Former SARS Commissioner Oupa Magashula dies at 63

Former South African Revenue Services (SARS) Commissioner Oupa Magashula. Former South African Revenue Services (SARS) Commissioner Oupa Magashula has died. That’s according to a statement released by his family on Wednesday evening. He passed away after a long illness and an extended period in hospital. He was 63. Family spokesperson, Thebe Ikalafeng says, “Oupa Magashula served South…

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ANC will not support any plots against President Ramaphosa: Mashatile

Deputy President Paul Mashatile addressed a breakfast session with the Parliamentary Gallery Association (PGA) at the Parliamentary Dining Room in Cape Town on December 4, 2025 Deputy President Paul Mashatile says the African National Congress’s (ANC) National Executive Committee has made it clear that no plans plotted against President Cyril Ramaphosa will be supported. He…

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PKTT was accused of human rights abuses: Mchunu

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu is giving evidence at the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria on December 4, 2025. Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has testified at the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria that the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) has been accused of human rights abuses. Mchunu, who is on special leave, says the complaints against the PKTT…

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Cape Winelands firefighters dousing Witzenberg blaze

Fire on Witzenberg side of the Matroosberg Mountains on December 3, 2025 The Cape Winelands District Municipality (CWDM) says firefighters are still busy dousing the flames of a fire on the Witzenberg side of the Matroosberg Mountains. Several fires were burning in the district on Tuesday. Fire Services Spokesperson Jo-Anne Otto says efforts were hampered…

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Picket over deregistration of CWU at SABC

SABC TV Park building in Auckland Park, Johannesburg. The Communication Workers’ Union (CWU), alongside Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) in Gauteng have handed over a memorandum of demands to the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). The group staged a picket outside the corporation’s headquarters in Auckland Park over the de-registration of CWU at…

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Mkhwanazi quizzed on use of CAT VIP at 2022 SOCA address

Suspended Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department’s (EMPD) Acting Deputy Chief Julius Mkhwanazi gives evidence at the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria on December 3, 2025. Commissioner Sesi Baloyi at the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria has raised questions on why suspended Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) Deputy Police Chief Julius Mkhwanazi used the private security company CAT VIP…

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