Witnesses in the tribunal in Pretoria have linked two French presidents with Zuma and Mbeki around the arms scandal.
According to Ajay Sooklal, Jacques Chirac has requested Thabo Mbeki to persuade the National Prosecuting Authority to pay no attention to an investigation into the Thales arms manufacturer.
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MPs were “stunned” and “upset” when a member of the South African Police Service (SAPS) top management acknowledged that some police officials could not read or write.
This was evident from a reply by lt.genl. Fannie Masemola, national deputy commissioner of policing, on the presentation of a new police re-structure program to the parliamentary portfolio committee on police.
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A good Samaritan was brutally attacked in another vicious assault on an elderly Kimberley resident.
The victim, 70-year-old Cynthia Chaplin, is in a stable condition in high care at the Mediclinic Gariep.
The assault is one of several criminal incidents in the Belgravia/Herlear area this week. It also comes shortly after the brutal attack on Piet Els and his partner, Magrietha ‘Rikkie’ Alsemgeest, on Els’ farm just outside Kimberley.
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A fire was started in the administration building of Shondoni Secondary School in Vuwani outside Thohoyandou in Limpopo on Friday morning.
Brig. Police spokesperson Motlafela Mojapelo said the fire was discovered around 05:16 face. “The police were called to the scene. The principal of the school was the first to be informed of the fire. When the officials arrived at the scene, the building was already destroyed. “
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Speaking to the News24 following a meeting at the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Zuma said they have adopted a resolution that will see African leaders tackle corruption in all forms.
“There is very big noise about corruption in Africa and indeed we have acknowledged that yes there is, although at times it is quite exaggerated. And we couldn’t just wait, the fact that we have reached a point where we say it’s a problem that we should collectively tackle together, I think it’s a step forward that says we are worried that if corruption is not tackled, the very scarce resources that we have are abused in one form or the other,” said Zuma.
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The Madibeng Mayor, Jostina Mothibe and the Acting Municipal Manager, Morris Maluleka are allegedly in the process of packing their bags for an overseas trip to Malaysia from 7 to 13 February at a cost of R529 595 per person to attend a World Urban Forum.
“The Democratic Alliance has written to the Madibeng(Brits) Mayor, Jostina Mothibe, urging her to reconsider a R1 million overseas trip. We have also referred this matter to the DA Shadow Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Kevin Mileham MP to intervene on a national level to stop this trip,” says, Jan C Van Rhyn, DA Councillor Madibeng.
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Police are investigating a case of murder and attempted murder after a 34-year-old woman allegedly threw her newborn twin babies into a pit toilet in Mankweng, outside Polokwane. The babies were retrieved by emergency services but one of the them had died. The woman, already the mother of six, was found bleeding at her home..
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Two people sustained injuries ranging from minor to moderate after an apparent farm attack in Rietgat in the Hennenman District Sunday afternoon. When ER24 arrived on the scene at 14H20, they found one patient in the kitchen. Upon further assessment, he was found to have sustained minor injuries. Paramedics treated the man but he later..
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The South African Teachers Union (SAOU) filed a complaint of hate speech and racism at the Human Rights Commission (MRC) after a Facebook entry saying: “Please Zuma give us the guns to defend our democracy ‘one bullet, one Boerekind. “ According to the SAOU’s statement, the statement was made by one of the people who..
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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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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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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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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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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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