# The DA says Investigating Directorate Against Corruption head, Andrea Johnson’s request to be released from her post with immediate effect comes at a time when serious questions have been raised through the Madlanga Commission’s proceedings. Johnson’s testimony came under scrutiny at the commission last week. The DA’s Glynnis Breytenbach says public confidence in institutions […]
# Die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, sê Suid-Afrika ondersteun beraadslaging oor migrasie op die Afrika-unie se hoogste vlak. Hy sê dit moet egter fokus op ordelike, korrekte en wetlike migrasie, volgens die vasteland se bestaande raamwerke. Twee Ghanese het ʼn versoek by die Internasionale Strafhof ingedien om herhaalde xenofobiese aanvalle in […]
# Government has expressed concern about incidents involving individuals conducting unauthorised identity checks on foreign nationals and businesses, while falsely claiming to be officials from the Department of Home Affairs. Integrated operations involving the police, the Border Management Authority, the Department of Home Affairs, the Hawks and other law enforcement agencies continue to target criminal […]
# Investigating Directorate Against Corruption head, Andrea Johnson, has written to president Cyril Ramaphosa and the National Director of Public Prosecutions, Andy Mothibi, requesting to resign with immediate effect, and for her three-month notice period to be waived. This follows intense scrutiny at the Madlanga Commission regarding her handling of high-profile corruption cases involving senior […]
# Die minister van Justisie en Grondwetlike Ontwikkeling, Mmamoloko Kubayi, sê die regering het beduidende vordering gemaak met die verwerking van ongedokumenteerde buitelandse burgers sedert die migrasieprobleme in Junie toegeneem het. Die Grensbestuursowerheid het tussen 7 Junie en 14 Julie 72-duisend-906 repatriasies by alle grensposte verwerk. Die meerderheid van die burgers wat by die Musina […]
# Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, says South Africa supports engagement on migration at the highest level of the African Union, provided the discussions focus on orderly, regular and legal migration, as envisaged by existing continental frameworks. Two Ghanaians have petitioned the International Criminal Court to investigate repeated xenophobic attacks in South […]
# Justice and Constitutional Development minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi, says government has made significant progress in processing undocumented foreign nationals since migration pressures intensified in June. The Border Management Authority has processed 72-thousand-906 repatriations through all ports of entry between 7 June and 14 July. The majority of nationals processed at the Musina Temporary Repatriation Processing Centre […]
# The Madlanga Commission resumes today with the head of the Independent Directorate Against Corruption, Andrea Johnson, expected to continue her testimony. She has come under sustained questioning over the legality of investigations, inconsistencies in her evidence and decisions in high-profile corruption cases. Johnson has withdrawn several claims and apologised to SAPS Crime Intelligence Technical […]
# Security strategist Andy Mashaile has backed the decision by the head of the police’s Crime Intelligence Technical Support Services, Dineo Mokwele, to lodge a complaint against Independent Directorate Against Corruption head, Andrea Johnson, with the IDAC Ombud, retired Judge Takalani Raulinga. The complaint follows Johnson’s testimony before the Madlanga Commission, where she admitted Mokwele’s […]