# The DA has lodged a complaint with the Public Protector against Tourism minister Patricia de Lille over her decision to dissolve the South African Tourism Board. The party says the board had acted lawfully to suspend CEO Nombulelo Guliwe over financial irregularities, but De Lille intervened. The DA’s Haseena Ismail says former board members […]
# Trade union Solidarity says its defamation case against minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, will proceed unopposed. This after neither Ntshavheni nor president Cyril Ramaphosa filed a response to contest the claim. The case relates to Ntshavheni’s statements in March alleging that Solidarity and AfriForum spread misinformation during their visits to the US. Solidarity […]
# The South African Weather Service has issued a severe weather warning for parts of Limpopo between today and tomorrow. Residents can expect heavy thunderstorms, strong gusty winds, and localised flooding in low-lying areas. The provincial Department of Transport and Community Safety spokesperson Tidimalo Chuene urged motorists to drive carefully, avoid flooded roads and bridges, […]
# Nelson Mandela Bay deputy mayor, Gary van Niekerk, has been fined two-thousand-rand or 30 days in jail after failing to appear in the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape. Van Niekerk had allegedly misrepresented himself as the council speaker and appointed law firms without authority, resulting in claims for over […]
# EFF leader Julius Malema says Parliament’s ad hoc committee investigating allegations by KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi must not act as a subcommittee of the Madlanga commission. Mkhwanazi is the first witness in Parliament on alleged political interference in the justice system. Malema insists the committee is an independent structure of Parliament and Mkhwanazi’s […]
# Parliament’s ad hoc committee investigating allegations by KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has been forced to adjourn after heated arguments among members of Parliament. The meeting broke down over whether Mkhwanazi’s statement was an original document or copied from his earlier testimony to the Madlanga commission. The committee’s chairperson, Soviet Lekganyane, halted proceedings to […]
# Former Transnet CEO Brian Molefe is set to face the high court in a multimillion-rand corruption case linked to irregular locomotive contracts. The Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crime Court in Gauteng has postponed the case to 18 November for the provision of an indictment. Investigating Directorate Against Corruption spokesperson Henry Mamothame says Molefe, along […]
# ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa says the party is intensifying its fight against corruption, warning that consequence management and lifestyle audits will be strictly enforced across the public sector. Following the conclusion of the party’s special national executive committee meeting in Boksburg, Ramaphosa said the Special Investigating Unit’s reports show that the government is serious […]
# The DA in the Western Cape says tourism and trade are booming ahead of the busy holiday season. Wesgro’s latest air access report shows Cape Town International Airport handled over 223-thousand international passengers in August, up five-percent from last year, while domestic travel rose by seven-percent. George Airport recorded 13-percent growth, and air cargo […]
