Overcrowding at SA’s correctional centres growing: Ntshalintshali

Department of FILE: Correctional Services inmates attend an event. Correctional Services Deputy Minister Lindiwe Ntshalintshali says the challenge of overcrowding in the country’s correctional centres is growing annually. Ntshalintshali says this in Parliament during the debate on the status of overcrowding in prisons. The debate called by African National Congress (ANC) MP Samuel Moela was…

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Cachalia tasked with finding solutions to SAPS tender scandal

Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia releases of the third quarter crime statistics in Pretoria on February 20, 2026. Acting Police Minister Prof Firoz Cachalia says he has been tasked with providing options to President Cyril Ramaphosa on how to address the South African Police Service (SAPS) tender scandal involving National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola. Masemola…

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Chauke tells Nkabinde inquiry Batohi purged black prosecutors

Suspended South Gauteng Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Andrew Chauke Suspended South Gauteng Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Andrew Chauke, has accused retired National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), Advocate Shamila Batohi, of systematically purging black prosecutors. He told the Nkabinde Inquiry in Pretoria that six black prosecutors, including himself, faced disciplinary processes under her…

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‘SA’s disinvitation from G7 Summit reveals problematic US influence’

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the disinvitation from France’s G7 Summit is not a snub. Global governance expert, Dr Thelela Ngcetane-Vika, says the withdrawal of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s invitation to the G7 Summit in France demonstrates the United States’ problematic influence on the global governance architecture. France’s decision to disinvite President Ramaphosa to the summit in…

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Late Terry Bell remembered for principled life

SA author, Terry Bell. The late veteran labour journalist, analyst and organiser, Terry Bell, is being remembered as a principled man who worked to bring unions closer to workers and their struggles. Bell died on Wednesday, 25 March 2026, at Robert Sobukwe Town, in the Eastern Cape, at the age of 83. WATCH | South…

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