SSA to probe ‘internal spying’ allegations within Public Works Dept

Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson . The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure says Minister Dean Macpherson has welcomed the State Security Agency’s (SSA) involvement in investigating allegations of the unlawful interception of sensitive information within the department. 🚓 The State Security Agency will investigate how Ministers are being spied on, allegedly by their…

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MKP’s Ndhlela calls for greater accountability in judicial system

Scales of justice. uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) MP Nhlamulo Ndhlela has called for greater accountability in South Africa’s judicial system.  He made the statement during the State of the Nation Address (SONA) debate in Parliament. Addressing President Cyril Ramaphosa, Ndhlela demanded lifestyle audits for judges. He says transparency cannot stop at politicians and that no…

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Phahlane commends Mkhwanazi for speaking out

Former Acting National Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Khomotso Phahlane appearing before the Ad Hoc Committee. Former acting National Police Commissioner Khomotso Phahlane has commended KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi for the allegations he made. Phahlane was speaking at Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee hearings in Cape Town. He says Mkhwanazi had made similar allegations of…

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ANC demands budget align with President Ramaphosa’s SONA pledges

The Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Finance Dr. Joe Maswanganyi. The African National Congress (ANC) says it wants to hear how Finance minister Enoch Godongwana, will finance President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address plans, when he delivers his budget in Parliament on Wednesday afternoon. Godongwana will table this year’s proposed budget to…

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Protest halts traffic on R40 in Mpumalanga

FILE | Barricaded street as residents in Diepkloof Hostel in Soweto protest. 1 minute Traffic on the R40 between Dwarsloop and Acornhoek in Mpumalanga has come to a standstill due to a protest by local community members. The protesters have allegedly blockaded the road, demanding jobs from a foreign-owned truck company operating in the area….

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