210 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…
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Irvin Jim and Chirwa back at work after Numsa coup that stripped them of powers
158 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
141 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
158 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
178 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…
Meyer says single party rule is over in startling revelations from his new memoir
211 South Africa has closed the chapter on one-party government for good. That was the stark message from Roelf Meyer, South Africa’s new ambassador to Washington, as he launched his political memoir…
Ramaphosa ally Bejani Chauke hauled before Madlanga Commission over taxi boss chats
229 President Cyril Ramaphosa’s inner circle has been dragged into the Madlanga Commission’s explosive probe. His close confidante and ANC National Executive Committee member Bejani Chauke has been hauled to explain his…
Mbalula enters malema and Mysol cat fight as row over mines turns personal
145 A political fist-fight over who controls the mines has forced ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula to pick up the phone. Mbalula says he will contact EFF leader Julius Malema to defuse a…
Khampepe commission seeks six-month extension to trace missing dockets and hear Zuma
156 The inquiry into who buried justice for apartheid’s victims has itself hit a wall – and now needs up to six more months to dig itself out. The Khampepe Commission of…
Meyer warns SA not special victim as US bullies canada too, says forget g20 snub
174 Veteran negotiator Roelf Meyer says South Africa should stop treating its bruising fight with Washington as a unique humiliation and stop obsessing over America’s threatened boycott of the G20 Leaders’ Summit…