# The Special Investigating Unit has secured a preservation order from the Special Tribunal to freeze two multimillion-rand properties linked to former Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa Group CEO Lucky Montana. The preserved assets comprise a Hurlingham, Johannesburg property purchased for 13.5-million-rand and a Waterkloof, Pretoria property bought for 2.25-million-rand. The SIU’s spokesperson, Selby Makgotho, […]
# Acting Police minister, Firoz Cachalia says the police don’t have the primary responsibility for enforcing immigration laws; however, they continue to work with relevant departments to support law enforcement efforts. To date, law enforcement authorities have registered 354 cases of arrests and prosecutions against individuals who are in contravention of the law related to […]
# Commonwealth Games: South Africa’s Pieter Coetze stormed to another gold medal and another Games record, this time in the 200-metres, to add to his 50-metres heroics. He won in one-minute-54.22-seconds with England’s Oliver Morgan and Luke Greenbank coming in second and third, respectively. Aimee Canny won silver in the women’s 100-metres breaststroke and Olivia […]
# The DA says Investigating Directorate Against Corruption head, Andrea Johnson’s request to be released from her post with immediate effect comes at a time when serious questions have been raised through the Madlanga Commission’s proceedings. Johnson’s testimony came under scrutiny at the commission last week. The DA’s Glynnis Breytenbach says public confidence in institutions […]
# More than 300-thousand people have been displaced by wildfires in France and Spain, as firefighters battle to contain raging fires. This comes as temperatures are expected to soar this week. Fires have ravaged the Gironde region and advanced towards Bordeaux, at the heart of the country’s winelands. Nearly 220-thousand people have been evacuated from several towns, […]
# Government has expressed concern about incidents involving individuals conducting unauthorised identity checks on foreign nationals and businesses, while falsely claiming to be officials from the Department of Home Affairs. Integrated operations involving the police, the Border Management Authority, the Department of Home Affairs, the Hawks and other law enforcement agencies continue to target criminal […]
# Investigating Directorate Against Corruption head, Andrea Johnson, has written to president Cyril Ramaphosa and the National Director of Public Prosecutions, Andy Mothibi, requesting to resign with immediate effect, and for her three-month notice period to be waived. This follows intense scrutiny at the Madlanga Commission regarding her handling of high-profile corruption cases involving senior […]
# US ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, says president Donald Trump has paused strikes on Iran to allow more room for diplomacy. On Friday night, the US military paused its bombing campaign on Tehran after nearly two weeks of consecutive nights of strikes. No attacks were reported over the weekend on Iran or […]
# eThekwini mayor, Cyril Xaba, says the municipality has maintained a strong financial position and experts are increasingly confident that its finances will remain stable. In May, the council officially adopted the metro’s 2026-2027 Medium Term Revenue and Expenditure Framework, with a total budget of 75.3-billion-rand. This is aimed at accelerating service delivery, infrastructure renewal, and […]
