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Assassination claims and medical certificates test Madlanga Commission

The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry is grappling with significant disruptions, including an alleged assassination attempt on suspended Crime Intelligence head Major-General Feroz…

Outrage over Pule appointment

President Cyril Ramaphosa's decision to appoint Dina Pule as Minister of Social Development has sparked widespread outrage, with critics questioning the ANC's commitment to…

Communications Minister Dina Pule.

Editorial: An insult to voters

President Cyril Ramaphosa has shocked the country by appointing disgraced former minister Dina Pule to replace Sisisi Tolashe, a move seen as appeasing allies in the ANC Women’s…

Matlala’s day at the Madlanga commission

Alleged underworld kingpin Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala is scheduled to appear before the Madlanga commission on 7 July. He has been subpoenaed to testify about his alleged involvement…

Power struggle: Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala alleges he was caught in infighting between former police minister
Bheki Cele and his successor, suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu. Photo: GCIS

Matlala still deciding whether to accept revised 12-year plea deal

Businessman Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala has until 13 July to decide whether to accept a revised plea agreement that would see him serve an effective 12-year prison sentence, the…

Crime intelligence head Major General Feroz Khan

Feroz Khan's lawyers invite Madlanga Commission to verify his critical condition in hospital

The legal team representing suspended crime intelligence head Feroz Khan has invited the Madlanga Commission to verify his critical condition in hospital. This comes after claims…

Crime intelligence head Major General Feroz Khan

Political Killings Task Team joins probe into shooting of Feroz Khan

The South African Police Service (SAPS) has expanded its investigation into the attempted assassination of suspended crime intelligence deputy head Major-General Feroz Khan,…

Sweetheart deal: Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala agreed to be called by the  state to testify in subsequent cases, including against his co-accused. Photo: File

Matlala secures eight-year plea deal as state witness

Businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala has pleaded guilty to fraud, corruption and money laundering charges linked to the R360 million South African Police Service (SAPS) healthcare…

Allegations of irregular appointment of a law firm and inflated legal bills rock a North West municipality

Cash-strapped Ramotshere Moiloa Local Municipality has exceeded its legal budget by more than R4.5 million, with total legal expenditure reaching R7 570 321.48 despite an…

Whistleblower alleges Metro Police ‘cabal’ controls jobs and promotions in eThekwini

A whistleblower has alleged that the eThekwini metro police department operates as a criminal enterprise, controlled by a powerful cabal that recruits relatives and politically…

Slippery slope: The sinkholes started forming in the township in 2021, forcing families to abandon their homes as they were deemed unsafe. A clinic and schools also had to close. Photos: Lunga Mzangwe

Merafong sinks but funds go elsewhere

Cash-strapped Merafong City Local Municipality has spent almost half its R2.6 billion annual budget on professional services while failing to service its water and electricity…

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana.

Godongwana steps in as PIC probe gathers pace

The Public Investment Corporation (PIC) board has formally assumed oversight of a whistleblower complaint against chief executive Patrick Dlamini following a special meeting with…

uMzimkhulu Local Municipality community hall. (@UmzimkhuluLm/X)

‘Hall of Shame’: R53m spent on a community structure that remains incomplete 14 years later

An ANC-led municipality in KwaZulu-Natal has spent over R50 million on a community hall that remains incomplete after 14 years, sparking outrage among residents who face severe…

Julius Malema. Credit: Julius Malema/ X
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The Malema-Khan allegations point to a rot beyond party politics

New evidence from the Madlanga Commission places EFF leader Julius Malema at the centre of allegations involving suspended Crime Intelligence deputy head Major-General Feroz Khan…

Rule of law: Xenophobia in South Africa will undermine the country’s Africa trade expansion strategy.

Reflecting on xenophobia in South Africa

Some of the influx into South Africa of migrants from failing African countries has been self-inflicted by the ANC government. In its long-standing foreign policy, the party has…

Human dignity: As Africa reflects on unity and solidarity, migration continues to expose the continent’s unresolved struggles around governance,
opportunity, sovereignty and economic survival. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy Picture: Delwyn Verasamy

‘For South Africa, Africa Day carries an even deeper meaning’

SA citizens are not xenophobic for demanding lawful migration, secure borders and fair access to limited opportunities

Graphic: John McCann

South Africa’s parallel State: The cost of letting crime govern

Because in the end, the true cost of crime and corruption is not only measured in billions of rand lost. It is measured in a country that could have been built. And wasn’t

Conflicted: Andrea
Johnson, head of
the Investigating
Directorate Against
Corruption (IDAC).
Photo: Parliament of RSA

Complaint against Idac head

A civil society organisation has opened a new criminal complaint against senior prosecutor Andrea Johnson, alleging a conflict of interest in a recruitment process in which her…

Political parties cautiously welcome Dimpane’s appointment as Masemola becomes the fourth national police commissioner to be removed

Political parties have raised concern over instability in the SAPS leadership after National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola’s suspension and Lieutenant General Puleng…

Suspended EMPD deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

EMPD deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi bail hearing set for Thursday

Mkhwanazi has been charged with fraud, corruption and defeating the ends of justice