President Jacob Zuma wants the state capture commission of inquiry to investigate all forms of government corruption, including allegations against him, his Cabinet ministers, the Gupta family and state-owned entities. In the terms of reference seen by News24 on Thursday, Zuma says the commission must investigate whether, by whom and to what extent attempts were..
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Zuma: State capture commission must investigate all state corruption, focus on Guptas
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‘All Hell Will Break Loose’ Warns Zulu King Over Land Issue
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The KwaZulu-Natal Amakhosi say that if government repeals the Ingonyama Act of 1994, what is left of the Zulu nation will be taken away. A high-level parliamentary panel has concluded that the act must be repealed or amended because its implementation has infringed on the individual land rights of beneficiaries. The act, which was born..
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Man stabbed in front of son and grandchildren
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A 65-year-old man from Bronkhorstspruit, east of Pretoria, was stabbed in his house on Wednesday in from of his entire family Provincial police spokesperson, Capt. Mavela Masondo told the media on Wednesday that the incident occurred at Puntlyf at 03:30. “Seven armed suspects broke the sliding door and entered the house; Everything in the house..
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Icasa appointed a presumed criminal as chairman
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Rubber Mohlaloga is accused of fraud and money laundering. He and the former Chief Executive Officer of the Land Bank, Philemon Mohlahlane, are accused together with three other accused for attempting to transfer R6m from the Land Bank’s account to Masepula Dinga attorney’s trust account. The communications minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, is going to meet with..
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Massive police hunt after brutal farm attack outside Kimberley
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A massive police hunt has been launched after a well-known businessman and diamond dealer, Piet Els, was brutally attacked on his farm outside Kimberley last night. Els and his partner, Magrietha (Rikkie) Alsemgeest (67), the owner of Kimberley Clothing, are currently being treated in the emergency department of Gariep Mediclinic where they are expected to..
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‘Unresponsive and evasive’ Dlamini doesn’t ‘like to be pushed around’
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The inquiry into social development minister Bathabile Dlamini’s role in the social grants saga got off to a shaky start on Tuesday as she was accused of being “unresponsive and evasive”. Counsel for the Black Sash Trust‚ Geoff Budlender SC‚ grilled Dlamini on the procurement process of the leaders of the workstreams she had established..
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Coloreds accuse Lesufi of hate against Afrikaans
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Colored parents in the Gauteng area believe there is a war against Afrikaans as a language and Afrikaans schools in particular. The impression is that the coloreds accept it, but they are now discriminating against their children as Afrikaans schools are moving to English medium schools and so they need to search for other Afrikaans..
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Krugersdorp plunged into chaos because of protest marches against poor policing
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About 2 000 residents came together outside the Kagiso police station in protest against conditions in the neighbourhood with specific reference to drugs, crime and trafficking in human beings. The police made use of rubber bullets to restrain the people. The usual burning of tires and junk blocked the streets while the police were accused..
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Renting out firearms and ammunition to criminals, man arrested
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In the early hours of Friday morning 19 January 2018, an intelligence driven operation was conducted by Durban Public Order Police Unit and Pietermaritzburg Flying Squad members that led to the arrest and the recovery of firearms. Police pounced on a suspect (44) at his homestead in Phumekhaya Road, Isithumba Reserve in the Inchanga policing..
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Family of Pretoria brutally attacked during house robbery
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Last weekend a family were attacked and robbed in their home in Pretoria, South Africa. Their niece was beaten with a crowbar, her husband stabbed and shot in the head. Their two young daughters were tied up and witnessed this gruesome event. Their niece’s husband survived. The bullet came out above his eye. They are..
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Eskom chair hands in resignation
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Eskom chairperson Zethemba Khoza has handed in his resignation, according to a report by Fin24. According to Fin24, Khosa has handed in his resignation to Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown “in the good interest of the country”. “I was putting out fires on a daily basis, so I think it’s good to give new people..
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Couple hijacked on M4 by three armed men using blue lights
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A COUPLE were hijacked by three armed men who pulled them over using blue lights on the M4 near Pebble Beach, Sibaya. The couple were travelling towards Durban when the incident occurred. According to Capt Raymond Deokaran, spokesman for the Durban North SAPS, the couple who were from Gauteng, assumed the vehicle was an unmarked..
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Former president FW De Klerk: Rights of minorities have material implications for the continued viability of the ” vast majority “
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“The constitutional court’s recent pronouncements on the constitutional rights of minorities have material implications for the sustainability of the” vast majority “on which our constitution is based,” writes former president. FW De Klerk in tomorrow’s edition of Weekly. He said minorities were particularly dependent on the impartiality of the courts to maintain their constitutional rights…
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Suspended officials of Department of Health receive R2,3 million
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It is calculated that dr. Barney Selebano was paid more than R1,6 million during his suspension while Dr. Makgabo Manamela received R700 000 during his period of “unemployment”. Both of them thanked both of their positions at the Gauteng Department of Health within a week and despite their inability to perform their work, both will..
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Alleged N2 rock thrower released without charge
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A Durban man accused of throwing rocks onto the N2 freeway from an Amanzimtoti bridge has been released by police without charge. The man was accosted by a group of people in what many called a heavy-handed citizens’ arrest. A picture of the man being subdued by his civilian captors was widely circulated on social..
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