Commissioners of the Madlanga Inquiry at the inquiry’s sitting in Pretoria, 5 Dec 2025. The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry is expected to hear evidence on Tuesday from a witness who was meant to testify last Friday. However, his legal counsel, Hartley Ngoato, requested additional time to work through the documents, which he claimed were not…
[File]The City of Tshwane susbtation The City of Tshwane has begun implementing measures to stabilise its electricity infrastructure following years of underinvestment. Executive Mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya says they have begun rebuilding technical capacity after years of under-financing and repeated infrastructure failures that have affected residents and businesses. She says dozens of vacancies in the electricity department have already…
Pikitup workers Residents of suburbs north west of Johannesburg including Linden, Robindale, Ferndale and Randpark Ridge, have raised concerns over garbage piling up due to a strike at Pikitup in Randburg. The strike has affected refuse collection in these areas for the past three weeks. An agreement between striking workers and the employer was announced last week, but services have still not…
Confiscated unlicensed firearms. Security analyst Professor Jacob Mofokeng says testimony at the Madlanga Commission has exposed deep structural problems in the SAPS forensic lab. A senior forensic analyst from the police, Captain Laurance Makgotloe told the commission earlier Monday that inaccuracies in the ballistic report he authored in the Armand Swart murder case were errors…
The Ad Hoc Committee established to investigate allegations made by the SAPS KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, is scheduled to hear from four witnesses at its public hearings on Tuesday. LIVE STREAM:
President Cyril Ramaphosa. President Cyril Ramaphosa could still be asked to appear before Parliament’s Ad Hoc committee, investigating allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the criminal justice system, to account before lawmakers on the disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT). Committee chair Soviet Lekganyane says the President’s name, along with senior…
Water being tested A group of 12 young people in Groot Marico, near Zeerust in the North West, are calling on government to assist them with resources to do water monitoring in the Marico River. They use indigenous methods, to determine if the water is safe for consumption by people and animals. The Marico River…
The Department of Human Settlements hosts a two-day Presidential Summit on Innovative Building Technologies at Nasrec, Johannesburg. The event aims to advance and showcase innovative, sustainable, climate-resilient and scalable construction solutions that support dignified housing and the eradication of informal settlements and mud houses. LIVE STREAM:
Court gavel A 24-year-old man accused of the murder of his two-year-old niece is expected to appear in the KwaMhlanga Magistrate’s Court, Mpumalanga. The man is accused of stabbing to death the toddler at Phola Park in KwaMhlanga. Provincial police spokesperson Jabu Ndubane says three children aged between two and six years were playing outside a house, when…
Tottenham Hotspur’s Cristian Romero reacts after scoring a goal that was later disallowed during a Premier League match against Newcastle United at St James’ Park, Newcastle, Britain on September 1, 2024 Tottenham Hotspur captain Cristian Romero said it was “disgraceful” that only 11 fit players were available during their 2-2 Premier League draw against Manchester…
