Delivering the annual Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture, the UN special rapporteur said the laws created to stop states from destroying each other were now being used to justify that destruction
The UN envoy says South Africa is central to the global fight against the genocide in Gaza
Bheki Cele, who was police commissioner from 2009 until he was dismissed in 2011, criticised his successor Riah Phiyega’s handling of the 2012 tragedy
Advocate Nasreen Rajab-Budlender said the case will probably determine whether other women with legitimate claims will come forward, but the tribunal chair disagreed
The witness, who has requested anonymity, told the Madlanga commission he was invited to parties with senior officials who wanted to influence his investigation of the Armand Swart murder case
The unidentified witness implicated staff the Johannesburg central police station in collusion with drug cartels and sanctioned hits
Bereaved mother recalled her son’s 2022 suicide as a 52-year-old former teacher at the school appeared in court this week on 25 counts of indecent assault and sexual assault of young boys
Suspended minister defends his order to disband the task team
The presidency said Fazel had been suspended after parliament’s joint standing committee on intelligence received a complaint about his conduct
The commission is expected to resume sitting on Thursday
The deputy national commissioner has accused the KwaZulu-Natal police boss of using corruption allegations as part of a succession battle within the service
For most of that time there was no record in the official report that tracks late judgments
The deputy national commissioner defended the disbandment of the team, saying its budget should support broader crime-fighting efforts
This comes amid the Special Investigating Unit’s crackdown on people linked to corruption at Tembisa Hospital
The deputy national commissioner said he doubts the authenticity of WhatsApp messages allegedly implicating him
The deputy national police commissioner argued that two members of parliament should recuse themselves because they are complainants in criminal cases against him
The Special Investigating Unit has seized luxury vehicles and artworks worth millions from businessman Hangwani Maumela’s Joburg mansion as part of an R820 million asset recovery
The treatment of flotilla participants detained by Israel echoes Palestinians’ experience
KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner is grilled in parliament on accusations against the minister
The embattled deputy national police commissioner told journalists that he felt betrayed by his colleagues and national commissioner Fannie Masemola.
The group returned to South Africa on Wednesday after being detained in an Israeli prison for six days
The group is due to arrive in Johannesburg on Wednesday morning
The six will be freed from detention and repatriated, via Jordan on Tuesday morning, the international relations and cooperation department said
Further details linking suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu to cartel figures emerged
South African activists on board the flotilla include Mandla Mandela, Zukiswa Wanner and Reaaz Moolla
National police commissioner Fannie Masemola said Khumalo was ‘in good spirits and taking health advice from his physician’
The department of international relations and cooperation confirmed the death but gave little further detail
Three syndicates were identified for siphoning funds from the hospital, and several junior officials were found to be involved
Crime intelligence boss Dumisani Khumalo told the Madlanga commission that text messages from cartel leader Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala exposed links to ANC politics and police interference.
He said organised crime thrived through police infiltration and political interference behind the disbandment of the political killings task team
The council is referring the matter to court but the removal of the two ‘could be detrimental’
Along with drone attacks, the fleet faces a political campaign to delegitimise it