# Die afgetrede SAPD-generaal-majoor Jeremy Vearey het die bekendstelling van die Ombud vir die Ondersoekdirektoraat Teen Korrupsie verwelkom, en vra vir ‘n hersiening van sy bedrywighede. Afgetrede regter Takalani Raulinga is aangestel as die eerste Ombud, met die taak om klagtes van magsmisbruik en wanadministrasie te ondersoek. Dit volg op getuienis voor die Madlanga-kommissie wat […]
# Die stigter en voorsitter van Public Interest South Africa, Tebogo Khaas, sê getuienis wat by die Madlanga-kommissie gelewer is deur die afgetrede Valke-ondersoeker Kolonel Kobus Roelofse, Valke-kaptein Mark McLean en ander, was waardevol. Die kommissie het getuienis aangehoor oor bewerings dat die hoof van die Ondersoekdirektoraat Teen Korrupsie, Andrea Johnson, ingemeng het in die […]
# Farmers in Mpumalanga have raised concerns over delays in the rollout of Foot and Mouth disease vaccines, warning the current pace is too slow. The Red Meat Producers Organisation says only 33-thousand-500 cattle have been vaccinated from 61-thousand doses received. The Gert Sibande District remains the hardest hit by the outbreak. Provincial manager Hennie […]
# The Forum for South Africa has welcomed the establishment of the IDAC Ombuds Office. FOSA says the independent office will strengthen accountability, transparency, and public confidence in the Independent Directorate Against Corruption. The organisation spokesperson Tebogo Mashilompane believes oversight is essential for all anti-corruption institutions, stating that the Ombuds Office will provide the public […]
# Former Newcastle mayor Ntuthuko Mahlaba is being laid to rest today at an official provincial funeral in Nkande Village, eNquthu, KwaZulu-Natal. Mahlaba died after being struck by a vehicle while jogging in his hometown last Sunday. A former MEC and ANC Provincial Task Team member, he also held several senior leadership positions within the […]
# The Madlanga Commission has heard allegations of extortion and corruption against senior investigator of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption, Suneel Bellochun. The investigator was recently involved in businessman Vusimusi Matlala’s plea deal on the SAPS-Medicare24 tender. Bellochun allegedly demanded regular protection payments from undocumented Pakistani spaza shop owners in the Eastern Cape. Witness N submitted […]
# Interpol en die Eenheid vir Georganiseerde Misdaad het ‘n Zimbabwies-Britse burger, Mkhanyisi Tshuma, in hegtenis geneem. Hy word deur die Britse owerhede gesoek vir die beweerde moord van sy vrou en twee dogters. Die polisiewoordvoerder Athlenda Mathe sê die 45-jarige is opgespoor na ‘n Interpol-rooi kennisgewing en hy is vyf dae na hy Suid-Afrika […]
# Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber has welcomed the arrest of a Border Management Authority official accused of corruption at the Maseru border post. The official was arrested following a joint investigation involving Home Affairs’ Counter Corruption branch, SAPS Crime Intelligence and Ladybrand Detectives. The officer allegedly accepted a 600-rand payment to unlawfully endorse a […]
# Founder and chairperson of Public Interest South Africa, Tebogo Khaas, says testimony presented at the Madlanga Commission by retired Hawks investigator Colonel Kobus Roelofse, Hawks Captain Mark McLean and others has been valuable. The commission heard evidence on allegations that Investigating Directorate Against Corruption head Andrea Johnson interfered in Major-General Feroz Khan assault investigations. […]
