Author: Boitumelo Kgobotlo

Shamila Batohi gets grilled by MPs
Politics

Shamila Batohi under fire over prosecutor ‘involved’ in organised crime

Shamila Batohi, the national director for public prosecutions, has come under fire for not naming a prosecutor who is allegedly connected to organised crime. Batohi... Read more.
Matlala ready to testify
Politics

Vusi Matlala ad hoc committee testimony could be heard in safe facility in Pretoria

The parliamentary ad hoc committee plans to hear the testimony from alleged Big Five cartel member Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala for the last three days of the inquiry... Read more.
Parties name their candidates for metors
Politics

ActionSA’s Xolani Khumalo sworn in as Ekurhuleni councillor: ‘We’ll clean out looters’

Xolani Khumalo, the ActionSA mayoral candidate for Ekurhuleni, was sworn in as a council member on Monday, vowing to start the battle to repair the problematic metro... Read more.
Zuma-Sambudla in court for inciting violence
Politics

Jacob Zuma Foundation accuses state of waging political war on Duduzile

The Jacob G Zuma Foundation is claiming that the 2021 July unrest incitement case against former president Jacob Zuma’s daughter, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, is driven... Read more.
No one punished for looting at Tembisa Hospital
Politics

No action taken to blacklist firms implicated in R2bn looting at Tembisa Hospital

Despite public outrage over the R2-billion looting uncovered at Tembisa Hospital, the companies implicated in the corruption scandal are still not blacklisted or... Read more.
Nhlamulo Ndhlela criticised by women's structure
Politics

Nhlamulo Ndhlela lambasted for ‘poking nose’ in MK Women’s League business

The uMkhonto weSizwe Women’s League (MKWL) chairperson, Mabel Rweqana, has slammed party spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela for attempting to use the women’s structure... Read more.
Politics

Andrea Johnson slams SAPS over Dumisani Khumalo case miscommunication

Head of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC), Andrea Johnson, has revealed that the unit could have halted its case against crime intelligence... Read more.
Parliamentary ad hoc committee hearing continues
Politics

IDAC head Andrea Johnson sticks to her guns on Dumisani Khumalo arrest

Andrea Johnson, the head of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC), testified before the parliamentary ad hoc committee that it was within their... Read more.
Ramaphosa is not stepping down
Politics

President Cyril Ramaphosa not stepping down, says special envoy Bejani Chauke

Bejani Chauke, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s special envoy, has called out as untrue and unfounded rumours that Ramaphosa intends to resign soon after the G20... Read more.