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The witness told the Madlanga commission inquiry into political interference in policing on Monday that an investigation into the murder of Armand Swart, an engineer believed to be a whistleblower on overpriced tender irregularities at state-owned entity Transnet, had uncovered a wider network of corruption at the police station.
ARMAND SWART

Madlanga: ‘Johannesburg hitman detective killed the wrong person, believed to be a whistleblower’, Witness A says

The unidentified witness implicated staff the Johannesburg central police station in collusion with drug cartels and sanctioned hits

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
5 min read
HIGH COURT

Church raid: High Court orders probe into magistrate

The Magistrate’s Commission should institute an investigation into the conduct of a magistrate who handled the case against immigrants arrested during a raid at the Central…

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
BHEKI MAVUNDLA

Refugees return to raided church amid legal wrangles

Many Zimbabwean refugees seek shelter at the Central Methodist church in Johannesburg’s CBD, sleeping on stairs and in passageways in the only place they can find free…

  • Zahira Kharsany
  • Sapa Afp
4 min read
JOHANNESBURG CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH

Doctors slam police raid on Zim refugees

The police raid on the Johannesburg Central Methodist Church will affect the mental and physical health of Zimbabwean migrants, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said on Tuesday.…

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH

Legal concerns over treatment of church refugees

There are serious legal concerns over the treatment of immigrants who were arrested this week at the Central Methodist church in the Johannesburg CBD, the Legal Resource Centre…

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read