# KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi says the formation of the Madlanga Commission was not his idea. He however welcomed the action from the executive, Parliament, and president Cyril Ramaphosa to strengthen policing. Speaking to News Live SA, at the 27th Interpol African Regional Conference in Cape Town, Mkhwanazi stressed that police will continue investigations […]
# International Relations minister Ronald Lamola says South Africa’s G20 presidency has entered its most crucial stage as preparations intensify for the leaders’ summit. Lamola says negotiations at ministerial level will shape the Johannesburg declaration. Key meetings ahead include the G20 Compact with Africa in Johannesburg, a food security session in Cairo, Egypt and an […]
# Rugby: Former Springbok captain Jean de Villiers says fans prefer the national team to win despite playing boring rugby, and questions head coach Rassie Erasmus’s game-plan which he thinks is targeted at crowd-pleasing. He referred to South Africa’s recent loss to the Wallabies when they changed their style of play, but reverted back to […]
# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Justisie en Grondwetlike Ontwikkeling sê hy is bekommerd oor die vertraging van die werksaamhede van die Madlanga-kommissie van Ondersoek. Die kommissie is getaak om bewerings van misdadigheid, politieke inmenging en korrupsie in die strafregstelsel te ondersoek. Verkrygingsvertragings het die kommissie gedwing om sy verhore, wat aanvanklik vir 1 September geskeduleer […]
# Die veroordeelde verkragter en moordenaar, Thabo Bester, en Nandipha Magudumana het ‘n dringende hofaansoek ingedien om die vrystelling van die Netflix-dokumentêr Beauty and the Bester te belet. Die reeks in drie dele, wat volgende maand vrygestel sal word, herleef die 2023-skandaal, van Bester se tronkontsnapping tot die paartjie se inhegtenisneming in Tanzanië. Die dokumentêr […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Justice and Constitutional Development says it is concerned with the delay in the proceedings of the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. The commission is tasked with investigating allegations of criminality, political interference, and corruption in the criminal justice system. Procurement delays have forced the commission to postpone its hearings, initially scheduled […]
# Convicted rapist and murderer, Thabo Bester, and Nandipha Magudamana have filed an urgent court application to interdict the release of the Netflix documentary Beauty and the Bester. The three-part series, set to be released next month, retraces the 2023 scandal, from Bester’s prison escape to the couple’s arrest in Tanzania. The documentary also looks […]
# Die ministerie van Binnelandse Sake in Brittanje het ingestem om immigrasiereëlings aan te pas om studente uit Gaza te help om volgende maand volledig-befondsde plekke in universiteite in die Verenigde Koninkryk te bekom. Studente sal glo toegelaat word om biometriese toetse in ‘n derde land te ondergaan voor hulle na die VK reis. Die […]
# Gholf: Die wenner van volgende jaar se Suid-Afrikaanse Ope sal ‘n uitnodiging kry na die Amerikaanse Meesterstoernooi. Die toernooi begin op 26 Februarie in Stellenbosch in die Wes-Kaap en sal waarskynlik ook deel bly van die kwalifiseringsreeks vir die 154ste Britse Ope. Dit beteken ‘n regstreekse roete vir lede van die Sonskyntoer na twee […]
