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Apartheid police officers deny any involved in Cradock Four murders
Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi and Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane attended the reopened inquest into the deaths of the Cradock Four at Gqeberha High Court on June 3, 2025. High-ranking officials in the apartheid police, Gerrit Erasmus and Izak “Krappies” Engelbrecht, have denied any involvement in the killing of Fort Calata, Matthew…
Bheki Cele to appear before Parliament’s Ad hoc Committee
FILE | Former Police Minister Bheki Cele speaks at a press briefing. Former Police Minister Bheki Cele will appear before Parliament’s Ad hoc Committee over the next two days. The committee was established following allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the criminal justice system made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. Cele,…
Armand Swart’s murder was a case of mistaken identity: Witness B
File photo: Bullets, a gun and police tape pictured. Witness B told the Madlanga Commission that the Vereeniging engineer Armand Swart was not the intended target when he was assassinated. She says that Swart’s murder was a case of mistaken identity. Swart, an employee at Q-Tech, was shot 23 times while sitting in his vehicle…
Commission hears how Molefe ‘would make Armand Swart case disappear’
File Image| Katiso ‘KT’ Molefe appeared in the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg, August 20. A police detective known as Witness B has described how one woman indirectly boasted to her about how alleged criminal cartel member and murder accused Katiso ‘KT’ Molefe would make the Armand Swart case disappear. This, she says, happened when…
Former high ranking apartheid-era police deny killing Cradock Four
The Cradock Four Memorial garden. High ranking officials in the apartheid police, Gerrit Erasmus and Izak “Krappies” Engelbrecht, both took the stand at the Gqeberha High Court in the re-opened Cradock Four Inquest. They both denied all involvement in the 1985 killings of Fort Calata, Matthew Goniwe, Sicelo Mhlauli and Sparrow Mkonto. Erasmus and Engelbrecht…
Limpopo steps up support for visually impaired with awareness drive
FILE | Person using cane as a walking guide. Limpopo Health MEC Dieketseng Mashego says people with visual impairments and those who are partially sighted should live in a world that is accessible, safe and easy to navigate. She handed over 65 white canes in Polokwane as part of the white cane awareness campaign. The…
Witness A breaks down as he concludes his testimony
File image | Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga chairing the Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of Criminality, Political Interference and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System in Pretoria on September 22, 2025. A police detective known only as Witness A broke down at the Madlanga Commission on Tuesday as he concluded his two-day testimony. Witness A, a…
Malema presses Mchunu on Matlala’s affidavit
Minister Senzo Mchunu appears before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee in Cape Town. Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has questioned Police Minister Senzo Mchunu about soliciting an affidavit from attempted murder accused Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala. Mchunu, who is on special leave, is appearing before Parliament’s Ad hoc committee, looking into allegations of criminal infiltration,…
Court orders Zuma to repay R28.9 mln in state-funded legal fees
Former President Jacob Zuma speaks to supporters after appearing at the High Court in Pietermaritzburg. Former President Jacob Zuma has been ordered to pay back R28.9 million spent by the state on his personal legal fees related to the 1990’s Arms Deal. The Gauteng High Court division in Pretoria ordered the former president to pay…