National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola starts to testify before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria. He is expected to respond to some of KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s allegations, including a lack of communication on the disbandment of the political killings task team. LIVE STREAM:
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi. The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng plans to picket outside Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s office on Thursday. They are demanding that criminal charges be laid against those implicated in the looting of R2 billion from the Tembisa Hospital. The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) uncovered three syndicates responsible for the looting of funds…
1 minute The Judicial Conduct Tribunal probing sexual harassment allegations against Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge resumes today with the evidence of former Judicial Service Commission official, Kutlwano Moretlwe. Live proceedings below:
SACP flag. The South African Communist Party (SACP) has strongly condemned the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro. The US says its forces captured Maduro and his wife in Venezuela’s capital Caracas on Saturday. Maduro is being detained at a US prison. SACP General Secretary Solly Mapaila says the Trump administration is in fact after…
FILE | The Table Mountain National Park in Cape Town. The Department of Tourism has invited public comment on a proposed Code of Good Practice for Short-Term Rentals, which could introduce mandatory regulations across the sector. The proposed code may allow municipalities to reclassify residential properties as commercial, potentially increasing rates and taxes. It also…
A firefighter works at the scene of a deadly fire which occurred in the early hours of the morning in Johannesburg, South Africa, August 31, 2023. The trial of the man accused of setting alight the Usindiso building in the Johannesburg CBD is expected to continue in the High Court sitting at Palm Ridge on…
Handcuffs and fingerprints. A 40-year-old foreign national has been arrested in Bloemfontein in the Free State following the discovery of drugs and equipment with an estimated street value of over R100,000. During a routine patrol in the CBD, police stopped and searched the suspect’s car. Officers transported the suspect to Park Road Police Station for…
A man looks at an item before buying at a spaza shop in Thembisa, on the East Rand, in South Africa. 1 minute The National African Federated Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NAFCOC)’s President Glibert Mosena says government’s registration drive is not the solution for rapid increase of spaza shops in the country. The deadline…
Thulasizwe Buthelezi 1 minute Axed AmaZulu Prime Minister Thulasizwe Buthelezi has revealed that he learnt of his dismissal through the media and has yet to receive direct communication from Zulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini. Speaking at a media briefing in Ulundi, Buthelezi stated that he would wait for confirmation from the King regarding his removal but…
SAPS rape graphic. 2 minutes Police in Limpopo have vowed to investigate every case of teenage pregnancy in the province. This follows the arrest of a 28-year-old man after a 13-year-old girl gave birth on Christmas Day at the Seshego Hospital. The man is alleged to have impregnated the teenager. 31 teenagers gave birth in Limpopo…
