# Border Management Authority Commissioner Michael Masiapato says significant progress has been made in tackling fraud and corruption in the border and immigration sector. Speaking at the OR Tambo International Airport, Masiapato confirmed that the BMA handled 57 disciplinary cases between July and September, with 17 officials dismissed, two receiving final warnings and one suspended […]
# Soccer: Bafana Bafana coach Pitso Mosimane will make changes when South Africa face Egypt in a friendly at Cairo International Stadium tomorrow night. Mosimane says he wants to give players who have not featured during the extended camp an opportunity to prove themselves. Fresh faces like Shandre Campbell, Fawaaz Basadien, Thabang Matuludi, and Tashreeq […]
# The Special Tribunal has dismissed former ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe’s application to halt civil recovery proceedings linked to an allegedly irregular 27.6-million-rand Gauteng waste vehicle tender. The Tribunal found Mabe’s arguments lacked merit and was simply an attempt to delay accountability. As a result, the SIU can proceed with reclaiming the state’s funds, while […]
# The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department has condemned a series of attacks targeting its personnel. Traffic Warden Reagan Joseph was shot and killed on Thursday while in his private vehicle, with two children inside. One child was injured and hospitalised. JMPD spokesperson Xolani Fihla says this is the third attack in one week. A security […]
# Eskom has delivered 504 consecutive days without load-shedding to South Africa, as its year-to-date Energy Availability Factor improves to 68.11-percent. The power utility says diesel expenditure has fallen by 4.79-billion-rand, an 80.49-percent year-on-year reduction. Unplanned outages have also improved, with nearly two-thousand-943 megawatts returned to service. Eskom says customers affected by load reduction have […]
# The head of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Solomon Ayele Dersso, says South Africa has the right to enforce its immigration laws, while protecting the rights of undocumented migrants. Speaking in Pretoria after a delegation completed a five-day promotion mission to South Africa, he said being undocumented does not remove a […]
# The Madlanga Commission has ruled that dismissed former SAPS Crime Intelligence deputy head, major-general Feroz Khan, will testify in camera on Tuesday. Khan must file his statement relating to that evidence by midday today. The commission says anyone granted access to the proceedings is prohibited from publishing, broadcasting or disseminating recordings of the testimony. […]
# Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Co-operation says it will invite DIRCO to explain the circumstances surrounding the third demarche against US Ambassador Leo Brent Bozell in nine months. Committee chairperson Mosa Chabane says South Africa’s sovereignty must be respected. The committee notes that diplomats are required to respect the laws of their […]
# Advocate Amanda Nel has challenged Investigating officer Detective Nokukhanya Ndlovu’s evidence in the bail application of suspended SAPS Deputy National Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya. Nel argued that the law does not operate on assumptions, questioning whether there is evidence that Bishop Azwihangwi Maumela contacted a complainant on Sibiya’s instructions discussing plans to identify the […]
