# 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. […]
# North West police have arrested key suspects in the murder of community activist Thato Molosankwe. The anti-crime campaigner was shot dead at his home in Lomanyaneng village on 20 May. Police have not yet released the identities of those arrested or the charges they will face. The breakthrough follows weeks of intensive investigations into […]
# Noordwes-polisie het sleutelverdagtes in hegtenis geneem vir die moord op die gemeenskapsaktivis, Thato Molosankwe. Die misdaadbestrydingsaktivis is op 20 Mei by sy huis in die dorpie Lomanyaneng doodgeskiet. Die polisie het nog nie die identiteite van die gearresteerdes of die aanklagte teen hulle bekend gemaak nie. Die deurbraak volg na weke van intensiewe ondersoeke […]
# Interpol and the Organised Crime Unit have arrested Zimbabwean-British citizen Mkhanyisi Tshuma, wanted by UK authorities for the alleged murder of his wife and two daughters. Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says the 45-year-old was traced after an Interpol Red Notice was issued and detained five-days after entering South Africa. The motive remains unknown. She […]
