# The National Prosecuting Authority has confirmed that an urgent court application brought to stop the execution of arrest warrants in the case involving extortion-accused taxi boss, Madoda Johannes Sibanyoni, and his co-accused has been formally withdrawn. Prosecutors had obtained a J50 warrant of arrest after re-enrolling the case that had been struck off the […]
# Johannesburg’s Metrobus will reduce services from today as it grapples with financial pressures and rising diesel costs. In a notice to commuters, the bus operator says years of budget cuts, coupled with higher fuel prices, have forced it to scale back operations. The changes include reduced off-peak services on selected routes and fewer trips […]
# Public Works and Infrastructure minister Dean Macpherson has asked the National Treasury for guidance on launching an independent investigation into a controversial 70-million-rand lease agreement for a vacant building in Pretoria. A preliminary report found the Property Management Trading Entity approved the lease in 2023 despite plans to close the Department of Public Enterprises. […]
# The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry is set to resume hearings with KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Major General Lesetja Senona expected to continue his testimony. Senona has been under scrutiny over allegations linked to organised crime figures, internal police conduct and the theft of cocaine from a Hawks facility in Port Shepstone. His return follows a […]
# The DA has criticised the Gauteng Health Department for failing to comply with a Gauteng Legislature motion to honor murdered whistleblower Babita Deokaran. The DA says the department missed a six-month deadline to report on plans to commemorate Deokaran’s legacy and has not consulted her family. Deokaran exposed corruption linked to Tembisa Hospital before […]
# An investigative report by News24 has revealed that businessman Ze Nxumalo allegedly financed a 3.5-million-rand private jet charter used by former Ekurhuleni city manager Imogen Mashazi for a three-day shopping trip to London in 2022. Reports claim payments were linked to companies holding lucrative municipal contracts during Mashazi’s tenure. Mashazi reportedly failed to declare […]
# Metrobus in Johannesburg gaan van vandag af dienste verminder weens finansiële druk en stygende dieselkoste. In ‘n kennisgewing aan pendelaars sê die busoperateur dat jare se begrotingsbesnoeiings, saam met hoër brandstofpryse, hulle gedwing het om bedrywighede af te skaal. Die veranderinge sluit in verminderde dienste buite spitstyd op geselekteerde roetes en minder ritte gedurende […]
# Die minister van Openbare Werke en Infrastruktuur, Dean Macpherson, het die Nasionale Tesourie om leiding gevra oor ‘n onafhanklike ondersoek na ‘n omstrede huurooreenkoms van 70-miljoen-rand vir ‘n leë gebou in Pretoria. ‘n Voorlopige verslag het bevind die Eiendomsbestuurshandelsentiteit het die huurkontrak in 2023 goedgekeur ten spyte van planne om die Departement van Openbare […]
# Die Madlanga-kommissie van ondersoek is gereed om verhore te hervat, met die hoof van die Valke in KwaZulu-Natal, generaal-majoor Lesetja Senona, wat na verwagting sy getuienis sal voortsit. Senona was in die kruisvuur oor bewerings rondom georganiseerde misdaadsyfers, interne polisiegedrag en die diefstal van kokaïen uit ‘n Valke-fasiliteit in Port Shepstone. Sy terugkeer volg […]
