# Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department deputy chief, Julius Mkhwanazi, has been placed on suspension with immediate effect. The move follows various testimonies at the Madlanga commission linking Mkhwanazi to alleged corrupt deals. These include authorising blue-light privileges for controversial businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala and awarding tenders without proper process.
# Die afgetrede adjunkhoof van Ekurhuleni se metropolisie, Revo Spies, is ernstig bekommerd oor die gebrek aan ‘n beleid oor misdaadklarings binne munisipale polisiedepartemente. Hy het aan die Madlanga-kommissie gesê daar is nie ‘n stelsel om amptenare op te spoor wat misdaadrekords kry terwyl hulle in diens is nie. Spies waarsku swak data-integrasie tussen munisipale […]
# Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi says a banner by Solidarity on Johannesburg’s M1 highway was racially sensitive and could damage the province and South Africa’s image ahead of the G20 summit. The banner was taken down following an order from Lesufi, with city officials acting swiftly after the directive. Solidarity criticised the move as unlawful […]
# Retired Ekurhuleni Metro Police deputy chief Revo Spies has raised serious concerns about the absence of criminal vetting policy within municipal policing. He told the Madlanga commission there is no system to track officials who gain criminal records while in service. Spies warns that poor data integration between municipal and national police systems allows […]
# Die omstrede tenderpreneur Cat Matlala en sy vrou, Tsakani, se regsverteenwoordiger, Victor Nkhwashu, het aan hul saak onttrek. Die Matlalas en hul twee medebeskuldigdes staan tereg op aanklagte wat verband hou met ‘n beweerde huurmoord op sy voormalige vriendin, Tebogo Thobejane. Die Matlalas het nou nuwe regsverteenwoordiging. Die beskuldigdes het weer vlugtig in Alexandra […]
# Die afgetrede adjunkhoof van die Ekurhuleni-metropolisie, Revo Spies, het onthul dat baie beamptes nooit behoorlik gekeur is nie. Spies het voor die Madlanga-kommissie van ondersoek getuig die Parlement se portefeuljekomitee oor Wetstoepassing het in 2020 en 2021 kommer uitgespreek oor ontbrekende misdaadklarings. Hy sê ondanks ‘n nasionale forumooreenkoms oor klaring vir personeel in uniform, […]
# Die Soil of Africa-beweging het die gebrek aan optrede deur wetstoepassing, die nalatigheid van die Stad Tshwane, en die stilswye van politieke leierskap veroordeel, te midde van toenemende geweld teen vroue in Mamelodi. Die voorsitter van die beweging, Bongani Ramontja, sê ‘n jong vrou in Mamelodi-Oos-uitbreiding 16 is onlangs deur ‘n man van dieselfde […]
# Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber CEO Denise van Huyssteen says Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has an opportunity to unlock South Africa’s economic potential by supporting small businesses in his mid-term budget tomorrow. Van Huyssteen says micro, small and medium enterprises make up 90-percent of formal businesses, yet face red tape, poor infrastructure, and funding […]
# Controversial tenderpreneur Cat Matlala and his wife Tsakani’s lawyer, Victor Nkhwashu, has withdrawn from their case. The couple and their two co-accused face charges linked to an alleged hit on his former partner, Tebogo Thobejane. The Matlalas now have new legal representation. The accused appeared briefly in the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court again before the […]
