A corruption sign. The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has secured a second repayment in its probe into the misappropriation of National Lotteries Commission grant funds for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games “Roadshow Send-Off” campaign. The Special Tribunal made an order directing Imbizo Events to repay R70 000 to the SIU in two equal instalments. This…
Court room gavel and a book. Judge Nkosinathi Emmanuel Chili has reserved judgment on the state’s Stop Stalingrad application until the 24th of April. The state wants Judge Chili to rule that the trial proceed regardless of any further applications or appeals by the defense. The state has argued that the 18-year delay in the…
An ambulance seen as emergency services responds to an incident. Two people have been critically injured when their light aircraft crashed in Austin View in Midrand north of Johannesburg on Monday morning. The Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre (ARCC) says they have been taken to a medical facility for treatment. The centre says the light aircraft…
The new Alfred Nzo District Municipality Mayor Tsileng Sobuthongo addresses members during a special council meeting after being elected into the position on 03 February 2026. The Alfred Nzo District Municipality in the Eastern Cape has announced a new mayor. Tsileng Sobuthongo takes over after the resignation of Vukile Mhlelembana last year. The municipality secured a…
Minister Gwede Mantashe appears at the second leg of the SA Human Rights Commission’s National Inquiry into artisanal mining and its human rights impact. Minerals and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe has emphasised that there is a clear distinction between illegal mining and artisanal mining. He says the difference has been misinterpreted by the Human…
File image: The Free State High Court in Bloemfontein. The High Court in Bloemfontein has sentenced Bangile Dael to 22 years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to the murder of retired magistrate, Pieter Christiaan Bester. The court heard that in January last year that Dael killed the Bester at his smallholding in Glen in Bloemfontein….
Image depicting a shooting. The African National Congress (ANC) in the Western Cape says the slain party councillor, Lazola Gungxe, was a dedicated member of the party and a consummate public servant who always put the interest of the people first. Gungxe was shot and killed by two unknown assailants shortly after a meeting he…
Commissioners of the Madlanga Inquiry at the inquiry’s sitting in Pretoria. Commissioner Sesi Baloyi has put it to Witness F that attempted murder accused Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala had no authority to effect a warrant of arrest against entertainment blogger, Musa Khawula. The Madlanga Commission has seen WhatsApp text messages from General Richard Shibiri alleging to…
Adv Matthew Chakalson is leading evidence at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria on February 4, 2026. Witness F says suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya invited alleged criminal cartel kingpin Vusimuzi ‘Cat” Matlala and Organised Crime Head Richard Shibiri to a Thanksgiving ceremony. Witness F is being grilled at the Madlanga Commission…
A view of the city skyline and River Nile from Cairo tower building in the capital of Cairo, Egypt December 5, 2019. S&P Global Ratings has cautioned that African governments face rising debt risks as hard-currency repayment schedules in 2026 increase pressure on external buffers, contributing to rollover risks. The agency’s latest African sovereign outlook…
