Ramaphosa was projecting AG report that best-run municipalities are DA governed: Mbalula

ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula briefs members of the media ahead of the Roll Call of ANC Councillors’ Report Back Meeting in the Greater Johannesburg Region, Gauteng Province, September 21, 2025. ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says the party’s detractors and opponents took issue with President Cyril Ramaphosa when he was projecting a scientific Auditor-General’s report that…

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INFOGRAPHIC | Madlanga Commission highlights

Madlanga Commission of Inquiry The ongoing Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Criminality, Political Interference and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System (Madlanga Commission) began its work on Wednesday, 17 September 2025. The Commission’s hearings are taking place in the main auditorium of the Brigitte Mabandla Justice College in Central Pretoria. The inquiry is headed by…

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‘I would disobey’ the Minister on police operations: Masemola

National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola has admitted that he would disobey an instruction from Police Minister Senzo Mchunu if it violated operational matters in the police force. Masemola is giving testimony at the Madlanga Commissioner of Inquiry on the disbandment of the KwaZulu-Natal Political Killings Task Team (PKTT)….

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Steenhuisen warns Joburg residents against voting for small parties

Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen speaks in Soweto, Johannesburg on September 20, 2025. Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen has warned Johannesburg residents against voting for smaller parties in next year’s local government elections, saying they have trapped the city in unstable coalitions. He was speaking in Soweto, where the DA announced its Federal…

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Fire destroys shacks in Lwandle, claiming two lives

[File image] A man and a child have died in a fire in Lwandle in Strand, Western Cape, after their shack caught alight. Fire and Rescue spokesperson Edward Bosch says the fire happened in the early hours of Monday morning. He says seven structures were destroyed, displacing twelve people. Bosch says four firefighting vehicles responded…

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Masemola explains conditions for obeying minister’s orders

National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola has sought to explain under what circumstances he would obey the Police Minister’s instructions. He is testifying before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria. His explanation relates to the disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team. This was after KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi alleged…

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