Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala seen appearing before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee. Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mpumi Mpofu has denied that the entity had a planned deal to have a private terminal at OR Tambo International Airport for alleged criminal cartel kingpin Vusimuzi Cat Matlala’s company. This is after reports that Matlala…
ANC NEC members at Bishop John Bolana’s home in the Eastern Cape. African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula, together with members of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC), have visited the home of the late Bishop John Bolana of the Bantu Church of Christ in the Eastern Cape. Bishop Bolana passed away at the…
Police arrested three suspects in Bekkersdal after finding three AK‑47 rifles and ammunition in a vehicle during patrols. Three suspects have been arrested in Bekkersdal on Gauteng’s West Rand after police discovered a cache of illegal firearms. The arrests were made in the early hours of Sunday morning when South African Police Service (SAPS) officers…
A police van seen outside a parking lot. The Gauteng Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Community Safety has expressed concern that there are no operational holding cells at the Olievenhoutbosch Police Station in Centurion. This follows an unannounced oversight visit by the committee to the station. Overcrowding was also highlighted as a serious issue, with nearly…
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli speaks at a mass funeral at the eMwacombe Sports Field in the Umfolozi Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal. KwaZulu-Natal Premier, Thamsanqa Ntuli, has attended the mass funeral of the six Mnyando family members, who were killed in a crash on the N2 near Mtubatuba. The mass funeral took place at the eMwacombe Sports…
Border Management Authority official checks a motorist’s documents at the border. As South Africans ready themselves for the State of the Nation Address (SONA) this week, border crime remains a concern for communities at the borderline between South Africa and Zimbabwe. Some say the SONA must address the security situation at the border. Residents and…
File image| Police crime scene tape. Police have opened an inquest docket after one of the men implicated at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry allegedly killed himself at a filling station in Brakpan last night. Forty-one-year-old Wiandre Pretorius was mentioned at the Commission by Marius van der Merwe, who testified under the name of Witness…
Police have confirmed that one of the men implicated at the Madlanga Commission has taken his own life. 41-year-old Wiandre Pretorius allegedly shot himself at a filling station in Brakpan, east of Johannesburg, in front of his partner, a police Sergeant. Marius van der Merwe, who testified under the name of Witness D, implicated Pretorius…
Former public servants call for urgent pension pay-outs, citing financial strain on their families. Civil Servants Pension Redress Movement (CSPRM), which advocates for civil servants in South Africa, has called on Government Employee Pension Funds (GEPF) to expedite pension payouts for eligible former public servants. This follows concerns raised by former public servants in the…
Crime scene. As South Africans ready themselves for the State of the Nation Address (SONA) this week, border crime remains a concern for communities along the borderline between South Africa and Zimbabwe. Some say the SONA must address the security situation at the border. Residents and business people in Niani along the Limpopo river say…
