# A 42-year-old police sergeant has been arrested in connection with the kidnapping of 19-year-old Kamogelo Baukudi in the Free State. The teenager was kidnapped last Thursday after he was collected from school by two unknown men wearing police uniforms. Police spokesperson, Motantsi Makhele, says the arrest was made after the vehicle used to abduct […]
# The Auditor General, Tsakani Maluleke, has denied allegations of corruption by some of their auditors in the Free State. This comes after ActionSA alleged that senior AG Free State figures collaborated with Centlec employees and consultants to falsify audit outcomes and sanitise reports. The reports were intended to expose widespread financial mismanagement and fraud […]
# The Forum for South Africa is calling on the National Prosecuting Authority to drop charges of arson, public violence and malicious injury to property against five Walter Sisulu University students in the Eastern Cape. Forum leader, Tebogo Mashilompane, says they were arrested during a protest after the man linked to the death of Sisonke […]
# The DA says it has submitted urgent Parliamentary questions to Police minister Senzo Mchunu to determine the content of the report by the Inspector-General of Intelligence to establish whether further misconduct has been uncovered. The party says this follows closely on the conclusion of an investigation into unlawful property worth 59-million-rand acquired by Crime […]
# Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment minister Dion George is today attending the third United Nations Oceans Conference in Nice, France. The conference seeks to accelerate global action to conserve and sustainably use the ocean, in support of Sustainable Development Goal 14: ‘Life Below Water’. The department’s spokesperson, Thobile Zulu-Molobi says this year’s conference theme […]
# The DA is calling on International Relations and Cooperation minister, Ronald Lamola, to explain his continued promotion of the ANC’s failed economic transformation policies. The party says in his address to the Black Business Council summit on Thursday, Lamola made a rallying call for black professionals to defend the revolution. The DA’s Ryan Smith says the […]
# The EFF has written to Parliament Portfolio Committee on Justice chairperson, Xola Nqola, requesting an urgent meeting with the National Director of Public Prosecutions and Justice minister Mmamoloko Kubayi. The party says this follows alarming public statements made by NDPP head advocate Shamila Batohi on the infiltration of the National Prosecuting Authority within the institution and that […]
# ActionSA in Johannesburg is calling on City Power and all relevant law enforcement agencies to take urgent and decisive action against the growing crisis of illegal electricity connections in the city. ActionSA’s Mpumi Edward says a recent oversight visit to Crosby uncovered a deeply troubling situation where residents of a nearby informal settlement had illegally connected […]
The Democratic Alliance is calling on the chairperson of the National Council of Provinces Select Committee on Social Services, Desery Fienies, to urgently start the process to give effect to the domestic and international commitments South Africa has to people living with disabilities. The DA’s Igor Scheurkogel says over 7.5-percent of South Africa’s population lives with […]
