Author: Tshwarelo eseng Mogakane

Mpumalanga government wins court case
Politics

Mpumalanga premier’s office wins court battle to scrap unlawful tenders

The Mpumalanga premier’s office has successfully overturned unlawful contracts with two service providers, preventing payment of more than R213-million in disputed... Read more.
Trust in SAPS plunges to record lows
Politics

President enjoys power to place me on leave, Senzo Mchunu tells ConCourt

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has mounted a fierce legal defence in a scathing affidavit to the Constitutional Court, asserting that President Cyril Ramaphosa was... Read more.
SARS wins court battle against Lion Match
Business

SARS shows matches firm Lion flames in court over R450m shares

South Africa’s iconic matchbox maker, Lion Match, has lost a major tax battle after trying to argue that it owed less tax than what the South African Revenue Service... Read more.
Jacques Modipane
Politics

Former Mathews Phosa MEC says ANC as destructive as AK-47 rifle in wrong hands 

A veteran anti-apartheid operative has compared the ANC to an AK-47 in the hands of criminals, saying the liberation movement has become a danger to the very people... Read more.
Harsh reality sinks youths’ house dream 
Business

Harsh reality sinks youths’ house dream 

The dream of owning a home is colliding head-on with the harsh economic realities of city life, with even accomplished professionals questioning whether suburban... Read more.
News

Son begs Madlanga Commission to probe dad’s ‘hit cover-up’ 

The son of slain former Popcru general secretary Nkosinathi Theledi has broken his silence to call on the newly appointed Madlanga Commission to invite him to give... Read more.
The journey of the AK-47, from idolised liberation weapon to menace to society 
News

The journey of the AK-47, from idolised liberation weapon to menace to society 

Soviet soldier Mikhail Kalashnikov designs the AK-47 two years after the end of World War II in 1947: simple, durable, deadly, and it soon becomes the world’s... Read more.
EFF bid to stop fuel levy hike bites the dust
News

Malema invites Mkhwanazi to join EFF if fired over crime exposé

EFF leader Julius Malema has extended an open invitation to KwaZulu-Natal provincial police commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi to join his party—should... Read more.
News

Floyd Shivambu relives Nkandla and Marikana in Mpumalanga

As the country reeled from a week of bloody headlines and political arrests, former MK Party secretary-general Floyd Shivambu quietly discovered something just as... Read more.
SA-US relations at all-time low
Politics

Cyril Ramaphosa gets green light to revive spy powers

The Constitutional Court has ruled in favour of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s urgent application to allow for government spying operations to continue, despite the... Read more.