Professor Firoz Cachalia Newly-appointed Police Minister, Professor Firoz Cachalia, says he will take the recommendations of the National Anti-Corruption Council seriously during his time in office. Cachalia, who also chairs the council, was sworn in at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Thursday morning. His appointment follows President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to Senzo Mchunu on…
President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks during the swearing in ceremony of Acting Police Minister Professor Firoz Cachalia at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on 01 August 2025. President Cyril Ramaphosa has vowed to support South African businesses that the United States imposed tariff hikes will affect. The 30% tariffs on exports to the US will only…
The City of Ekurhuleni has suspended the electricity increase of R126 for two months The City of Ekurhuleni council has approved the mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza’s request to suspend a R126 increased electricity charge for two months. The temporary suspension will allow the city to engage with the residents. [MEDIA STATEMENT] The African National…
Civil rights group AfriForum has warned it will return to court if the City of Tshwane fails to comply with a High Court order declaring the city’s R194.37 cleaning levy unlawful. The amount excludes VAT. The Pretoria High Court ruled on Thursday that the implementation of the levy was illegal and invalid. The judgment requires…
The Department of Correctional Services has been conducting similar operations at prisons across the country in an effort to curb illegal activities within its facilities. National Correctional Services Commissioner Makgothi Thobakgale has directed provincial commissioners to take stronger action to prevent contraband from entering correctional facilities. Thobakgale was speaking during a raid at the Tswelopele…
Chairs pictured inside of a courtroom. Former Umzimkhulu municipal manager, Zweliphansi Skhosana, is due to appear in the Umzimkhulu Magistrate’s Court in KwaZulu-Natal today in connection with the murder of former African National Congress Youth League secretary general, Sindiso Magaqa, in 2017. Skhosana was arrested in Durban earlier this week by the police’s task team on…
A street view of the City of Johannesburg – the economic hub Political economist Bongani Mahlangu has called on South Africa to strengthen economic ties within the African continent to counter the effects of the new US-imposed tariffs, which are set to take effect in seven days. South Africa is among several countries affected, with…
Badge of the South African Police Service. President Cyril Ramaphosa will facilitate the swearing in of Professor Firoz Cachalia as acting police minister this morning. The ceremony will take place at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. Ramaphosa appointed Cachalia after placing Senzo Mchunu on special leave. The move followed KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s allegation that senior police officials, including Mchunu, are corrupt and…
Members of the ANC NEC attend a meeting with the party’s Provincial Working Committee in the Western Cape on 20 July 2025. The African National Congress (ANC) will hold its much anticipated National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Ormonde, south of Johannesburg this morning. The four-day meeting which ends on Monday comes in the wake of the suspension…
ANC Deputy President Paul Mashatile at the South African Communist Party (SACP) Special Congress Deputy President Paul Mashatile has been found guilty by Parliament’s Ethics Committee for failing to declare a diamond gift from businessman Louis Liebenberg, who is currently facing criminal charges. The committee imposed a R10 000 fine and recommended that Mashatile be…
