The SABC News Television building. The Auditor-General (AG) has painted a worrying picture of the SABC’s financial health. This is despite receiving a second consecutive unqualified audit. The AG has raised concerns over cash flow, revenue targets and a high rate of TV licence non-compliance. It presented audit outcomes for the financial year ending March 2025 to…
SANDF troops. Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Defence says it will be recommending that Treasury increase the budget to the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) in order to re-enforce border patrols. The committee is on a two-day oversight visit at the Beitbridge Border Post and the borderline outside Musina in Limpopo. The borderline is…
Vusimusi ‘Cat’ Matlala The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria has heard how well-known private investigator Calvin Rafadi allegedly embarked on a propaganda campaign for businessman Vusimusi ‘Cat’ Matlala. The businessman allegedly paid for Rafadi’s registration for his PhD studies. Rafadi allegedly consistently asked Matlala for money. During an interview with a radio station earlier…
Pupils getting into a scholar transport. The Eastern Cape government has committed to paying all outstanding, compliant invoices of scholar transport operators by Thursday and clearing payment backlogs by the 16th of November. Premier Oscar Mabuyane held a meeting with scholar transport operators in East London on Wednesday, following a two-day shutdown by the operators…
Migrants attempting to enter South Africa illegally. Chairperson of the Joint Standing Committee on Defence, Dr Malusi Gigaba, says underfunding for the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is making it difficult to prevent illegal immigration, smuggling, and other cross-border crimes. Gigaba is leading the committee on an oversight visit to the borderline between South…
Suspended Deputy National Commissioner Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya. Suspended National Deputy Police Commissioner for Crime Detection, Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya has again denied the existence of men referred to as the ‘Big Five’. He appeared before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee investigating allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the justice system for the second consecutive…
SA flag. Security strategist Andy Mashaile says South Africa plunging 50 places in the global ranking for safety further compromises its prospects of being removed from the Financial Action Task Force grey list. This follows a report by the Global Safety Index which ranked 166 countries on safety and security. South Africa is now positioned at 129…
Former radio presenter Ngizwe Mchunu appears at the Randburg Magistrates court. Former Ukhozi FM presenter Ngizwe Mchunu may be in trouble again. Mchunu recently caused a stir on social media after his remarks condemning an LGBTIQ+ couple who were seen on social media, dressed in Zulu traditional regalia during their wedding ceremony. Mchunu denounced the…
Emergency services, police officers and rescue teams are trying to locate a light aircraft near Nottingham Road in Howick, KwaZulu-Natal after receiving reports of a plane crash. Midlands EMS spokesperson Roland Robertson says the search is being hampered by thick mist. “Midlands EMS are currently on scene in the Nottingham Road area, just outside Howick,…
SATAWU members marching on the streets of Polokwane demanding that the employer, the Great North Transport pay workers their pension funds, May 28. Disgruntled current and former workers of the government-owned bus company, Great North Transport, have marched to Satawu and the office of the Limpopo Premier in Polokwane, Limpopo. The workers are demanding over…
