# KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has told the Madlanga commission that Police minister Senzo Mchunu is fully involved in a criminal syndicate. In July, president Cyril Ramaphosa placed Mchunu on immediate leave over allegations of collusion with the syndicate and interference in high-profile investigations. Wrapping up day one of the hearings, Mkhwanazi linked Mchunu […]
# Five SANDF soldiers and two undocumented Zimbabweans will appear in the Musina Magistrate’s Court today for allegedly conspiring to steal a consignment of illicit cigarettes near the Limpopo River. Shots were reportedly fired, forcing smugglers to abandon 24 boxes. Six boxes were later recovered from a temporary military camp. Police spokesperson Hlulani Mashaba says […]
# National Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says three seized firearms, an AK-47 and two pistols, tied to cases involving businessman Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala, and alleged associate Katiso ‘KT’ Molefe, are forensically linked to 18 violent crimes. Mathe said the weapons are linked to cases involving attacks on DJs Sumbody, Vinto, and Vettis. She confirmed that […]
# The Institute of Race Relations will this week promote its Blueprint for Growth as an alternative to reverse the investment drought in South Africa. IRR campaign manager, Makone Maja, says they will investigate the damaging effects of policies such as Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment, employment equity quotas, and property rights uncertainty on South Africa’s […]
# The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa has welcomed a new five-year wage agreement with South32 Hillside Aluminium. With inflation at 3.3-percent, the deal ensures annual increases of 5.5-to-six-percent, depending on job categories, through to 2030. Workers will also receive annual medical aid erosion benefits and a once-off 20-thousand signing bonus. NUMSA’s Phakamile […]
# As South Africa celebrates national recycling week, Polyco has announced that its packa-ching programme has paid 37-million-rand to communities and diverted 31-million kilogrammes of waste from landfills. The plastics recycling organisation’s initiative uses 47 mobile buy-back centres to bring recycling infrastructure and cashless rewards to underserved areas, creating jobs and economic opportunities. Polyco’s Chantal […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile will deliver the keynote address at the Public Works and Infrastructure MinMEC sitting at Eastcape Training Centre in Gqeberha today. Mashatile will speak on the role of infrastructure in boosting the economy and job creation. The forum brings together national and provincial leaders to review progress, align policies, and strengthen […]
# Die polisiekommisaris van KwaZulu-Natal, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi sê die moord op die ingenieur van Q-Tech Engineering, Armand Swart, ontbloot korrupsie en georganiseerde misdaad binne die polisie. Swart is verlede jaar vermoor nadat hy tenderbedrog by Transnet uitgewys het. Mkwhanazi het by die Madlanga-kommissie van ondersoek in Pretoria getuig dat ondersoekbeamptes dreigemente, omkooppogings en peutery met […]
# Suid-Afrika het vandag drie openbare dossiere by die VN Veiligheidsraad ingedien waarin Israel beskudig word van volksmoord teen Palestyne in Gaza. Die voorleggings beskryf beweerde aanhitsing deur Israelse amptenare, dade van volksmoord, en die gebruik van verhongering en die gebruik van hulpverlening as ‘n wapen. Die dossiere dien as aanvulling tot Suid-Afrika se voortgesette […]
