# Freedom Under Law has welcomed retired Supreme Court of Appeal Judge Trevor Gorven to its Board. He served on the Supreme Court of Appeal from 2021 until his retirement in April 2024 and is known for judgments involving public accountability, administrative justice, access to information and the exercise of public power. The organisation says […]
# The wife of controversial businessman Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala, Tsakane, has been arrested in connection with an alleged fraudulent lease agreement. She was arrested by the Gauteng political killings task team following the arrest of Matlala’s close associates. Tsakane is accused of falsifying bank statements to help secure a 95-thousand-rand lease for a Waterkloof Ridge […]
# Deputy Water and Sanitation minister Jack Bloom says the new Strategic Framework for Water and Sanitation Services shifts from basic access to reliable service. Speaking in eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal, he cited 13-thousand leaks, 58.7-percent non-revenue water, and two-million households using unventilated pit toilets nationally. He says the 2026 Framework mandates climate adaptation, smart meters and […]
# Self-proclaimed political fixer Brown Mogotsi has been denied bail for a fourth time by the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court. He faces charges including defeating the ends of justice and perjury for allegedly staging a fake assassination attempt on himself in Vosloorus, Gauteng. Magistrate Anneline Tlhapi found Mogotsi failed to provide a reliable and verifiable residential […]
# The Special Investigating Unit has raided the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority’s premises in Centurion today. The Special Tribunal granted a search and seizure warrant last Thursday to obtain documents for an ongoing probe into a 130-million-rand Unemployment Insurance Fund training contract for over seven-thousand learners nationwide. SIU spokesperson Selby Makgotho says PSIRA only […]
# Moriel Infrastructure Group has cut ties with executive chairperson Lawrence Mudzinganyama after a video allegedly showing him threatening women at a Sandton, Johannesburg, restaurant went viral. Luxury estate Steyn City has also terminated his lease. Mudzinganyama threatened to murder the women who had rejected him. Moriel says the behaviour is inconsistent with its values, […]
# Suspended national police commissioner Fannie Masemola says he is eager to return to work after the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court withdrew charges against him. These were linked to a 360-million-rand police tender awarded to alleged crime boss Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala. Masemola describes the past few months as challenging, saying the experience was a lesson. He […]
# RISE Mzansi says corruption steals from those in need, robbing communities of public services and economic growth. Parliamentary data shows 103 corruption cases enrolled against public officials in 2025/26, with National Prosecuting Authority conviction rate above 86-percent, but average finalisation time jumped from 195 days to 562 days, and 962 days for legislative cases. […]
# Die Departement van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing sê die tydelike voorsorgmaatreël wat ingestel is om die buitengewone sardynvrektes te bestuur, bly van krag. Dit volg al is geen nuwe grootskaalse sardynvrektes aangemeld nie, buiten ‘n afsonderlike voorval toe vars sardyne verlede week naby Mbotyi aan die Noordelike Wildekus uitgespoel het. ‘n Woordvoerder, Zolile […]
