March 05
South Africa: From Parliament to Prison - Vincent Smith Receives Seven-Year Sentence for Bosasa Corruption
Vincent Smith, once a powerful ANC MP and parliamentary committee chairperson, is headed to prison while comrades accused of similar offences walk free. Read more »
South Africa: Selebi's Folly - Never an Intention to Charge Thabo Mbeki for TRC Crimes, Inquiry Hears
Testimony at the Khampepe inquiry into delayed Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) prosecutions indicates that former national police chief Jackie Selebi was set up by… Read more »
South Africa: US Senate Chair - Russia 'Violating Treaty' in Antarctic Oil, Gas Hunt Via Cape Town
A rare rebuke from the Foreign Relations Committee elevates years of quiet prospecting into a test of whether the US will enforce a ban it helped to write. Read more »
South Africa: Death Is No Escape - Suspects Killed in Shootouts Must Still Be Criminally Charged
A South African Police Service notice instructs officers to criminally charge suspects even after they are killed in shootouts. Some lawyers have described this as illogical and it… Read more »
South Africa: Beyond Compliance - - the Urgent Need for Child-Centric Advertising Regulation
Enforcement of outdoor advertising regulations must extend beyond compliance and revenue collection to protect public health and children's rights in shared spaces. Read more »
March 04
South Africa: Constructive Dismissal or Racial Discrimination? a Closer Look At Maleka V Boyce
The Constitutional Court's recent decision in Maleka v Boyce N.O. and Others [2026] ZACC 7 will be remembered less for its majority ruling, which refused condonation in a… Read more »
Southern Africa: SAPS' Organised Crime Boss Explains His R80,000 Loan From 'Cat' Matlala
Major-General Richard Shibiri, tasked with leading organised crime investigations within the police's detective and forensic division, accepted an R80,000 loan from alleged tender… Read more »
South Africa: The Machiavellian Shadow - Former Top Prosecutor Testifies How Thabo Mbeki Thwarted Post-Trc Justice
In a searing indictment of South Africa's post-apartheid leadership, top prosecutor Anton Ackermann detailed a systematic, state-sanctioned campaign to bury Truth and… Read more »
March 03
South Africa: Beneath SA's Cop Scandal - Intensifying Distrust and Multiple Investigations Into Law Enforcers
Several investigations into police officers are under way alongside two parallel hearings into whether a cartel has infiltrated South Africa's law enforcement, adding to the… Read more »
March 04
South Africa: Taxing Law-Abiding Citizens Will Not Disarm Criminals
The argument for imposing 'sin taxes' on guns and alcohol is analytically flawed and, practically speaking, doomed to fail. Read more »
South Africa: If Alcohol and Guns Fuel Violence, Why Aren't We Taxing Them Properly?
In his State of the Nation Address, President Cyril Ramaphosa highlighted the social costs of violence and named restricting access to alcohol and guns as central to prevention.… Read more »
South Africa: SAPS Failure to Fight Crime Is Shameful, Say MPs As Army Deployment Nears
Parliament has heard that the SANDF deployment to fight gangsterism and illegal mining will last one year, but MPs lamented that the police had failed so badly that the army needed… Read more »
March 02
South Africa: FSCA Slaps Ex-Steinhoff Legal and Treasury Chief Grobler With R359m Fraud Fine
The net tightens around Steinhoff's inner circle. With a R359-million penalty, the FSCA signals that accountability for one of South Africa's biggest corporate collapses will not… Read more »
South Africa: Revealed - Brian Molefe's Alleged State Capture Era 'Slush Fund'
Newly obtained bank records and related documents link Brian Molefe, the uMkhonto Wesizwe party's newly elected treasurer, to an apparent 'slush fund' that paid for multiple… Read more »
February 27
South Africa: Unravelling the Mystery - - Chris Hani Investigator Accused of Covering Up Simelane Murder
Boksburg Murder and Robbery Unit detective, the late Mike Holmes, hailed for solving the 1993 assassination of South African Communist Party head, Chris Hani, conspired to cover-up… Read more »
South Africa: Artist Gabrielle Goliath Takes On Gayton Mckenzie in Appeal Against High Court Judgment
Artist Gabrielle Goliath will appeal against a high court ruling upholding Arts Minister Gayton McKenzie's cancellation of her Venice Biennale participation, with an artwork called… Read more »
February 25
South Africa: The Chilling Case of Nokuthula Simelane - - Justice Delayed By Political Interference
The Khampepe Commission into TRC prosecution delays has heard how investigator Andrew Leask linked security police to the 1983 kidnapping and prolonged, violent torture of student… Read more »
February 23
South Africa: Former Justice Minister Brigitte Mabandla Halted TRC Cases, Ex-NPA Official Tells Khampepe Commission
Like an archaeological dig where artefacts are gently brushed and scraped to view, the Khampepe Commission into TRC prosecution delays is surgically unpicking the provenance of the… Read more »
South Africa: 'Make a Turn, Cat' - - Whatsapp Messages Tie Top Police Officer to Tender Kingpin
General Shadrack Sibiya's ties to tender kingpin Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala are under scrutiny as WhatsApp messages reveal a deeper connection than previously claimed, indicating… Read more »
South Africa: Barred Joburg Informal Traders Can't Pay School Fees As City Permit Confusion Continues
Four months after Johannesburg's court-ordered verification of informal traders, some officially verified traders have been sidelined. Desperate for feedback, the fallout is… Read more »
February 19
South Africa: SAPS Divers, K9 Unit Search Robert Mugabe's Son's Property After Shooting Arrest
The South African police have confirmed they are investigating a case of attempted murder after a son of former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe was arrested in connection with… Read more »
February 18
South Africa: Ramaphosa Declares War On Alcohol Abuse, While Entity Studying Alcohol-Related Harms Faces Closure
In the 2026 State of the Nation Address, President Cyril Ramaphosa committed the national government to coming up with strategies to curb excessive alcohol use. This comes as the… Read more »
February 17
South Africa: Despatch Woman's Stabbing Latest in Series of 'Money-for-Murder' Schemes
Cynthia Nowizana Mali's murder highlights a disturbing trend of Money-for-Murder schemes, as police investigate more than 50 insurance-related deaths in Nelson Mandela Bay. Read more »
South Africa: From Pretoria to Ohio - The Dark Journey of an Animal Tranquilliser Murder Plot
Details unfold in a disturbing case linking a US woman's murder of her estranged husband to her South African lover's attempt to hire hitmen before acquiring a lethal… Read more »
South Africa: E-Hailers Call for Safety Reforms As Bolt Confirms Brutally Murdered Driver Wasn't Registered
Four suspects have been arrested for the murder of e-hailing driver Isaac Setlat, whose killing has sparked calls for additional safety measures in the sector. Read more »
