# The High Court in Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal has dismissed applications by former president Jacob Zuma and French arms company Thales to have their arms deal corruption trial thrown out. Zuma and Thales face charges of corruption, fraud, racketeering, and money laundering linked to the 1999 multi-billion-rand arms deal. Delivering his ruling, Judge Nkosinathi Chili […]
# The DA in Johannesburg has announced it will lodge a formal complaint with the Special Investigating Unit over more than one-billion-rand in tenders allegedly awarded to companies linked to current and former city councillors. The party is demanding lifestyle audits for all implicated officials and councillors, a forensic audit of tenders, and criminal charges […]
# United Africans Transformation has called for urgent action over alleged corruption at the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court in Gauteng. In a motion to Parliament, the party claims justice is being sold to the highest bidder while the poor face intimidation and unfair treatment. The transformation’s Mighty Mabule is demanding an independent investigation and lifestyle […]
# The National Union of Mineworkers condemns the awarding of a 9.5-billion-rand battery storage project to Mulilo Energy, chaired by former Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer. The union says this amounts to a serious conflict of interest and undermines public trust. NUM’s Khangela Baloyi, is calling for the deal to be scrapped and for a full […]
# Cosatu calls for strong support for teachers’ assistants to become permanent teachers, opening career paths for young people. The federation says this will help improve education, reduce the high teacher-to-learner ratio and fight youth unemployment. Cosatu’s Matthew Parks welcomes the restart of the presidential employment stimulus, which sees 200-thousand young people begin work as […]
# The DA welcomed its legal victory against the appointment of the MK Party’s member of Parliament, John Hlophe, to the Judicial Service Commission. The High Court in the Western Cape found that Parliament’s decision to appoint Hlophe, a fired judge, to serve on the commission was unconstitutional and invalid. DA federal council chairperson Helen […]
# Municipal union Samwu in KwaZulu-Natal condemns the uMhlathuze Municipality for failing to pay workers last month’s overtime, a violation of labour laws and a betrayal of workers’ rights. The union also raised concerns about poor working conditions, lack of safety gear, broken vehicles, and unfair treatment of staff. Samwu’s regional secretary, Zandile Gumede, demands […]
# The High Court in the Western Cape has ruled Parliament acted unlawfully in appointing fired judge and MK Party deputy leader John Hlophe to the Judicial Service Commission. The court stated that a judge removed for misconduct cannot be entrusted with safeguarding judicial integrity. Hlophe was impeached for trying to influence two Constitutional Court […]
# The Gauteng Department of Community Safety has praised law enforcement officers for their hard work in keeping communities safe after more than 330 suspects were arrested during weekend operations. The arrests were for crimes such as drunk driving, drug possession, and selling liquor illegally. Ekurhuleni had 69 arrests, Tshwane 96, Sedibeng 80, West Rand […]
