Search for trapped five mineworkers at Ekapa Mine continues

[File Image]: Gold miners work deep underground at Sibanye Gold’s Masimthembe shaft in Westonaria, South Africa, April 3, 2017. Details surrounding the search and rescue operation for five Ekapa Mine workers trapped underground following a mud rush in the early hours of Tuesday morning remain unclear. The Kimberley-based mine said in a statement after the…

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Sibiya links Mkhwanazi to social media surge

Suspended National Deputy Police Commissioner General Shadrack Sibiya. Suspended National Deputy Police Commissioner, General Shadrack Sibiya, has alluded to the fact that Kwa-Zulu Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi is responsible for the surge in social media accounts supporting him. Sibiya is testifying at the Madlanga Commission. He is at the centre of corruption allegations at…

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Forum blames government for deepening Joburg water crisis

Representatives from WaterCan take to the streets of Melville in Johannesburg protesting against prolonged water shortages The People’s Water Forum has accused government of ignoring Johannesburg’s deepening water crisis. The forum addressed a media briefing at Constitution Hill Wednesday morning. It revealed it has been reaching out to the City of Johannesburg, the Gauteng government,…

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Sibiya points finger at MK Party at the Madlanga Commission

Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya has testified at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry that he is being politically targeted by the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party. Sibiya, who was suspended as the Deputy National Commissioner for Crime Detection in September last year, is at the centre of corruption allegations made at the commission. Sibiya explains, “The same MK…

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