Haniff Hoosen announced as DA’s mayoral candidate in eThekwini, 26 September 2025. The Democratic Alliance (DA) has announced that Haniff Hoosen is its mayoral candidate for the eThekwini metro in next year’s local government elections. DA leader John Steenhuisen says the party is ready to fix service delivery issues in the metro. He says the…
KZN DPP Elaine Harrison testifying before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, 26 September 2025. KwaZulu-Natal National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) head, Adv Elaine Harrison says that if she was consulted, she would have strongly motivated against the disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT). This, as Harrison, the Director of Public Prosecutions in the KZN…
KZN Director of Public Prosecutions, Elaine Harrison testifying before the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria, 26 September 2025. KwaZulu-Natal Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Elaine Harrison says that she first heard of the disbandment of the Political Killing Task Team (PKTT) on social media. She has been giving evidence at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry sitting…
KwaZulu-Natal Director of Public Prosecutions Elaine Harrison is expected to focus on the Political Killings Task Team during her testimony at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry sitting in Pretoria. The commission is probing allegations of criminality, political interference and corruption in the criminal justice system. National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola, KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi…
Major General Petronella van Rooyen testifying at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. The South African Police Service’s (SAPS) Governance, Legislation and Policy Head Major General Petronella van Rooyen as urged the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry to focus on the legal implications of political interference in police operations. Her comments followed the embattled Police Minister Senzo…
Police officers stand to attention while doing a drill. Head of the Police Legal Services Major General Petronella Van Rooyen has urged the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria to focus on the legal aspects and implications of political interference in South African Police Service (SAPS). General Van Rooyen says this will help minimize political interference in…
Kenny Kunene addresses delegates at during a #FixingPA Program meeting in Mpumalanga on 24 August 2024. Proponents of the Government of National Unity are hoping to see it complete its full term but cracks are again beginning to show in the 10-party pact. The Patriotic Alliance (PA) is threatening to pull out of the GNU…
Ekurhuleni’s deputy metro police chief, Julius Mkhwanazi. The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the City of Ekurhuleni in Gauteng has called for the suspension of the municipality’s deputy metro police chief, Julius Mkhwanazi. The call comes as the City of Tshwane council sits this afternoon to deliberate on a number of issues and Mkhwanazi’s possible precautionary suspension over alleged links to controversial businessman…
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu presents the quarterly crime statistics The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria has heard that Senzo Mchunu’s function as Police Minister is to formulate policing policy in consultation with provincial governments. This is according to Patronella Van Rooyen, who is the head of Governance, Legislation and Policy at the Legal Services…
Major General Petronella van Rooyen testifying at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on 25 September 2025. Police Major General Petronella van Rooyen has told the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria that the authority to disband the KwaZulu-Natal Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) lies exclusively with National Police Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola. The hearing has been adjourned until Friday. Van Rooyen is the head of Governance, Legislation and…
