# The ANC secretary-general and former Police minister Fikile Mbalula has told the Khampepe commission that decisions on criminal investigations were the responsibility of law enforcement agencies, not the Police ministry. Appearing before the commission investigating alleged interference in Truth and Reconciliation Commission-related cases, Mbalula also declined to comment on compensation for victims, citing the […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has asked the High Court in the Western Cape to temporarily halt Parliament’s impeachment process linked to the Phala Phala matter. His lawyer, Wim Trengove, argued Parliament does not have sufficient evidence to justify an impeachment inquiry and the president would suffer unfair reputational harm if the process continued before the […]
# The Presidency says president Cyril Ramaphosa is concerned about recent developments involving the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption and its head, Andrea Johnson. The comments come after Johnson failed to appear before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry after submitting a medical certificate. Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya told the media that Ramaphosa is closely monitoring the […]
# Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya says the government has welcomed the latest United Nations report on the occupied Palestinian territories, as it supports their case before the International Court of Justice. Magwenya added South Africa will continue to pursue legal and diplomatic efforts in support of the Palestinian people. He states the findings highlight the […]
# AfriForum has called for greater transparency over the government’s planned state-backed satellite internet provider, BrainSAT satellite services. The organisation has submitted a request under the Promotion of Access to Information Act, seeking details on the procurement process, the agreement signed with Space42 and BrainSAT Technologies, and how the company was selected. AfriForum’s Ernst van […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het die Hooggeregshof in die Wes-Kaap versoek om die Parlement se ampsklag wat verband hou met die Phala Phala-saak tydelik te staak. Die president se prokureur, Wim Trengove, het aangevoer die Parlement het nie genoeg bewyse om ‘n ampsklagondersoek te regverdig nie en die president kan onbillike reputasieskade ly as die […]
Die Appèlhof het die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag verlof toegestaan om teen die ontslag van die Nigeriese televangelis Timothy Omotoso en sy twee medebeskuldigdes te appelleer. Die appèl sal probeer om die beslissing van die Hooggeregshof in Gqeberha, in die Oos-Kaap, om te keer om Omotoso, Lusanda Sulani en Zukiswa Sitho, vry te spreek van 32 aanklagte, […]
# Die sekretaris-generaal van die ANC en voormalige minister van Polisie, Fikile Mbalula, het voor die Khampepe-kommissie getuig besluite oor kriminele ondersoeke is die verantwoordelikheid van wetstoepassingsagentskappe, nie die minister van Polisie nie. Mbalula het voor die kommissie verskyn wat beweerde inmenging in sake van die Waarheids- en Versoeningskommissie ondersoek. Hy wou ook nie kommentaar […]
# Die Madlanga-kommissie se getuienisleier, Matthew Chaskalson, het sakeman Suliman Carrim gekritiseer omdat hy nie geouditeerde of ongeouditeerde finansiële state vir drie maatskappye, Ziggy, Tasmica en Tamiz, verskaf het nie. Chaskalson sê die maatskappye het honderde miljoene rande van Noordwes-regeringsinstellings ontvang en lewer steeds dienste aan staatsondernemings. Hy het aangevoer Carrim se mediese nota het […]
