Emfuleni Local Municipality offices in Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng. The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng has criticised the Emfuleni Local Municipality for allegedly spending R12 million on four service providers for grave-digging between the 2022 and 2025 financial years. The party’s Member of the Provincial Legislature, Kingsol Chabalala, says the information was revealed by Gauteng MEC for…
The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry is yet to make a decision on whether to host proceedings in camera. An agreement has been reached between evidence leaders in the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry and media houses Daily Maverick and News24 over the opposed bid for in-camera hearings. The Madlanga Commission has made a draft order final….
Commission Chair retired Constitutional Court Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga The Madlanga Commission has resumed with a new witness known as Mr X taking the stand. The evidence leaders have been allowed to present the witness’s testimony through the voice of an intermediary and without video. The commission was adjourned two weeks ago after Crime Intelligence Head,…
Suspended Deputy National Commissioner for Crime Detection, Shadrack Sibiya appearing before the Parliament’s Adhoc Committee. Suspended Deputy National Commissioner for Crime Detection, Shadrack Sibiya, has challenged his detractors to prove that he is a rogue police officer. Sibiya is appearing before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee, for the second consecutive day. The committee was established to…
President Cyril Ramaphosa answers oral questions in the National Council of Provinces. Livestream:
ANC Former President Chief Albert Luthuli Closing arguments in the reopened inquest into the death of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Chief Albert Luthuli have entered their second day. Luthuli died in 1967. The initial inquest at the time found that Luthuli died after being hit by a goods train at Groutville, north…
Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga (R)chairs the Madlanga Commission on Inquiry in Pretoria. The Madlanga Commission Chairperson, Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, says the inquiry has run into technical difficulties that have the potential to threaten Witness X‘s life. He made an order that Witness X’s evidence be read on record by evidence leader Adv Adila Hassim SC. Witness…
FILE | The Cradock Four Monument in the Eastern Cape. The lawyers of former-Apartheid Security Branch Officer Eugene de Kock confirmed that he would not be in court on Wednesday for the Cradock Four inquest due to health-related issues. De Kock’s lawyer, Juan Schoeman, says he was diagnosed with heart failure last week Friday and…
Gauteng department of health head of department Arnold Malotana. The Freedom Front Plus (FF-Plus) believes the decision by Premier Panyaza Lesufi to suspend the head of department for Gauteng Health, Dr Lesiba Malotana, is a sign of enforcing accountability by the provincial government. Lesufi’s office confirmed Malotana’s suspension with immediate effect today. This comes as…
The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry sits in Pretoria on October 14, 2025. The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria has adjourned and will return on Thursday morning. The evidence of Witness X, which was read into the record by evidence leader Adv Adila Hassim, ended a day early. Witness X, who was giving their evidence…
