# The Madlanga commission says suspended deputy Crime Intelligence head Feroz Khan is expected to testify on the first of next month. This after Khan withdrew his urgent court applications against the commission and the police. He sought to block access to information from devices seized last month and to have parts of the proceedings […]
# The 2026 Standard Bank young artist award winners will premiere their new works at the National Arts Festival in Makhanda in the Eastern Cape. The artists will showcase theatre, dance, music, jazz and visual art, exploring themes like identity, culture, healing and heritage. Highlights include Jason Jacobs’ theatre work Kraal, dancer Lee-Che Janecke’s personal […]
# Luitenant-kolonel Nkoana Sebola van die Valke het aan die Madlanga-kommissie gesê boodskappe tussen die sakeman Tumelo Ngu en die vermeende polisie-informant, Alpha, wat die verkryging van foto’s, seëlnommers en bestuurdersbesonderhede bespreek het, hou verband met houers wat 715 kilogram kokaïen ter waarde van ‘n geraamde 300-miljoen-rand vervoer het. Sebola het getuig volgens die kommunikasie […]
# Die wenners van die Standard Bank-jongkunstenaartoekenning vir 2026 sal hul nuwe werk by die Nasionale Kunstefees in Makhanda in die Oos-Kaap bekendstel. Die kunstenaars sal teater, dans, musiek, jazz en visuele kuns ten toon stel, en temas soos identiteit, kultuur, genesing en erfenis verken. Hoogtepunte sluit in Jason Jacobs se teaterstuk Kraal, danser Lee-Che […]
# The DA says the criminal justice system is failing to protect victims of crime. Its oversight visits found shortages of sexual offence evidence kits at some police stations, which affects cases of gender-based violence. DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis states weak policing, poor investigations and delays in court are allowing criminals to go free and […]
# Die Oos-Kaapse Regterpresident Selby Mbenenge het ‘n hersieningsaansoek en ‘n dringende interdik by die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria ingedien, om die Regterlike Dienskommissie se bevinding te betwis dat hy skuldig is aan growwe wangedrag. Die kommissie het ‘n vroeëre beslissing van ‘n Regterlike Gedragstribunaal tersyde gestel, wat hom skuldig bevind het aan wangedrag nadat hy […]
# Betogers van verskeie townships in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, het na ‘n logistieke maatskappy in Boksburg opgeruk en die ontslag van buitelandse werknemers geëis. Dit volg ondanks president Cyril Ramaphosa se waarskuwing dat slegs regeringsamptenare immigrasiewette kan afdwing. Volgens News24 het die maatskappy verklaar sy buitelandse werknemers is wettig in diens en beweer die betoging is […]
# Die leier van RiseMzansi, Songezo Zibi, is bekommerd dat nasionale regeringsdepartemente ondermyn word deur munisipaliteite wat nie hul pligte doeltreffend nakom nie. Hy het in Johannesburg aan die media gesê swak koördinering en aanspreeklikheid, asook ‘n gebrek aan vermoë op plaaslike regeringsvlak, dra by tot dienslewerings-versteurings. Zibi waarsku dat landsburgers regstreeks geraak word deur […]
# Protesters from several Ekurhuleni townships in Gauteng marched to a logistics company in Boksburg, demanding the dismissal of foreign national employees. The march went ahead despite president Cyril Ramaphosa’s warning that only government officials can enforce immigration laws. According to News24, the company stated its foreign employees are legally employed and claimed the protest […]
