Construction site of Odendaalsrus police station in Free State. The construction of a multi-million-rand police station in Odendaalsrus in the Free State which started in August 2018 has still not been completed. This despite R77 million being budgeted for the project. R43 million had already been spent on the construction by July 2020. The site…
Lt General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi addressing a Special Operational briefing in Durban on Sunday. Parliament has assured the public that it will apply consequence management in its handling of KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s damning allegations. Mkhwanazi has accused senior police officials including Minister Senzo Mchunu of being corrupt, having links with criminal syndicates and interfering in police operations. National…
SANDF members during a parade. The Randburg Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg is expected to deliver judgment today in the bail application of 12 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Special Task Force members accused of the murder of Hawks investigator Frans Mathipa. Last week, both the defence and the state presented their closing arguments. The…
ANC Veteran Mavuso Msimang. The African National Congress (ANC) veteran Mavuso Msimang says the best way to deal with the allegations of corruption within the criminal justice system is to establish an independent inquiry as soon as possible. This after the KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, accused Police Minister Senzo Mchunu and several senior police…
Former Reaction Unit 6 leader Johan Marais appears in the High Court in Pretoria on July 10, 2025. Former apartheid-era police officer Johan Marais has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the murder of student activist Caiphus Nyoka. Marais, who led the Reaction Unit 6, was found guilty of Nyoka’s premeditated murder in…
High Court in Johannesburg The High Court in Johannesburg has reserved judgment in a case that the Labour Party of South Africa brought in an attempt to interdict the upcoming National Dialogue. The party argues that the initiative is unlawful and unconstitutional. In June, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the National Dialogue would take place…
Many shopping malls in Pietermaritzburg were vandalised. The commander of the serious organised crime unit, Brigadier Msizi Nyuswa, says there are 274 cases that were opened during the 2021 July unrest in KwaZulu-Natal. He was testifying in the Durban Regional Court during the trial of alleged unrest instigator, Bonginkosi Khanyile. Nyuswa could not confirm as to…
A woman reads a leaflet promoting HIV/AIDS awareness during World AIDS Day in Athens December 1, 2010. Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, says South Africa must start thinking about getting rid of the HIV/AIDS disease. Motsoaledi says that’s his plan and he believes it’s possible. He was speaking during the UNAIDS and the South African…
Students protesting on campus. Deputy vice-chancellor for teaching and learning at North West University, Professor Linda du Plessis says the dysfunction within the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) is negatively affecting the quality of education at the institutions of higher learning. She says while the focus has been on how the lack of funding…
Woman appears in Belville Magistrates’ Court. The Bellville Magistrates’ Court in Cape Town has heard that a 37-year-old woman, accused of kidnapping a nine-day-old baby from Middestad Mall, may have previously targeted a 15-year-old girl. This was revealed by Investigating Officer (IO), Seargeant Dawid Fortuin who was called as a first witness during the bail…
