripple effect: The murders in Ekurhuleni were a symptom of the corruption and lack of service delivery in the city, political parties say. Photos: Supplied

Women pay for leadership failures

Political leaders point to corrupt policing, service delivery failures, and a breakdown in municipal leadership as key drivers behind the rising number of unsolved murders and…

UK Casino Regulation Is One of the World's Most Watched Models — Here's Why South Africa Is Paying Attention

South Africa's fragmented gambling oversight has struggled to keep pace with rapid digital growth. Policymakers are turning to the UK's centralised, enforcement-heavy model as a…

Unchecked: The Madlanga commission in session. What happens to a system when the people entrusted with power stop being restrained by ethics and nobody notices until it's too late? Photo: Screenshot

The heritage we choose to leave

A year after the Madlanga commission began exposing collusion within South Africa's justice system, advocate Ilene Power reflects on how unchecked power corrodes institutions and…

Perfect example: Minister of Electricity and Energy Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa at Eskom Rotek Industries as part of the national energy crisis committee's. Necom is the model to copy, having successfully ended load-shedding. Photo: Department of electricity and energy

Building a state beside a state

As presidential committees multiply and citizens take public services into their own hands, parallel structures risk bypassing South Africa's core governance systems instead of…

The SANDF and SAPS in a joint operation in a raid to collect looted goods at the Nguni Hostel in Vosloorus.  (Photo Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

SAPS needs urgent vetting, says organised crime expert

Organised crime expert Mark Shaw has urged the Madlanga commission to recommend an urgent integrity reassessment and vetting process for senior police and justice officials.

No honour among them: Big Five leaders, Katiso “KT” Molefe, Steve Motsumi, Andrew “King Nyambose” Mthethwa, Ignatius Mothakathi and Jotham
“King Mswazi” Msibi.

Former Hawks head denies knowing Big Five cartel

Former Hawks head Godfrey Lebeya has told the Madlanga Commission that he had no knowledge of the 'Big Five' cartel or its leaders, denying allegations of improper interference…

Khan’s sick-note saga delays his testimony at Madlanga commission

The Madlanga commission has postponed deputy Crime Intelligence head Feroz Khan’s testimony to 28 September, ordering an independent medical assessment amid scrutiny over altered…

Lebeya ‘can’t recall’ being told where 541kg cocaine haul was stored

Former Hawks head Godfrey Lebeya testified before the Madlanga commission, stating he cannot recall being told where a 541kg seized cocaine consignment was stored before it was…

KZN Hawks boss says Mchunu put pressure on him to implicate Mkhwanazi in police shootings

KZN Hawks head Deenadayalan Govender testified before the Madlanga commission that suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu pressured him to implicate provincial police…