Suspended Minister Senzo Mchunu appeared before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee in Cape Town. The Madlanga Commission has heard that it was “not appropriate” for Police Minister Senzo Mchunu to communicate directly with General Anthony Gopaul, who was at the time district commissioner in Ilembe, KwaZulu-Natal. General Gopaul says that Mchunu was meant to speak to his principal…
Late former South African president Nelson Mandela greets residents of Mmabatho March 15, 1994. The Nelson Mandela Foundation says government’s failure to deliver basic services is a betrayal of Madiba’s legacy. On International Mandela Day, the foundation has highlighted South Africa’s challenges, which it says are jeopardising its development and stability. They range from widespread…
Crime Intelligence Head General Dumisani Khumalo. Crime Intelligence Head General, Dumisani Khumalo has testified that he was not consulted about the disbandment of the political killings task team (PKTT). This is the first time that General Khumalo has spoken about the disbandment of the PKTT since beginning his testimony at the Madlanga Commission. The PKTT…
File image | Dr Nandipha Magudumana appears in the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein. Dr Nandipha Magudumana’s attorney Dinana Reid has expressed disappointment that they lost the High Court bid to prevent Netflix from flighting the ‘Beauty and the Bester’ Documentary. Magudumana and her partner, convicted murderer and rapist Thabo Bester, launched an urgent…
Deputy President Paul Mashatile answers questions in the National Assembly. LIVE STREAM:
The Commission of Inquiry into Criminality, Political Interference and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System, also known as the Madlanga Commission will continue hearing witness testimony. The commission was established by President Cyril Ramaphosa following KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s explosive press briefing in July last year. Livestream | Madlanga Commission of Inquiry Day…
[File photo] A farmer holds a dagga plant. 1 minute Three foreign nationals have been arrested in Atlantis on the West Coast for cultivating dagga on a farm and for the illegal possession of a shotgun and ammunition. Police spokesperson FC Van Wyk says the suspects had a substantial amount of dried out dagga concealed…
Western Cape Mobility Minister, Isaac Sileku says safety personnel will be assigned to monitor reopened taxi routes Western Cape Mobility Minister, Isaac Sileku says after careful consideration of the representations received, a second closure taxi routes notice will not be issued. The routes were shut down for 30 days last month, following widespread gun violence…
uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party Secretary-General Floyd Shivambu addresses the party’s mini rally in Vosloorus, Ekurhuleni on November 30. 2024. 1 minute The uMkhonto weSizwe Party’s secretary-general Floyd Shivambu will deliver a lecture in Tembisa, in eastern Johannesburg to mark Africa Day. The party’s national chairperson Nathi Nhleko will accompany Shivambu. Africa Day is celebrated annually on…
Economic Freedom Fighter MP Sinawo Thambo. 1 minute The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) says it welcomes the cancellation of a meeting of Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance, following the party’s letter to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Thoko Didiza. The party’s spokesperson, Sinawo Thambo, says a meeting, that was scheduled for the processing of…
