Retired Deputy Police Chief Revo Spies. The Madlanga Commission has heard how a police informant Jaco Hanekom was killed after exposing the corruption of officers from the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department. This is according to the evidence of Retired Deputy Police Chief Revo Spies who is testifying at the Madlanga Commission. Hanekom was killed after…
COSATU and affiliates walk through the streets of Cape Town as they embark on a nationwide strike to mark World Day of Decent Work, in Cape Town, South Africa, October 7, 2024. 3 minutes Tripartite alliance members – the African National Congress (ANC), the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the Congress of South African…
Parliament’s Health Portfolio Committee Chairperson Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo says tender fraud syndicates implicated in the R 2 billion Tembisa Hospital theft have committed treasonous acts and therefore deserve the harshest punishment possible. He was responding to the Special Investigating Unit report released on Monday outlining tender fraud at the hospital. The report also implicated Gauteng…
File Photo: Former President Jacob Zuma and President Cyril Ramaphosa at an event. The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party has turned to the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria in an urgent bid to revive its challenge against President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to place Police Minister Senzo Mchunu on a leave of absence. This, after the…
2 minutes The Department of Water and Sanitation is urging people planning to perform religious or traditional rituals in rivers and streams to suspend such activities – particularly over the Easter period. This follows recent heavy rains in parts of the country, which have caused a sharp rise in river and dam levels, increasing the…
Madlanga Commission sitting The Presidency has confirmed that the interim report of the Madlanga Commission will not be made public. Presidency has confirmed that the Madlanga Commission interim report will not be made public. The report is due by 17 December. pic.twitter.com/LyzOZliOep — SABC News (@SABCNews) December 14, 2025 Spokesperson Vincent Magwenya says this is…
File image | Taxis at taxi rank. The Western Cape Government says since the start of the 30-day suspension of a number of taxi routes, there have been no reported incidents of violence on the routes in Mfuleni, Khayelitsha, Somerset West, Nomzamo, and Lwandle. The routes were temporarily closed from this week due to violence…
Boots on the Ground at the Gauteng Safety Agreement Signing. 2 minutes Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says the province has decided to fully deploy its resources to intensify the fight against crime. He was speaking at the signing ceremony of the Gauteng Safety Agreement held at the University of Johannesburg’s Soweto campus. Lesufi says metropolitan…
South African flags are seen in Pretoria, South Africa,. 2 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa says that reconciliation does not mean forgetting the country’s painful past. He called for the advancement of justice in fostering healing. For much of our history, this day – the 16th of December – stood as a symbol of the wounds…
Handcuffs 1 minute Sixteen foreign nationals suspected to be involved in illegal mining have been arrested in a farm near Waterval Boven in Mpumalanga. The suspects aged between 18 and 40 were found in possession of gold bearing material. Police also confiscated several generators and other equipment usually used by illegal miners. Police spokesperson Jabu…
