Draft whistle-blower bill released open for public comment

Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, releases the Protected Disclosure Bill, also known as the “whistle-blowers bill.” Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi has released the Protected Disclosure Bill, also known as the whistle-blowers bill. Speaking at a media briefing in Pretoria, Kubayi said the draft legislation is aimed at addressing gaps…

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SANDF deployment in Cape Flats not intelligence-driven: DA

Police are seen alongside members of the army in Cape Town as part of efforts to fight crime in this image captured on 01 April 2026. Some members of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Police have questioned whether the deployment of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) on the Cape Flats is intelligence driven and whether there is an operational plan…

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Off-duty soldier shot dead in Cape Flats

A police officer and a member of the forensic team inspects a crime scene. An off-duty soldier has been shot and killed in Delft South on the Cape Flats. Police spokesperson Wesley Twigg says the 37-year-old man was shot multiple times and declared dead at the scene. Twigg says the soldier was not part of…

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Hani family calls off wreath laying ceremony

The tombstone of the late SACP leader Chris Hani is seen at the Thomas Nkobi Memorial Park in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni on 08 April 2026. Strained relations between the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) played themselves out at the grave of former SACP leader, Chris Hani. ANC Secretary-General, Fikile Mbalula, and SACP…

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Former MK Pary secretary-general Bongani Mncwango joins IFP

Former MK Party secretary-general Bongani Mncwango (middle) is pictured in Durban after officially joining the Inkatha Freedom Party on 08 April 2026. Former uMkhonto we Sizwe Party (MK Party) secretary-general Dr Bongani Mncwango has joined the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). IFP President Velenkosini Hlabisa introduced him as a new party member at a press briefing…

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