Deputy President Paul Mashatile. Deputy President Paul Mashatile says the African National Congress (ANC) still supports the no compensation on land policy. This is despite having failed to muster the two thirds majority needed to change the constitution and allow for the expropriation of land without compensation. In 2021, the Section 25 Ad-Hoc Committee voted…
Retired Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department Deputy Chief Revo Spies Retired Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) Deputy Chief Revo Spies has described a culture of incompetence, factionalism and fear within the department, saying officials who refused to co-operate with Brigadier Julius Mkhwanazi’s network were sidelined or victimised. Spies told the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria that Mkhwanazi’s…
North West Premier Lazarus Mokgosi The North West Legislature says the newly established Ad Hoc Committee set to investigate allegations of improper conduct against Premier Lazarus Mokgosi, will sit for four days, from the 24th until the 27th of this month. Its establishment comes after the Mayor of the Naledi Local Municipality, Clifton Groep, accused…
Adv. Batohi before the Ad Hoc Committee The head of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Advocate Shamila Batohi has refused to disclose the name of a suspended prosecutor who is alleged to be working with criminal syndicates. Batohi is testifying before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee investigating allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in…
The Parliamentary Select Committee on Social Services has begun its three-day oversight visit in the Northern Cape on Tuesday. The committee is in the province to assess the state of health care infrastructure and service delivery in the province. The Select Committee on Social Development begins a three-day oversight visit to the Northern Cape at…
National Director of Public Prosecutions Adv. Shamila Batohi appears before the Ad Hoc Committee investigating allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the justice system. Live proceedings below:
A second state witness is expected to take the stand Tuesday morning in the trial of MK Party Member of Parliament Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla in the Durban High Court. Zuma-Sambudla pleaded not guilty to one count of incitement to commit the offence of terrorism and two counts of incitement to commit public violence on charges…
The Ndimande brothers, Siyabonga and Malusi, have been extradited from eSwatini and are expected to appear in court on Tuesday. The brothers landed at Durban’s King Shaka International Airport. They were wanted in South Africa for a string of cases, including the murder of musician Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and his friend Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane in…
The trial of Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, a uMkhonto Wesizwe Party Member of Parliament and alleged instigator of the July 2021 unrest, continues at the Durban High Court on Tuesday. Watch live proceedings:
Retired Ekurhuleni Metro police Chief Revo Spies will continue testifying at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry this morning. Yesterday, Spies told the Commission that Acting Ekurhuleni Metro Police chief Julius Mkhwanazi was called to assist to clean a murder scene in Brakpan. Live proceedings below:
