The Department of Correctional Services has been conducting similar operations at prisons across the country in an effort to curb illegal activities within its facilities. National Correctional Services Commissioner Makgothi Thobakgale has directed provincial commissioners to take stronger action to prevent contraband from entering correctional facilities. Thobakgale was speaking during a raid at the Tswelopele…
Chairs pictured inside of a courtroom. Former Umzimkhulu municipal manager, Zweliphansi Skhosana, is due to appear in the Umzimkhulu Magistrate’s Court in KwaZulu-Natal today in connection with the murder of former African National Congress Youth League secretary general, Sindiso Magaqa, in 2017. Skhosana was arrested in Durban earlier this week by the police’s task team on…
A street view of the City of Johannesburg – the economic hub Political economist Bongani Mahlangu has called on South Africa to strengthen economic ties within the African continent to counter the effects of the new US-imposed tariffs, which are set to take effect in seven days. South Africa is among several countries affected, with…
Badge of the South African Police Service. President Cyril Ramaphosa will facilitate the swearing in of Professor Firoz Cachalia as acting police minister this morning. The ceremony will take place at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. Ramaphosa appointed Cachalia after placing Senzo Mchunu on special leave. The move followed KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s allegation that senior police officials, including Mchunu, are corrupt and…
Members of the ANC NEC attend a meeting with the party’s Provincial Working Committee in the Western Cape on 20 July 2025. The African National Congress (ANC) will hold its much anticipated National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Ormonde, south of Johannesburg this morning. The four-day meeting which ends on Monday comes in the wake of the suspension…
ANC Deputy President Paul Mashatile at the South African Communist Party (SACP) Special Congress Deputy President Paul Mashatile has been found guilty by Parliament’s Ethics Committee for failing to declare a diamond gift from businessman Louis Liebenberg, who is currently facing criminal charges. The committee imposed a R10 000 fine and recommended that Mashatile be…
Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, speaks during a press conference in Washington, D.C., in the United States on 21 May 2025. New United States (US) tariff rates have taken effect for dozens of countries, including South Africa. The countries have not yet reached a trade deal with the US. The rates have…
Former President Kgalema Motlanthe speaking at an event South Africa will continue to engage with the United States of America. This amidst global anxiety about US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs that will take effect on August 1. Former President Kgalema Motlanthe’s foundation hosted a seminar looking at how Pretoria should navigate the new order….
[FILE IMAGE]: A hospital bed inside a hospital. Special Investigating Unit (SIU) head Andy Mothibi says investigators have finalised their investigation at the Tembisa Provincial Hospital in Gauteng. The probe followed the murder of corruption whistleblower and employee of the Gauteng’s Health Department, Babita Deokaran in August 2021. She had exposed widescale tender corruption. The…
[FILE IMAGE]: Reserve Bank Governor, Lesetja Kganyago. The UDM, Costu, ActionSA and Build One South Africa (BOSA) have welcomed the decision by the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) not to increase interest rates. The MPC announced today it would cut the repo rate by 25 basis points. The organisations say the cut…
