Politics
Vusi Matlala ad hoc committee testimony could be heard in safe...
The parliamentary ad hoc committee plans to hear the testimony from alleged Big Five cartel member Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala for the last three days...
ActionSA’s Xolani Khumalo sworn in as Ekurhuleni councillor: ‘We’ll clean out...
Xolani Khumalo, the ActionSA mayoral candidate for Ekurhuleni, was sworn in as a council member on Monday, vowing to start the battle to repair...
Mayor appeals to Ramaphosa for SIU probe amid corruption allegations
The embattled Emfuleni Local Municipality has formally requested President Cyril Ramaphosa to deploy the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to probe allegations of systemic corruption,...
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...
Premier Panyaza Lesufi calls for police probe as G20 infrastructure is...
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has called on law enforcement to intervene amid a wave of alarming infrastructure and signage vandalism in Johannesburg ahead of...
Maqueen’s ‘fierce’ nemesis faces axe from top government job
A top Free State government official and nemesis of the provincial premier could be fired from her plush job after being found guilty of...
SACP warned of bloodshed in KZN if it contests ANC in...
The central committee (CC) of the SACP has been warned that its decision to contest next year’s local government elections against the ANC, its...
MPs buried call to probe Cele over PKTT meddling, says...
Human rights activist Mary de Haas has accused parliament of ignoring her warnings that former police minister Bheki Cele interfered in the work of...
‘Big Five’ implicated in kidnappings for ransom
The notorious “Big Five” cartel, which the South African police alleges specializes in drug trafficking and contract killings, is also implicated in a series...
Lesufi and Nkomo-Ralehoko fall out over ascendancy to ANC throne
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi and health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko are having a falling out after he allegedly reneged on their initial agreement to hand...
How Joe ‘Ferrari’ Sibanyoni snubbed the ‘Big Five’ cartel
Taxi tycoon Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni has demonstrated that he is not an average Joe when he ended his bromance with the late former taxi...
MK Party whips call out Makhubele’s R1.8m mystery deal and “spousal”...
MK Party chief whip Colleen Makhubele allegedly pushed a R1.8-million contract with the party for a company linked to her "spouse" and sought a...
ANC confirms Senzo Mchunu’s voluntary step-aside plea
The African National Congress (ANC) has confirmed that suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has expressed his willingness to step aside from all organisational work,...
Russia sends technocrat to G20 as Putin skips Johannesburg summit
President Vladimir Putin has appointed a senior technocrat from his presidential staff to lead Russia’s delegation at this month’s G20 summit in Johannesburg, replacing...
No action taken to blacklist firms implicated in R2bn looting at...
Despite public outrage over the R2-billion looting uncovered at Tembisa Hospital, the companies implicated in the corruption scandal are still not blacklisted or banned...
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 to validate...
‘Ex-minister Malusi Gigaba not arrested, won’t appear in court,’ says IDAC
Former finance and public enterprises minister Malusi Gigaba has not been placed under arrest and will not be appearing in court on Friday.
Henry Mamothame,...
Breaking | Minister Senzo Mchunu hands over devices to police investigators
Senzo Mchunu, the police minister currently on special leave, has turned over all his electronic devices that the police need for their investigations.
As part...
Former minister Malusi Gigaba confirms he’ll be appearing in court
Former finance and public enterprises minister Malusi Gigaba says he will appear in court on Friday morning after being informed by the National Prosecuting...
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 boss...
IDAC head Andrea Johnson sticks to her guns on Dumisani Khumalo...
Andrea Johnson, the head of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC), testified before the parliamentary ad hoc committee that it was within their mandate...
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...
The DA’s BEE billboard a signpost to coalition danger
The unveiling of a DA billboard on Johannesburg’s N1 highway — proclaiming “BEE made ANC elites rich and left SA poor”— is more than...
Firoz Cachalia won’t back down on Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi military regalia remarks
Acting Minister of Police Firoz Cachalia has hit back at calls for him to apologise for remarks he made about KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lt-Gen...
Firoz Cachalia was unhappy about Fannie Masemola’s premature return of dockets
Acting police minister Firoz Cachalia has criticised Fannie Masemola, the national police commissioner, for publicly announcing that 121 dockets from the political killings task...
Cops launch probe into Brown Mogotsi for defeating ends of justice
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has confirmed that it has successfully carried out a search and seizure warrant on controversial businessman Brown Mogotsi.
Police...
Panyaza Lesufi declares Gauteng ready to host G20 Summit
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has declared that the province is ready to host the G20 Leaders’ Summit on November 22 and 23.
This follows President...
Shela Boshielo says Shadrack Sibiya warned her about ‘bugging’ on WhatsApp
Deputy Minister of Police Shela Paulina Boshielo said suspended Deputy National Commissioner responsible for crime detection Lt-Gen Shadrack Sibiya sent her a WhatsApp message...
