Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi The Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says they hope to draw lessons from the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry to ensure that there is no political interference in the newly planned political killings task team. On Wednesday, Lesufi announced plans to establish this task team, which will investigate politically motivated murders in the…
KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. Parliament has appointed Advocate Norman Arendse SC to lead evidence in the ad hoc committee that has been set up to investigate allegations of threats to national security. The committee was established following allegations by KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, of serious corruption in the criminal justice system. He made the allegations during a media…
EFF leader Julius Malema delivers a political address to members of the party during the Ekurhuleni North 1st Sub-Regional People’s Assembly in the East Rand on 30 August 2025. AfriForum and the Southern African Agri Initiative (SAAI) have requested that countries worldwide impose targeted sanctions against Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema. The organisations say that the latest…
FILE | Deputy National Police Commissioner for Crime Detection Shadrack Sibiya. Parliament’s ad hoc committee looking into corruption allegations against law enforcement agencies has denied the Deputy National Police Commissioner for Crime Detection Shadrack Sibiya’s announcement that he will appear before it. The committee was established to look into threats to national security, following allegations…
Major-General Shadrack Sibiya. The issue of the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Political Killings Task Team dockets has come up in the High Court in Pretoria, where Major-General Shadrack Sibiya is challenging his suspension. The South African Police Services has clarified that the original dockets will remain with the KZN Political Killings Task Team, while copies will be…
Major-General Shadrack Sibiya. The issue of the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Political Killings Task Team dockets has come up in the High Court in Pretoria, where Major-General Shadrack Sibiya is challenging his suspension. The South African Police Services has clarified that the original dockets will remain with the KZN Political Killings Task Team, while copies will be…
Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni briefs members of the media on the outcomes of the Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday. Live stream below:
The High Court in Pretoria is hearing suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner for Crime Detection, Lt-General Shadrack Sibiya’s bid to have him re-instated, on September 3, 2025. The lawyer representing suspended Deputy Police Commissioner for Crime Detection, Shadrack Sibiya, has argued that the processes followed by National Commissioner Fannie Masemola to suspend him are unlawful….
SACP General Secretary Solly Mapaila delivers the political report at the Central Committee’s plenary, at Cosatu House in Johannesburg on August 29, 2025. South African Communist Party (SACP) General Secretary Solly Mapaila has dared the African National Congress (ANC) to expel its members. Relations between the two tripartite alliance members have been strained since the…
The Ditsobotla Local Municipality in Lichtenburg in the North West. The national government has decided to invoke section 139(7) of the Constitution at the troubled Lichtenburg-based Ditsobotla Local Municipality in the North West. This means that the national executive assumes the powers and functions ordinarily exercised by the provincial government. Accordingly, the Minister of Finance…
