April 2026

Suspended Provincial SAPS Commissioner in Mpumalanga, Daphney Manamela addressing the media in Mbombela, April 19, 2026. The South African Police Service says the suspended Mpumalanga Police Commissioner Daphney Manamela should have approached the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry or Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee to give testimony. Manamela made serious allegations of corruption, political interference, and the protection of criminal elements within the SAPS at…

Suspended Tshwane CFO Gareth Mnisi  Suspended Tshwane Chief Financial Officer Gareth Mnisi has rejected Advocate Matthew Chaskalson’s assertion that he used Sergeant Fannie Nkosi as an intermediary to communicate with suspended Tshwane Deputy Police Chief Umashi Dhlamini due to alleged involvement in illegal activities. Mnisi has been accused of alleged tender manipulation at the City of Tshwane.  Chaskalson put it to Mnisi that he relied on Nkosi to relay messages to avoid…

Lehlohonolo “Shebe Maburna” Chauke in the dock at the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court. Limpopo musician, Lehlohonolo “Shebe Maburna” Chauke’s bail application has been adjourned until Thursday. Marburna has appeared before the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court. Shebe Maburna wants to be granted bail so that he can seek medical care for his leg injury. He sustained a fracture…

Damaged vehicles seen at the Mtubatuba crash scene in KwaZulu-Natal. Four people have been killed in a multi-vehicle crash on the N2 near Mtubatuba on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast. Traffic authorities say a truck apparently rear-ended a minibus taxi, triggering a chain-reaction involving three other vehicles. Sindi Msimang from the Road Traffic Authority says the…

Empty benches inside the court. A Limpopo pastor accused of raping two teenage girls had his bail application postponed to May in the Senwabarwana Magistrate’s Court. The pastor, whose details cannot be divulged to protect the identity of the victims, had the matter postponed for further investigations. He allegedly raped the two 15-year-old girls under…

Accused number two in the Senzo Meyiwa trial, Bongani Ntanzi, seen in the dock. The second accused in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, Bongani Ntanzi, claims investigators already had documents in a brown envelope when he was allegedly forced to sign confession statements. Ntanzi is under cross-examination at the High Court in Pretoria, where he…

[File image]: Firefighters fighting off a fire. Gauteng police are conducting investigations after a mother and her four-day-old baby have died in house fire in Springs on the Eastrand. The Ramasedi family is devastated after a fire claimed the life of 37-year-old Moipone Ramasedi and her baby, Naledi. The two perished when flames engulfed their…

New local government election logo. The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) says preparations for the 2026 local government elections are well in advance. The Commission says this includes the technical logistics and outreach community requirements for the polls. A senior IEC delegation briefed the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs on its 2026/2027 annual performance plan and…

The flag of the African National Congress. The African National Congress (ANC) in Mpumalanga calls on the national government to investigate allegations made by the suspended provincial police commissioner, Daphney Manamela. Manamela held a media briefing over the past weekend in Mbombela, revealing that senior police officers interfered with certain investigations in the province. She…