# Suspended KwaZulu-Natal Hawks Brigadier Campbell Nyuswa has told the Madlanga Commission that provincial Hawks head Lesetja Senona was aware of security weaknesses at the Port Shepstone Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation offices. Responding to evidence leader Lee Segeels-Ncube, Nyuswa said Senona knew about ongoing efforts to improve security at the premises. He testified that […]
# Suspended KwaZulu-Natal Hawks Brigadier Campbell Nyuswa has told the Madlanga Commission he doubts that a strong-room safe containing seized drugs was breached by grinding the door. Nyuswa said he suspected the scene may have been staged during the theft. Responding to the commission’s chairperson Mbuyiseli Madlanga, Nyuswa questioned why investigators did not obtain expert […]
# Suspended KwaZulu-Natal Hawks Brigadier Campbell Nyuswa has told the Madlanga Commission that provincial Hawks head Leseja Senona was given both sets of keys to a strong room containing seized drug exhibits. The evidence included 541 kilograms of cocaine worth about 200-million-rand, confiscated in a 2021 Port Shepstone bust. The drugs were later stolen from […]
# Presidential spokesperson Vincent Magwenya has confirmed DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis has submitted a request to president Cyril Ramaphosa for changes to the party’s representation in the government of national unity. These include Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment minister, Willie Aucamp taking over as Agriculture minister, with John Steenhuisen moving to a Trade, Industry and […]
# DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis says changes to the party’s representation in the government of national unity is a carefull assessment of its performance in the role. The proposal sees Willie Aucamp move to Agriculture, replacing John Steenhuisen, who is set to become deputy minister of Trade, Industry and Competition. David Maynier, Alexandra Abrahams, Yusuf […]
# South Africa’s consumer inflation increased to 4.5-percent in May 2026, rising from four-percent in April and reaching its highest level since July 2024. Statistics show the increase was mainly driven by higher fuel prices, with petrol up 24.8-percent and diesel rising 53.8-percent year-on-year. Food inflation eased to 1.9-percent, with lower prices for cereals, fruit […]
# The family of 21-year-old Zenande Chiloane from Mbombela say funeral arrangements have commenced after his body was recovered from the Crocodile River near Kamagugu Township. The Chiloane had been missing for nine-days after the vehicle he was travelling in with two others plunged into the river. Police diver Johan Potgieter said that his body […]
# The High Court in Pretoria has ruled that the Department of Correctional Services acted unlawfully when it took control over the Mangaung Correctional Centre following the escape of convicted murderer and rapist Thabo Bester. The prison was run by G4S under the Bloemfontein Correctional Contracts when Bester escaped in 2022. The court found there […]
# South African agricultural exporters are facing mounting costs as shipping lines pass on higher port charges linked to rising fuel prices. Transnet’s Fuel Neutrality Charge increased from 52-to-78-rand per container in June, following a surge in diesel costs. Industry experts warn the added expenses come as farmers already grapple with higher fuel and fertiliser […]
