SAPS ‘arrest’ graphic. Two men have been arrested in connection with the murder of a KwaDukuza Local Municipality official Nokulunga Happiness Mashabane at the end of June. The 31-year old Mashabane’s body was found inside her vehicle along the Zinkwazi Link Road in the early hours of the morning. A private security firm worked with…
[FILE IMAGE]: Deputy President Paul Mashatile hosts Roundtable on Political and Administrative Interface. Parliament’s Ethics Committee has found Deputy President Paul Mashatile guilty of failing to declare a diamond gift from criminally accused businessman, Louis Liebenberg. Mashatile has been fined R10,000. The Ethics Committee has also resolved that Mashatile be reprimanded in the National Assembly….
Guns and ammunition. Eastern Cape police have arrested a fourth suspect in connection with the murder of the Chief Whip in the Emalahleni Local Municipality, Xoliseka Lali. He was arrested in Mthatha following an intensive police investigation. He further led investigators to a friend’s house where three unlicensed pistols and ammunition were recovered. Lali was…
Police vans at the scene of an arrest. Gauteng police have arrested a man in his 40s in connection with a stolen vehicle and found unlicensed ammunition in his possession. The suspect was nabbed during Operation Shanela in Alexandra, Johannesburg. Provincial Police Commissioner Tommy Mthombeni says the vehicle crime investigation unit confirmed that the…
Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago. Reserve Bank Governor, Lesetja Kganyago, says the Monetary Policy Committee has decided to cut the repo rate by 25 basis points to 7%. This means that the prime lending rate drops to 10,5%. Kgyanyago was speaking in Pretoria. The MPC also cut the repo rate by 25 basis points at…
X- The South African Police Service Gauteng police commissioner, Tommy Mthombeni, says they are working closely with their counterparts in KwaZulu-Natal to unlock syndicates operating in the two provinces. This follows revelations by KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi of criminal syndicates having infiltrated the criminal justice system. This week, police announced that the firearms including…
Doctor’s stethoscope. Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi says the Health Professions Council of South Africa will decide on recommendations made by the Health Ombud into the deaths of two patients at the Northern Cape Mental Health Hospital, and the admission of two others at the Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Hospital. This follows a report released by…
COGTA Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa leads a high-level engagement with business leaders at the East London International Convention Centre in the Eastern Cape on July 30, 2025. Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa has reiterated the call for non-viable municipalities to cease to exist and believes keeping them is irresponsible and hinders service…
The DA Provincial leader Francois Rodgers speaks outside the Pietermaritzburg High Court on July 24, 2025. The Democratic Alliance (DA) in KwaZulu-Natal says although the motive behind Umngeni Municipality party Chief Whip Nhlalayenza Ndlovu’s murder remains sketchy, they are questioning Police Minister Senzo Mchunu’s instruction to disband political killings task team in January. Five suspects…
Constitutional Court. The Constitutional Court has sent the case of Nkosinathi Makate’s ‘Please Call Me’ and Vodacom back to the Supreme Court of Appeal. The court handed down its judgment in the long drawn legal battle in Johannesburg this morning. Makate suffers a slight setback after the ConCourt (unanimously) upheld Vodacom’s appeal against the 2024…
