File Image: Blue lights of a police vehicle. The Madlanga Commission has heard how Ekurhuleni Deputy Metro Police Chief Julius Brigadier Julius Mkhwanazi entered into an endless working relationship with CAT VIP Protection. This is according to a new witness Revo Spies, a retired Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) Deputy Chief of Police testifying this…
ANC flag The African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape is mourning the death of struggle stalwart and former Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture, Ntombazana Botha, age 82. Botha passed away at an East London hospital on Saturday after a long illness. The party says it has lost a gender activist and advocate…
EMPD Chief Jabulani Mapiyeye is giving evidence before the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria on November 7, 2025. Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) Chief Jabulani Mapiyeye has told the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry that of the seven EMPD criminal investigations, the only real progress was in the so-called blue light saga. Mapiyeye says he met with…
Rest in peace on tombstone. The African National Congress (ANC) has confirmed the death of its long-serving chaplain and an uMkhonto we Sizwe veteran, Reverend Moruti Maphatsoe, in Johannesburg. The party has described him as a man of deep conviction who guided comrades with humility. National Spokesperson, Mahlengi Bhengu, says the reverend’s death has left a profound void…
Former Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba is inferred with a doctorate from the University of Johannesburg during a graduation ceremony on 22 July 2025. . Civic organisation Accountability Now says the engagement with the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) with former Public Enterprises Minister, Malusi Gigaba, before deciding the way forward does not inspire public confidence…
Ekurhuleni Metro Police Acting Chief, Julius Mkhwanazi. The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Ekurhuleni says it suspects political interference to be the cause of the delay to release the disciplinary report of Ekurhuleni Metro Police Acting Chief, Julius Mkhwanazi. The report was expected to be released last Thursday. However, Mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza says that more time is needed to…
Dr Malusi Gigaba The Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) says former Public Enterprises minister Malusi Gigaba has not been arrested. Earlier reports said Gigaba handed himself to the police in Pretoria on Friday morning and the National Prosecuting Authority charged him with corruption. Gigaba’s lawyers have been meeting with officials from the IDAC in Pretoria….
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu gives evidence before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee on October 2, 2025. Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has handed over his electronic devices to authorities. Mchunu, who is on a leave of absence has been accused of corruption, having ties to criminal syndicates and meddling in police investigations. The devices include a state-issued laptop,…
Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) Jabulani Mapiyeye testifying before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, 7 November 2025. The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry has heard how Ekurhuleni Metro Police Chief, Jabulani Mapiyeye was threatened with a hitman, for insisting on a disciplinary hearing against his deputy Brigadier Julius Mkhwanazi. Brigadier Mkhwanazi has been implicated in the…
Ekurhuleni metro police chief Jabulani Mapiyeye continues to testify before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria today. He’s expected to resume his focus on alleged links between his deputy Julius Mkhwanazi and businessman and suspected criminal cartel member Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala. Livestream:
