# National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola has welcomed the Pietermaritzburg High Court’s sentencing of hitman Sabelo Phewa to two life terms for the 2017 murder of Richmond Municipal Manager Sibusiso Sithole. Sithole was probing municipal corruption specifically concerning tenders and kickbacks when he was gunned down. The police’s political killings task team linked Phewa […]
# The High Court in Pietermaritzburg has handed double life sentences to hitman Sabelo Phewa for the 2017 murder of Richmond Municipal manager, Sibusiso Sithole. Sithole was gunned down outside the Richmond Licensing Office while en-route to a meeting to discuss an investigation into rampant fraud and corruption within the municipality, specifically concerning tenders and […]
# Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have announced their withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, accusing it of serving as a tool of neocolonial repression. The military-led nations, already split from the Economic Community of West African States and aligned under the Alliance of Sahel States, are also strengthening ties with Russia. The move comes […]
# The South African National Energy Development Institute says government may use the Expropriation Act to acquire land for its transmission network expansion. Energy secretariat head Sampson Mamphweli told the Energy Indaba in Pretoria that negotiations with landowners often lead to inflated costs, delaying projects. He says the Act allows expropriation when negotiations fail, ensuring […]
# Correctional Services minister Pieter Groenewald has emphasised the need to balance victims’ rights with inmates’ rehabilitation and reintegration. This comes as delegates at the National Parole Summit in Pretoria are interrogating current parole legislation. This includes outdated manual data systems and backlogs as major obstacles. Groenewald emphasised the importance of stakeholders across the justice […]
# Basic Education minister Siviwe Gwarube has taken urgent steps to safeguard learners following reports of sexual abuse in Eastern Cape schools and disruptions by the Dudula movement. At St John’s College, seven educators accused of abuse have been suspended, while JS Skenjana Senior Secondary faces a fresh probe. Gwarube’s spokesperson Terence Khala stressed schools […]
# Correctional Services National Commissioner Makgothi Thobakgale says more than 55-thousand inmates are on parole. Addressing the National Summit on the Review of the Parole System in Pretoria, Thobakgale says the system faces pressure due to the shortage of officers to monitor them effectively. Thobakgale told SABC News that capacity challenges threaten compliance and public […]
# Parliament’s Select Committee on Economic Development and Trade chairperson, Sonja Boshoff has called for a National Crisis Summit to tackle South Africa’s growing wave of job losses. Boshoff says the summit should unite government, business, and labour to find urgent solutions, including relief on electricity and freight costs, stronger localisation, and trade remedies. She […]
# The Mpumalanga High Court will today hear arguments regarding the late former deputy president David Mabuza’s 44-million-rand pension fund. This comes after Mabuza’s daughter Tamara Silinda approached the court to block the distribution of her late father’s pension fund by Alexander Forbes. Silinda claims her mother was Mabuza customary wife. She is seeking to […]
