SABC Digital News The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry into allegations of criminality, political interference and corruption in the criminal justice system goes into its eighteenth day of hearings with a new witness on the stand. The witness, Brigadier Mishak Mkhabela, is SAPS National Head of the Ballistics Section, stationed at the Forensic Science Laboratory in…
KZN Premier Thami Ntuli leading a Human Resource Development Council Strategic session, June 2025. The National Freedom Party (NFP) says it has lost confidence in KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli. The party is citing financial mismanagement and lack of transparency in the Government of Provincial Unity. The party says the current administration has failed to deliver…
Commission Chair retired Constitutional Court Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga. A forensic ballistics expert from the South African Police Service (SAPS) is scheduled to testify at the Madlanga Commission sitting at the Brigitte Mabandla Justice College in Pretoria on Monday. The witness will take the stand at 09:30 as the Commission resumes its public hearings, investigating allegations…
ActionSA banner at an event Eight former ActionSA councillors in the City of Johannesburg have filed an urgent court application. They are seeking an interdict preventing the party from replacing them, pending the outcome of a dispute regarding their contested dismissal from the council. The spokesperson for the applicants, Elmari Atterbury, says the matter will…
uMkhonto weSizwe party leader Jacob Zuma. The Jacob Zuma Foundation has cautioned the public against getting involved in unauthorised fundraising campaigns circulating online. It says some people are claiming to raise money for the former President Jacob Zuma’s legal fees. The Foundation says it has noted the recirculation of an old fundraising poster and stresses…
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese. United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese has described the situation in Gaza as apocalyptic. Addressing the 23rd Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture in Sandton, Johannesburg, she highlighted the systemic nature of oppression faced by Palestinians. “To invoke Mandela’s name…
Former ANC Treasurer General Matthews Phosa during an interview with SABC News. Former African National Congress (ANC) Treasurer-General, Dr.Mathews Phosa‘s memoir has been described as an answer to many of the questions about where the ANC lost its former glory. The book lays bare the cracks in the national fabric, reflecting on Phosa’s life story…
ANC Secretary- General, Fikile Mbalula African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says the revelations at the Madlanga Commission exposing details about police corruption, if they are proven to be true, will delay South Africa in the fight against crime. [WATCH] Mkhwanazi has spoken, and President Ramaphosa has acted. Now everyone implicated in the Madlanga…
President Cyril Ramaphosa and Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim President Cyril Ramaphosa has thanked the Malaysian government for supporting South Africa’s case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), saying that Israel is committing “genocide” in the Gaza Strip. Ramaphosa arrived Friday night in Kuala Lumpur for a working visit where he’ll be participating in…
ANC National Spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri speaks at the late Nathi Mthethwa’s memorial service The ANC says its renewal strategy is gaining traction, pointing to the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry as evidence of swift accountability for implicated individuals. ANC national spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu says the party is making strides in regaining public trust and organisational stability….
