Brown Mogotsi testifying at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, 18 November 2025. Crime expert Chad Thomas has described the testimony of North West businessman Brown Mogotsi as unreliable. Mogotsi appeared before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on Tuesday and will continue with his testimony on Wednesday afternoon. On Tuesday, he told the commission that he…
File image | A rhino is photographed during a rescue operation. Members of four of the top five rhino poaching groups active in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) have been arrested. A data analyst of the KZN conservation body Ezemvelo, Laura Fynn, says the fifth group has been put out of action permanently. This was revealed during a…
FILE PHOTO: An employee inspects tablets as they move along the production line at a pharmaceutical plant South African Physician Professor Jimmy Volmink says the country urgently needs to produce its own locally manufactured pharmaceuticals, as importing medicine is getting expensive. Volmink was the Keynote Speaker at a Global Health Public Institution Lecture held at…
Businessman Brown Mogotsi testifying at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, November 18, 2025. The testimony of controversial North-West businessman Brown Mogotsi will be tested at the Madlanga Commission at 2pm on Wednesday afternoon. Mogotsi, who has been placed at the centre of allegations before the Madlanga Commission, made startling claims during his testimony on Tuesday….
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi. The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng plans to picket outside Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s office on Thursday. They are demanding that criminal charges be laid against those implicated in the looting of R2 billion from the Tembisa Hospital. The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) uncovered three syndicates responsible for the looting of funds…
Cedrick Nkabinde testifying before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee, 19 November 2025. Chief of Staff in the Police Ministry Cedrick Nkabinde says he has submitted supplementary statements to the Ad Hoc Committee looking into concerns of national security. Nkabinde is back before the committee after he was sent packing last week. He had admitted that he thumb-sucked…
The Springboks are hoping to hear the outcome of the appeals against two red cards incurred in successive matches on their end-of-year tour to Europe. Springbok assistant coach Mzwandile Stick says they want the red cards overturned, and they also need explanations, because something does not add up in the Bok camp. The Boks maintain…
ANC Secretary General briefed members of the media on the outcomes the ordinary NEC meeting that took place from 14-16 November 2025. ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has stated emphatically that party President Cyril Ramaphosa will not leave his office before the end of his five-year tenure. Mbalula was briefing the media on Tuesday regarding the…
File image | A framed picture of Hillary Gardee. The Hillary Gardee murder trial has been postponed to the 12th of next month in the Mpumalanga High Court sitting in Mbombela. This is the fifth postponement of the trial. The reasons the court has cited include allowing the accused, Rassie Nkune, to secure a new legal…
South African money notes and coins. The Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA) and its public sector affiliated unions are calling for the immediate withdrawal of a proposed increase in the government medical aid scheme, GEMS. GEMS has proposed a 9.8% increase for 2026. The unions have rejected the increase. Earlier this year, GEMS…
