# Suspended Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi was served with his fifth arrest warrant yesterday, linked to the blue-lights saga involving alleged underworld figure Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala. Mkhwanazi is alleged to have unlawfully approved the fitting of blue lights to four private luxury vehicles linked to Matlala’s security company, Cat Protection Services. […]
# Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana says the power to raise the value-added tax rate is good fiscal management. The Constitutional Court reserved judgment in a legal battle over who holds the power to set the VAT rate. The DA approached the court to confirm the Western Cape High Court ruling, which declared the unilateral […]
# Soccer: UEFA is reportedly preparing to bring criminal proceedings against FIFA president Gianni Infantino over his attempt to sell shares in the World Cup to private investors. Infantino had proposed creating a new company, FIFA Forward Enterprise, which would have sold off stakes in competitions to private investors. The plan was scrapped after widespread […]
# Russia’s Foreign Ministry has warned that it could retaliate against the UK by striking British military facilities both inside and outside of Ukraine. This comes after UK prime minister Andy Burnham announced on Monday that Britain would allow Kyiv access to classified technology to start its own production of Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles. Russian […]
# Eskom says it safely and in line with procedure took Koeberg Nuclear Power Station’s Unit One offline after a turbine trip early yesterday morning. All plant monitoring confirmed that operating conditions remained stable throughout the event. Eskom spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena, says nuclear safety was never compromised, and there was no risk to employees, the public, […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the release of the Nkabinde Panel of Inquiry report, which probed the fitness to hold office of Gauteng South Director of Public Prosecutions Andrew Chauke. The panel, chaired by Justice Baaitse Elizabeth Nkabinde, found no credible evidence that Chauke acted unlawfully regarding the prosecution of former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head […]
# The MK Party has expelled two of its prominent members of Parliament, Khanyisile Litchfield-Tshabalala and Pumlani Kubukeli, for bringing the party into disrepute. The party says the decision follows a series of acts and conduct by the two which have been detrimental to its reputation, integrity and overall interests. It says it has already […]
# United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appealed for 17.59-billion-rand to fully fund an aid plan to combat the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Five-thousand-713 cases have been confirmed, claiming two-thousand-744 lives. The outbreak is the fastest-spreading Ebola epidemic ever recorded. Guterres says the government of the DRC and the World […]
# Cricket: Cricket South Africa has launched the 2026/2027 domestic season with a restructured competition format. The biggest change is the introduction of the Pro20 Cup, which brings together the former T20 Challenge and T20 Knockout competitions into a single premier competition. The expanded Pro20 will feature 16 teams from both Division 1 and Division 2, and […]
