164 Remand detainees go to court once or twice a month but still wait five to eight years to be sentenced or freed. This was revealed by the Auditor-General in Parliament on…
Category: Politics
South Africa’s anti-corruption reforms stagnate as FATF grey-list review looms
132 South Africa risks being pushed back onto the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list because its anti-corruption reforms have stalled, Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) has warned in a stern…
DSAC admits Parliament invite got stuck in McKenzie’s office
149 Parliament’s invitation to the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture to account for its audit findings sat in Minister Gayton McKenzie’s office for more than three weeks before it reached the…
DA’s Kingsol Chabalala commits to fix Emfuleni’s sewage crisis, clean up finances
148 DA mayoral candidate for Emfuleni Local Municipality, Kingsol Chabalala, has put fixing basic services and ending the sewage crisis at the centre of his campaign to unseat the ANC in one…
Former security boss Mostert defends De Klerk, rubbishes De Kock claim
185 The last secretary of the former Secretariat of the State Security Council SSC, Johan Mostert, has come out in defence of former president FW de Klerk, denying claims by apartheid death…
Cachalia moves to install Mkhwanazi as new Hawks boss
194 Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia has initiated a high-stakes process to appoint KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi as the new National Head of the Hawks, in a move set to…
Irvin Jim and Chirwa back at work after Numsa coup that stripped them of powers
149 NUMSA General Secretary Irvin Jim and President Andrew Chirwa are back at work after a dramatic attempt to strip them of their powers, with the union’s national office bearers declaring on…
Bester dismisses allegations he lobbied for Mbeki, ANC 37 prosecution
139 Retired SAPS Colonel Louis Bester has refuted claims that he pushed for former President Thabo Mbeki and other senior ANC leaders to be prosecuted for apartheid-era crimes, telling the Khampepe Commission…
IEC launches Results Operation Centre, promises system ready for local polls
153 The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) launched its national Results Operation Centre (ROC) on Wednesday, promising that its election dashboard is ready and that lessons from the 2024 glitch that…
AG warns of public safety risk as parole violators are released again
167 Offenders who absconded, failed to report or did not start community service were released on parole again by Correctional Services, the Auditor-General has told Parliament. Omphemetse Setebe, senior manager at the…