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Ramaphosa clears Gauteng DPP Andrew Chauke after inquiry rejects misconduct allegations

President Cyril Ramaphosa has reinstated Gauteng South Director of Public Prosecutions Andrew Chauke, clearing him to return to office after a year-long suspension. An…

NPA 'dismally failed' – Advocate Matzke

Advocate Trish Matzke, testifying before the TRC Cases Inquiry in Johannesburg, reiterated her 2018 assertion that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has 'dismally failed'…

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 attempted murder trial to run until 18 September

The high-profile attempted murder trial of businessman and alleged underworld figure Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala and his four co-accused, including his wife, is scheduled for 30 court…

Uneasy reading: Eugene de Kock, the man named “Prime Evil”,
enjoys a huge following on Facebook where he continues to make
revelations and brag about his past. He says its purpose is to archive
history to preserve and present material concerning his life.

De Kock’s posts reopen old wounds

Notorious apartheid assassin Eugene de Kock is forcing his victims and their families to relive the torture and extrajudicial killings of anti-apartheid activists as he recounts,…

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 refuses to testify at Madlanga pending Medicare24 criminal trial

Businessman and alleged criminal kingpin Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala briefly appeared before the Madlanga Commission on Wednesday, seeking a postponement of his testimony until the…

Ousted national police commissioner Bheki Cele.

State should not have paid legal costs for apartheid security branch officers, says Cele

Former police minister Bheki Cele told the Khampempe Commission that the state should not have paid the legal fees of former apartheid-era Security Branch officers facing…

Madlanga Commission postpones Andrea Johnson testimony after hospitalisation

The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry adjourned proceedings after Advocate Andrea Johnson, head of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption, was hospitalised before her…

Crime intelligence head Major General Feroz Khan

Madlanga witness says Idac head protected Khan from prosecution

Head of the Independent Directorate Against Corruption (Idac) Andrea Johnson is accused of interfering in an assault investigation involving deputy head of Crime Intelligence…

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Ramaphosa grants extension of Madlanga Commission report deadline

President Cyril Ramaphosa has granted an extension for the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry to submit its final report on criminality, political interference, and corruption in the…

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…

Brown Mogotsi Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Mogotsi denied bail again as court rejects ‘new facts’

North West businessman Brown Mogotsi will remain behind bars after the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court found that evidence presented in his second bail application amounted to a…

A crisis in restitution cases: an imbalance in the scales of justice

South Africa's land restitution landscape is plagued by a three-decade-long crisis in the Land Court, where justice often depends on available resources rather than the merits of…

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…

Mkhwanazi admits Matlala police clearance certificate was fraudulent

Suspended Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi has admitted to the Madlanga Commission that a police clearance certificate submitted for…

World's largest rhino horn trafficking case ends with conviction of Dawie Groenewald

After more than 15 years, hunting safari operator Dawie Groenewald, described as the mastermind behind the world's largest rhino horn trafficking investigation, has been…

Murder-accused and alleged leader of the Big Five cartel Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala. (EFF/X)

Cat Matlala’s attempted murder case faces further postponement

Businessman and alleged Big Five cartel leader Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala's attempted murder case faces further delays as the defence requests multiple postponements. Matlala and his…

Evidence of murder: Tsietsi Mashinini’s body showed signs that he had been killed. Photo: Dichaba Mashinini

Tsietsi Mashinini and the questions that refuse to die

This extract delves into the enduring mystery surrounding the death of Tsietsi Mashinini, a prominent leader of the 1976 Soweto uprising. After years in exile grappling with…

Author Sello Hatang with Advocate Muzi Sikhakhane

Too many questions, just enough truth: Justice as a lifelong pursuit

The thread that held the conversation together was clear from the beginning: justice. Not the abstract kind confined to courtrooms and legal textbooks but justice as a lived…

Mirroring the past: At times, the actors in Under the Shade of a Tree I Sat and Wept step out of their roles entirely, debating the material they are performing, questioning its meaning or even its validity. It’s here that the play’s meta-theatrical dimension comes into focus. Photo: Thandile Zwebanzi

What does it mean to forgive? A play asks, 30 years after the TRC

Drawing from archives and lived experience, the international production probes the emotional and political complexities of reconciliation in a fractured world