Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi speaking at a SAPS Awards ceremony. KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi will be the first witness to testify before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry when hearings begin in Pretoria on the 17th of September. The Commission, appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa, confirmed at a briefing on Monday that consultations with Mkhwanazi…
Vusi ‘Cat’ Matlala and three others appear in the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court north of Johannesburg, July 11, 2025. The state in the Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala case says actress Tebogo Thobejane has fled the country as she fears for her life. The state is opposing bail for the 49-year-old businessman who appeared at the Alexandra Magistrate’s…
Tap water filled in a container. Residents of Naas in the Nkomazi Municipality of Mpumalanga are accusing the municipality of colluding with water tanker owners to sabotage the area’s water supply. They claim that they have been without a consistent water supply for 17 years, while the municipality remains unresponsive to their concerns. In response…
DSTI Minister, Prof. Blade Nzimande addressing the 16th GovTech Conference in Durban, 8 September 2025. Science and Technology Minister Prof. Blade Nzimande says it is important for South Africa to develop its own technology. Nzimande was speaking during the 16th edition of the GovTech Conference at the Durban International Convention Centre (ICC). The three-day conference…
Home Affairs Minister Dr. Leon Schreiber Home Affairs Minister Dr Leon Schreiber says nearly R80 million has been spent in the 2024/2025 financial year, on the deportation of illegal immigrants. He was replying to a written Parliamentary question by the Patriotic Alliance’s Millicent Mothapa. Mothapa wanted a breakdown of the costs that the department has…
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi at a hospital visiting the wardens who were shot in Daveyton, 8 September 2025. Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says two out of the five traffic wardens who were shot in Daveyton, Ekurhuleni, on Sunday, are in critical condition. He says one of the wardens remains unconscious in an intensive care unit…
Police in Gauteng have shot and killed a wanted suspect, linked to the killing of a school principal in KwaZulu-Natal. Officers say the suspect was wanted for several other cases, including hijacking and possession of an unlicensed firearm. The South African Police Service (SAPS) National Intervention Unit (NIU) traced him to Soweto. National Police Spokesperson…
Three men have been gunned down in Tafelsig, Mitchell’s Plain, on the Cape Flats. Police spokesperson, André Traut, says the men were on their way home from a festival when unknown gunmen opened fire on Sunday night. He says police found the bodies of the men at the scene. The third man died in the…
The Justice and Constitutional Development Department says it has come up with an integrated plan to ensure the protection of legal practitioners working on high-profile cases. There has been an increase in the killing of lawyers, auditors and investigators working on high-profile cases aimed at exposing corruption. In the most recent incident, insolvency lawyer, Bouwer…
File image: Lightning in Gauteng. The South African Weather Service has forecast severe thunderstorms across all provinces except Limpopo on Monday and Tuesday. Forecaster Edward Engelbrecht says scattered thunderstorms are expected throughout most parts of the country. “So for most parts of the country, we are expecting isolated scattered thunderstorms, so that’s going to include…
