# Tax Justice South Africa has warned that the arrest of five SANDF soldiers accused of conspiring to steal illicit cigarettes exposes deep-rooted corruption at South Africa’s borders. The suspects, along with two Zimbabwean nationals, were arrested near the Limpopo River and appear in Musina Magistrate’s Court today on charges including corruption and possession of […]
# Efficient Group chief economist, Dawie Roodt, expects the Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee to keep interest rates unchanged today. Despite inflation easing from 3.5-percent in July to 3.3-percent in August, Roodt says Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago is likely to delay another cut until November. The repo rate currently sits at seven-percent, with the […]
# Transport minister Barbara Creecy has directed Transnet’s National Port Authority to renew leases for tenants at Durban’s Island View precinct and guarantee access for the Central Energy Fund. The 25-year-old directive seeks to balance transformation with energy security, creating space for emerging black players. The department’s spokesperson, Collen Msibi, confirmed that Creecy has also […]
# Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, says foreign laboratory tests on his biological samples confirm he was poisoned. The 47-year-old died in February 2024 in a Russian prison. Navalnaya, who has long accused Moscow of killing him, posted a video on X alleging two labs in different countries reached […]
# Judges Matter’s Mbekezeli Benjamin says the MK Party’s legal challenges over Madlanga Commission of Inquiry’s legality is unwarranted. The commission began investigating allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi yesterday. The allegations include political interference and criminal syndicates infiltrating law enforcement and the judiciary. Speaking to SABC News, he stressed that allegations must […]
# National Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says three seized firearms, an AK-47 and two pistols, tied to cases involving businessman Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala, and alleged associate Katiso ‘KT’ Molefe, are forensically linked to 18 violent crimes. Mathe said the weapons are linked to cases involving attacks on DJs Sumbody, Vinto, and Vettis. She confirmed that […]
# Five SANDF soldiers and two undocumented Zimbabweans will appear in the Musina Magistrate’s Court today for allegedly conspiring to steal a consignment of illicit cigarettes near the Limpopo River. Shots were reportedly fired, forcing smugglers to abandon 24 boxes. Six boxes were later recovered from a temporary military camp. Police spokesperson Hlulani Mashaba says […]
# The DA in Gauteng will stage a picket outside the Levai Mbatha Clinic, protesting over alleged cadre deployment and nepotism in a pavement construction tender. Gauteng DA Leader Solly Msimanga will lead the protest and hand over a memorandum to clinic management, demanding transparency and fair job opportunities for community members. The DA claims […]
# The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa has welcomed a new five-year wage agreement with South32 Hillside Aluminium. With inflation at 3.3-percent, the deal ensures annual increases of 5.5-to-six-percent, depending on job categories, through to 2030. Workers will also receive annual medical aid erosion benefits and a once-off 20-thousand signing bonus. NUMSA’s Phakamile […]
