The wave of judicial reviews of the public protector’s reports given by courts in setting aside her reports was alarming, Corruption Watch said. Public confidence in the South African Revenue Service (Sars) and the public protector’s office is at a three-month low, just as the former recently announced the start[…]
Residents in Hout Bay are taking a stand against a man who has allegedly been selling sick puppies to unsuspecting customers at a popular market in Hout Bay. The man, known as “Neville from Hangberg”, has been seen illegally selling sickly and emaciated puppies at the Bay Harbour Market among[…]
If you’re going to try and take on Pravin Gordhan, you better be ready for the backlash. Busisiwe Mkhwebane has learned that the hard way this week, after the Public Enterprises Minister released a scathing statement that slammed the Public Protector for her alleged incompetence and “misunderstanding of the law”.[…]
SourceDenis Goldberg was amongst those arrested on 11 July 1963. Thursday marks the 56th anniversary of the arrest of the high command of Umkhonto Weziswe at Lillieslief Farm in Rivonia, North of Johannesburg. Walter Sisulu, Govan Mbeki, Andrew Mlangeni, Raymond Mhlaba, Ahmed Kathrada, Elias Motsoaledi and Dennis Goldberg were arrested[…]
Major General Andre Lincoln is a contender to take over as Western Cape police chief. He currently leads the unit tackling gangsterism, the province’s most crippling problem, but Lincoln’s complicated history could see him ruled out for the top job. A policeman in the running to become the Western Cape’s[…]
The commission says it will also hear Transnet-related testimony from former electrical engineer Francis Callard. The commission of inquiry into state capture, chaired by Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, will on Wednesday hear testimony from the acting manager: governance, risk and compliance from Transnet, Helen Janet Walsh. Walsh’s testimony will[…]
National Director of Public Prosecutions Shamila Batohi wants to repair the “massive credibility challenges” at the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). Batohi presented a frank assessment of the NPA to the portfolio committee on justice and correctional services on Tuesday afternoon. She said it was publicly known that the NPA had[…]
South Africa’s two largest cellular network providers Vodacom and MTN, and newcomer Rain, plan to accommodate eSIM-cards by 2020. An eSIM-card is built into a smartphone and needs to be activated by a mobile network to be operational. Like a traditional SIM-card, it allows users access to mobile networks to[…]
Police Minister Bheki Cele on Monday promised disgruntled residents of Philippi East in Cape Town that proper interventions will be made to address policing in the area which has hit news headlines following the murders of 13 people at the weekend. Bheki Cele reveals “24-hour plan”… sort of Cele told the crowd[…]
It’s been confirmed that three construction workers lost their lives on Monday evening after one of their trenches collapsed in on them during some routine maintenance. The work, which was being carried out in the Cape Town suburb of Table View, has been suspended on Tuesday. 3 killed after trench collapsed[…]
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