The South African Police Service (SAPS) Divisional Commissioner in the Crime Intelligence, Lieutenant General Dumisani Khumalo appears before the Pretoria Regional Court on June 27, 2025. The Madlanga Commission has heard how a stalemate between Crime Intelligence Head General Dumisani Khumalo and suspended National Deputy Police Commissioner for Crime Detection, Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya, led to…
Taxis at a rank 1 minute Taxi organisation SANTACO says it is making efforts to address safety challenges in the taxi industry. It says it’s concerned about a spike in crashes involving minibus taxis in KwaZulu-Natal over the festive season. 17 people were killed in a collision between a truck and a minibus taxi on the…
A Crime Prevention Wardens vehicle is seen during an operation to recover stolen and hijacked vehicles in Ekurhuleni on 10 October 2025. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Gauteng has rejected the proposed 36-month phase out of the Crime Prevention Wardens (CPW). This follows Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s decision to disband the wardens programme. Lesufi says the wardens…
Aryna Sabalenka 2 minutes World number one Aryna Sabalenka has advanced to her fourth final at the Porsche Grand Prix Tennis tournament in Stuttgart, Germany. The Belarusian defeated the Italian fifth seed, 7-5, 6-4, in a match of contrasting styles. She will meet unseeded Latvian Jelena Ostapenko in Monday’s final, hoping for a first title…
Person holding South African money 1 minute North-West Finance MEC Kenetswe Mosenogi has re-tabled the provincial budget after Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana re-tabled the country’s budget last week. Mosenogi says the province’s Agricultural Support Programme has received a slight increase. ”The Conditional Grants allocation amounts to R9.618 billion in 2025/26 financial year and R9.182 billion…
Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) students’ luggage outside Ekhaya student residence in Cape Town on February 12, 2026. Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela says he foresaw the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) students’ accommodation protest two weeks ago. Manamela met with CPUT Vice Chancellor Prof Chris Nhlapo for a briefing session outside the…
[File Image] Former Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa addressing members of the media. Wire Service Reuters reports that South Africa’s ambassador to France, Nathi Mthethwa, who was found dead at the foot of the Hyatt Regency hotel in Paris, had left a note to his wife. Reuters quotes the Paris prosecutor’s office as saying…
Moroadi Cholota is former PA of then Free State premier, Ace Magashule 3 minutes The legal battle between the state and Moroadi Cholota in the R255 million asbestos corruption case seems far from over. The state has refuted claims that Cholota, who is accused number 17 in the high-profile scandal, was treated unfairly and that…
Source: www.unsplash.com This is the second edition of the F-List report, titled A Flood of Greenwashing: 42 Advertising and PR Agency Contracts with the Fossil Fuel Industry in South Africa. The authors told Daily Maverick they sought to raise awareness of greenwashing and its impact on the environment by highlighting who the major enablers are…
FILE | South African Police Service Crime Intelligence Head Dumisani Khumalo. Crime Intelligence Boss, Lieutenant General Dumisani Khumalo, says they have identified five individuals who are part of a cartel that has allegedly penetrated the political sphere. The ‘Big Five Cartel’, as he terms it, is alleged to have syndicates operating under it. He says…
