File image | Vusimusi ‘Cat’ Matlala. The Activists and Citizens Forum is demanding an investigation into possible corruption by a top official at the Kgosi Mampuru Prison, following allegations of a close relationship with alleged cartel member, Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala. This is after Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi told a parliamentary committee that Matlala received preferential…
Cast members seen at a movie set. The R7.5 billion Durban Film City project is seeing renewed progress following decades of legal disputes and municipal hurdles that stalled the beachfront development. Strategic interventions by the Presidential eThekwini Working Group have cleared the path for veteran producer Anant Singh to move forward with the world-class precinct….
President Cyril Ramaphosa President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to officiate a title deeds handover to claimant groups previously dispossessed of their land rights at Umzimkhulu, in southern KwaZulu-Natal. Ramaphosa, accompanied by Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso, will restore over 17 000 hectares of land to four claimant communities. These are the St…
The South African Police Services (SAPS) say their compliance investigation into businessman Calvin Mathibeli‘s security company in Durban has linked weapons directly to the volatile Inanda area. Authorities have confirmed that 11 firearms belonging to the security company are currently in police custody at the Inanda police station. The compliance investigation follows a ruling by…
Unisa’s main campus in Pretoria. The University of South Africa (Unisa) believes persistent attacks by one of its senior officials, which tainted the image of the institution, will now come to an end. This week, the High Court in Pretoria interdicted the institution’s former Registrar, Professor Steward Mothata, from continuing with actions and communications that…
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) Cases Inquiry in Johannesburg. Former Head of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) ‘s Priority Crimes Litigation Unit (PCLU) Advocate Anton Ackermann has rejected the label “apartheid prosecutor”, which he believes was assigned to him by some in the government’s justice and security cluster. He says he had been told…
Water tanker seen parked along a road Deputy President Paul Mashatile says municipalities will purchase water tankers in areas where they are needed, in an effort to deal with the so-called ‘water tanker mafia’. Mashatile is answering oral questions in the National Assembly. As the chairperson of the Water Task Team, Mashatile told MPs that…
President Cyril Ramaphosa says job creation remains government’s top priority, as South Africa continues to grapple with high unemployment. Addressing the opening of News24’s On The Record Summit at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, the President stresses that unemployment is not the result of a single failure, but the outcome of deep seated historical…
Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development, Mzwanele Nyhontso speaks at a government function. The Land Reform and Rural Development Minister, Mzwanele Nyhontso, says an administrator will replace the Ingonyama Trust Board. He announced the dissolution of the Board on Wednesday, saying it followed consultation with the AmaZulu King Misuzulu KaZwelithini as the sole trustee…
Sergeant Fannie Nkosi testifying before the Madlanga Commission. The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry has heard how City of Tshwane Chief Financial Officer Gareth Mnisi sent Sergeant Fannie Nkosi details of a tender in the Metro. In the message, Mnisi tells Nkosi that he has forwarded the tender to his brother Bheki and that they need…
