# The National Prosecuting Authority’s Asset Forfeiture Unit says it is being assisted by international financial institutions to recover the money the Guptas looted from the state. According to the State Capture Commission of Inquiry, the state disbursed about 72.3-billion-rand to the Guptas’ criminal empire. Speaking during a panel discussion hosted by the Daily Maverick, […]
# AfriForum says it strongly opposes MK Party Mzwanele Manyi’s proposed Constitution Twenty-Second Amendment Bill. The private member’s bill seeks to rewrite section 25 of the Constitution and redefine how land and natural resources are owned and governed. It proposes that all land and natural resources be declared collectively owned by the people, with custodianship […]
# National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola says Gauteng will have its own political killings task team within a month. This comes as 121 dockets, which were taken from KwaZulu-Natal to Gauteng, are in the process of being returned to KZN. In recent months, IFP member Khethamabala Sithole and ward councillor Thabang Masemola have been killed […]
# Cricket: Proteas Women’s coach Mandla Mashimbyi says former captain Dané van Niekerk won’t be included in the squad for the upcoming World Cup in India and Sri Lanka. This is despite her coming out of retirement and being included in an ongoing pre-tournament training camp in Durban. The 32-year-old is still in the formative phase […]
# The United Nations secretary general António Guterres says Israel’s initial steps to militarily take over Gaza City signal a new and dangerous phase, warning against the devastating consequences. At least 62-thousand-263 people, including many children, have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 2023. Guterres says the Israeli military operations, settler violence, […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the recommendations made in the close-out report of the National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council need to be thoroughly reviewed and, where appropriate, be acted upon without delay. The president chaired a meeting of the council yesterday, where he received the report. The recommendations include the establishment of a permanent, independent, overarching anti-corruption body […]
# Die hervestiging van olifante uit dieretuine in Pretoria en Johannesburg het gelei tot vurige debatte en verskeie petisies oor toegang tot wilde diere en bewaring in Suid-Afrika. Dit volg nadat Charley, die laaste olifantbul in die Pretoria-dieretuin, verskuif is na die private wildreservaat Shambala in Limpopo. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Instituut vir Biodiversiteit het dit […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens sê hy bly vasberade in sy toewyding om onwettige mynnetwerke uit te roei en die veiligheid en welstand van gemeenskappe te verseker. Verlede week is 215 verdagtes landwyd tydens Operasie Vala Umgodi vasgetrek. Die polisiewoordvoerder, Vincent Mukhathi, sê die verdagtes se oortredings sluit in die onwettige besit van plofstof, gouddraende materiaal en ongelisensieerde […]
# Tennis: Russia’s Daniil Medvedev has been fined 750-thousand-rand by the US Open for his meltdown during his first-round loss to France’s Benjamin Bonzi. The 2021 champion got angry when a photographer wandered onto the court while he was facing match point in the third set. He then smashed his racket at the end of the […]
