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- South AfricaSouth African police warn no one can order migrants out of the countrySouth African police on Thursday urged the public to stay within the law, saying no individual or group has the authority to order anyone to leave the country, as marches against undocumented migrants spread across the country. The South African Police Service said immigration matters were…
- South AfricaSouth Africa arrests undocumented workers in Cape Town construction raidSouth African authorities arrested several undocumented foreign nationals during a labour inspection at a construction site in Cape Town on Wednesday, the Department of Employment and Labour said. About 10 men were detained at the site, where some had hidden inside a room housing an electrical…
- South AfricaSASSA confirms June grant payment dates for South AfricanSouth Africa's social security agency has confirmed the payment dates for social grants in June, with disbursements to begin in the first week of the month, the agency said. The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) said the Older Persons Grant would be paid on Tuesday, 2 June, the…
- ZimbabweZimbabwe court hears war veterans' challenge to Mnangagwa term-extension billZimbabwe's Constitutional Court is set to hear a challenge by six war veterans to a constitutional amendment that would extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's rule to 2030 and end the direct election of the head of state. The case, filed under reference CCZ8/26, targets Constitutional Amendment…
- South AfricaMK Party names Hlophe to Ramaphosa impeachment committeeSouth Africa's parliamentary committee weighing whether President Cyril Ramaphosa breached his oath of office began to take shape on Wednesday, with the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party naming former judge John Hlophe to lead its representation. The 31-member committee will assess a 2022 independent…
- South AfricaSouth Africa's Mchunu in court over Malema defamation orderCultural activist and media personality Ngizwe Mchunu appears at the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday to argue why an interim order restraining him from making defamatory statements about Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema should not be made final. The Pretoria High Court…
- South AfricaAlleged rhino poaching kingpin 'Big Joe' Nyalungu shot dead in second ambushJoseph "Big Joe" Nyalungu, a former South African police officer facing rhino poaching and explosives charges, was shot dead on Saturday in a midday ambush at his business in Mkhuhlu, days after surviving a similar attack at the same location. Nyalungu had been awaiting trial on charges including…
- South AfricaKZN Premier Ntuli denies xenophobia, blames undocumented migration for protestsKwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli on Saturday denied that residents of his province were xenophobic, saying recent protests in Gauteng and KZN reflected public frustration with undocumented migration rather than hostility towards foreigners. Ntuli, who is also the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP)…
- South AfricaSouth African MP Fadiel Adams granted bail on fraud, obstruction chargesA South African magistrate's court granted bail of $570 (R10,000) on Friday to Fadiel Adams, leader of the National Coloured Congress and a member of parliament, who faces fraud and obstruction of justice charges linked to a high-profile political killings investigation. Adams faces five charges…
- South AfricaNkosi case postponed to July as Madlanga Commission probe widensA suspended South African Police Service sergeant linked to the Madlanga Commission of inquiry appeared in the Thohoyandou Magistrate's Court in Limpopo province on Friday on a charge of defeating and obstructing the course of justice, and had his case postponed to mid-July. Fannie Ezekiel Nkosi…
- South AfricaANC backs Ramaphosa as Phala Phala impeachment panel takes shapeSouth Africa's governing African National Congress has closed ranks behind President Cyril Ramaphosa and instructed its parliamentary caucus to back his judicial review of the Section 89 panel report on the Phala Phala scandal, days after the Constitutional Court ordered impeachment proceedings to…
- South AfricaMadlanga task team brings fresh charges against Sergeant Fannie NkosiSouth African police sergeant Fannie Nkosi faces additional charges of defeating and obstructing the course of justice over an alleged 2022 evidence-tampering incident involving confiscated dagga, the task team investigating his conduct said on Thursday. Nkosi, a suspended member of the South…
