Author: Setumo Stone

Maj-Gen Nozipho Madondo of the SAPS Crime Intelligence division
Politics

Madondo was denied top security clearance

A senior crime intelligence officer, Maj-Gen Nozipho Madondo, was denied top-secret security clearance, despite an internal SAPS investigation finding no prima facie... Read more.
Lieutenant General Puleng Dimpane speaking at a South African Police Service event in Cape Town.
News

How Dimpane opposed SAPS clearing Khumalo, team

Acting national police commissioner Lt-Gen Puleng Dimpane called for an independent investigation into Crime Intelligence head Dumisani Khumalo and six other officers... Read more.
Mmamoloko Kubayi moves to clean up IDAC corruption unit
Politics

Mmamoloko Kubayi moves to clean up IDAC corruption unit

Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi has announced a sweeping reset of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption, including lifestyle audits of all 146 employees,... Read more.
Case dismissed; no time for faux chivalry in Justice Maya’s court 
News

ConCourt inches closer to deciding urgent Phala Phala appeal

The Constitutional Court has moved closer to deciding whether it will hear an urgent appeal against the order that stopped Parliament’s public impeachment proceedings... Read more.
City of Tshwane
Politics

Tshwane CFO Gareth Mnisi says DA case overtaken by events

Tshwane chief financial officer Gareth Mnisi has asked the Gauteng High Court to dismiss the Democratic Alliance’s urgent bid to halt disciplinary proceedings... Read more.
Politics

Setumo Stone | Knife-edge politics at the heart of ANC candidate selection

A photograph circulating on social media captures a moment of chaos at what is described as an ANC councillor selection meeting in King Sabata Dalindyebo Municipality’s... Read more.
Ramaphosa in urgent bid to halt impeachment probe
Politics

Setumo Stone | Ramaphosa reform agenda that begins where privatisation begins

The National Water Action Plan begins with a fact nobody disputes that municipal water services are failing. Infrastructure is deteriorating. Non-revenue water is... Read more.
Minister warns of zero tolerance on the roads
Politics

Transnet exec faces suspension demand over R825m Richards Bay contracts

A protest at Transnet’s Richards Bay port has escalated into a demand for the suspension of Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) chief executive Jabu Mdaki and five officials... Read more.
Zuma's private prosecution of Ramaphosa hits another hurdle
Politics

Setumo Stone | How Zuma, Mkhwebane could have benefitted from Phala Phala principles

The Western Cape High Court’s majority judgment on Friday granting President Cyril Ramaphosa an interim interdict to halt Parliament’s impeachment proceedings... Read more.
Ramaphosa opens investment conference
Politics

ConCourt urged to overturn Phala Phala impeachment interdict

The Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has been asked to urgently overturn a Western Cape High Court decision that halted public impeachment hearings against President... Read more.