The headlines of the leading newspapers on 25 August 2026: NATIONAL: # Business Day: Reports alleged cartel boss Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala wants to prevent the Madlanga Commission from accessing the affidavits in his failed plea deal. The paper writes the statements contain information about Matlala’s alleged involvement in a police tender scandal amounting to approximately […]
# The EFF has formally lodged a complaint against the DA’s Mark Burke with Parliament’s Joint Committee on Ethics and Members’ Interests. This follows allegations that Kastelo, the company he founded, has been investigated by the South African Reserve Bank for apparent exchange control violations in transactions valued at four-billion-rand. Last week, the DA removed […]
# Die geskorste minister van Polisie, Senzo Mchunu, ontken die KwaZulu-Natalse Valke-beampte, Deenadayalan Govender, se bewerings teen hom by die Madlanga-kommissie. Govender het verlede week getuig Mchunu het hom probeer oorreed om talle skietvoorvalle deur die polisie, voor die deur van die provinsie se polisiekommissaris, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, te lê. Mchunu se woordvoerder, Sithembiso Mshengu, het […]
# The Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein will today hear government’s appeal against the ruling by the High Court in Pretoria on the 370-rand Social Relief of Distress grant. The High Court found several SRD grant regulations unconstitutional and invalid, including the requirement for applications to be submitted online only. Civil society groups say […]
# Die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, het sy besluit verdedig om nie ʼn ondersoekkommissie na beweerde inmengery by die vervolging van apartheidsmisdade te ondersteun nie. Hy het gister die eerste keer vir kruisondervraging teruggekeer na die Waarheids-en-Versoeningskommissie se Sake-ondersoek. Lamola, voormalige minister van Justisie, sê finansiële beperkings by die departement en […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê terwyl die staat beleid moet stel, reguleer en openbare dienste lewer, is die kundigheid en hulpbronne van die private sektor van kritieke belang om ‘n veerkragtige ekonomie te bou. Die derde fase van die vennootskap tussen die regering en sakeondernemings is verlede week bekendgestel om vinniger inklusiewe ekonomiese groei te […]
# Suspended Police minister Senzo Mchunu has denied allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Hawks officer Deenadayalan Govender against him at the Madlanga Commission last week. Govender claimed Mchunu attempted to persuade him to blame several police shootings on the province’s Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. Mchunu’s spokesperson, Sithembiso Mshengu, told Newzroom Afrika that the allegation was made […]
# Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola has defended his decision not to back a commission of inquiry into alleged interference in the prosecution of apartheid-era crimes. He returned to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Cases Inquiry yesterday for cross-examination. Lamola, former minister of Justice, said tight financial constraints facing the department and […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says that while the state must set policy, regulate and deliver public goods, the expertise and resources of the private sector are critical to building a resilient economy. Last week, the third phase of the partnership between government and business to drive faster inclusive economic growth and create jobs was launched. In […]
