South Africa: Former Mashatile Bodyguards to Face Music After Court Dismisses Discharge Application

Eight former members of Deputy President Paul Mashatile's VIP Protection Unit are set to stand trial following a magistrate's dismissal of an application to have their assault… Read more »

South Africa: Preventing Migrants From Using Hospitals Is 'Un-South African', Says Ramaphosa

In the wake of a court ruling against the xenophobic organisation Operation Dudula, President Cyril Ramaphosa said such groups don't represent South Africa's values. Read more »

South Africa: High Court Bans Dudula From Blocking Access to Hospitals, Clinics and Schools

The high court in Johannesburg has ordered Operation Dudula to stop harassing foreign nationals and directed the police and key government departments to enforce the ruling. Read more »

South Africa: NMB's Lease of R25m Transformer to Coega Steel Heads for High Court

Nelson Mandela Bay's acting city manager, Lonwabo Ngoqo, has announced that the metro will take a lease agreement for a R25m transformer to the high court for judicial review. The… Read more »

South Africa: PKTT Disbandment 'Surprised' Deputy Police Minister Cassel Mathale

When Deputy Police Minister Cassel Mathale appeared before Parliament in the ongoing police inquiry, an MP said he was 'sliding like a hot knife through butter' over his inability… Read more »

South Africa: The Company They Keep - - Cele and Mchunu On Matlala, Mogotsi and a Murdered Convict

Sidelined police minister Senzo Mchunu and his predecessor Bheki Cele collectively had dealings with various figures, from questionable ANC-aligned Brown Mogotsi to crime-accused… Read more »

South Africa: Policing Scandal Delays Release of SA's Latest Crime Statistics

South Africa's official quarterly crime statistics, covering the period from the start of April to the end of June, should have been released already. But, because of the policing… Read more »

Zambia: Zambia Needs an Updated Constitution, and the People Will Shape It

What will define the success of this constitutional reform process is whether Zambians believe it reflects their voice. That is the standard we should be judged by. This is an… Read more »

South Africa: Ecobank Haunted By $165m Fraud Saga and Drawn-Out Legal War

The banking group with the largest footprint in Africa has doggedly tried to recoup losses from fraudulent transactions stretching back to 2014. Read more »

South Africa: Calls for Lesufi's Removal After Gauteng Crime Prevention Wardens Disbanded

After Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi's concession that the Gauteng Crime Prevention Wardens were inadequately constituted, the DA plans to launch a motion of no confidence. Read more »

South Africa: The Truth About the Cradock Four, and Who Ordered the Murders, Matters

Justice must be done for the sake of our society, for healing the memory of our terrible past and, most importantly, to bring some closure to the families of the victims. Read more »

South Africa: Cele Tells Parliament of Beverly Hills Hotel Meeting With 'Cat' Matlala, Who He 'Knew Very Well'

Former police minister Bheki Cele says he knows organised crime accused Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala 'very well'. He met him late last year via the son of a figure involved in… Read more »

South Africa: Ex-Spy Craig Williamson Denies Ordering Security Branch Officer to Murder Matthew Goniwe

Former apartheid-era spy Craig Williamson dismissed as 'absurd' allegations that he ordered a young and inexperienced Security Branch officer, Jaap van Jaarsveld, to plan the… Read more »

South Africa: Aarto Changes How SA Pays Traffic Fines While Scammers Score

With Aarto reshaping South Africa's road fines system, fintech platforms are thriving -- but so are sophisticated scams. Here's what you need to know to stay compliant and protect… Read more »

South Africa: Police Descend On Brown Mogotsi's Business As Mchunu Tells Parliament About Pktt Decision

The reasons that sidelined Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has given for controversially ordering the disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team contradict the testimony of other… Read more »

South Africa: Madlanga Commission Proceeds With in Camera Hearing of Witness

Follow live updates on the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry into high-level accusations by KwaZulu-Natal police boss Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi and Parliament's ad hoc inquiry into the same. Read more »

South Africa: Survivors of Horrific Limpopo Crash That Left 42 Dead Claim Bus Was Overloaded

Families of passengers killed in a horrific bus crash near Makhado say the operator of the cross-border bus from Gqeberha to Zimbabwe and Malawi failed to provide information or a… Read more »

South Africa: Law Enforcement Raids Homes of Tender Tycoon Hangwani Maumela and Suspended Police Officer Shadrack Sibiya

In two unrelated operations, the Special Investigating Unit seized luxury cars from the home of tender tycoon Hangwani Maumela in connection with the R2bn Tembisa Hospital scandal,… Read more »

South Africa: Former 'Cato Manor Unit' Officers Challenge Years of Unjust Prosecutions in Court

Almost 17 years after being falsely accused of operating a 'hit squad' which 'unlawfully' murdered 28 people, former members of the Durban Organised Crime Unit are finally claiming… Read more »

South Africa: NMB Deputy Mayor Gary Van Niekerk Comes Out Swinging After Court Appearance

Once again painting himself as a martyr, Gary van Niekerk claimed to be the tip of the spear against corruption in Nelson Mandela Bay while suggesting that other politicians,… Read more »

South Africa: Jail 'Captured Journalists' and 'Negligent MPs With Leaked Intelligence' - Mkhwanazi

KwaZulu-Natal police boss Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has told Parliament that 'captured' journalists who push agendas to the detriment of others should be jailed. And MPs who 'negligently'… Read more »

South Africa: Process to Appoint Shamila Batohi's Successor Begins, With Ramaphosa Naming Selection Panel

The panel, which will call for nominations for the next National Director of Public Prosecutions, comprises leaders of the legal fraternity and Chapter Nine institutions. Read more »

South Africa: Mchunu Once Quizzed By His Chief of Staff Over Evidence Destruction in Police Probe - - Mkhwanazi

KwaZulu-Natal police boss Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has detailed to Parliament how Senzo Mchunu, the police minister who is on special leave, and his chief of staff got to know each… Read more »

South Africa: Ramaphosa Demands Israel Free South African Activists Seized On Gaza Flotilla

Global Sumud Flotilla organisers say an estimated 443 flotilla volunteers are expected to arrive at Ashdod, in southern Israel, where they are expected to be 'processed under… Read more »

South Africa: 'I Thought It Was Fake News' - KZN Prosecution's Boss On Controversial Political Killings Order

When Elaine Harrison found out about the controversial plan to disband the province's 'essential' Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) from social media, she thought it was fake… Read more »