MKP councillor among UIF fraud accused: SIU

SIU conducts search and seizure operation on December 11 as part of its investigation into a syndicate that allegedly siphoned approximately R161 million from the UIF TERS. The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) says an uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) councillor from Port Shepstone in KwaZulu-Natal is among those accused of fraud. This relates to fraudulent claims…

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SIU raids homes in KZN amid multi-million UIF fraud probe

Special Investigating Unit officials are seen during a raid related to a UIF fraud scheme in KwaZulu-Natal on 12 December 2025. The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) is conducting simultaneous raids at properties of individuals and businesses in KwaZulu-Natal. SIU Spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago says they’ve discovered that the money has been distributed amongst 16 companies and 35 individuals…

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Manamela says VUT’s fraud scandal won’t affect 2026 academic year

Vaal University of Technology in Vereeniging, Gauteng.   Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela has warned that he will not allow the recent exposure of fraudulent qualifications to compromise the 2026 academic year at the Vaal University of Technology in Vereeniging, Gauteng.   The higher learning institution is currently at the centre of a major scandal. It involves a syndicate selling fraudulent…

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Mpumalanga court set to sentence farm owner, workers for murder

Picture shows court gavel The Mpumalanga High Court sitting in Middelburg is expected to sentence a farm owner, his son and six farmworkers on Thursday. They assaulted and killed two men at the Pampoenskraal farm in Mkhondo in Mpumalanga in 2020.   The farm owner, Werner Potgieter, his son Cornelius Greyling and the farmworkers forced Sthembiso Thwala, Sifiso Thwala and…

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Basic Education employees suspended after matric exam paper leaks

Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube says two employees in her department have been suspended after being linked to the leak of seven papers in the 2025 National Senior Certificate examinations. She says the Gauteng Basic Education Department alerted her office to unusual similarities in candidates’ scripts during the marking process. Addressing the media in Parliament, Gwarube says, “Based on the interviews…

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Eldorado Park couple accused of murdering their child back in court

The Protea Magistrate’s Court in Soweto. The parents of a four-year-old girl from Eldorado Park in Johannesburg will be back in the Protea Magistrate’s Court in Soweto this morning. They are charged with the murder of their daughter in August. The child’s father is facing charges including murder, rape, assault and child abuse, while the mother’s charges include failure to report sexual offences against…

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