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- South AfricaScharnick strikes back: Durban businessman charges Mkhwanazi and James over 'false' parliament testimonyA Durban businessman linked to the ongoing Madlanga Commission of Inquiry filed fraud and crimen injuria charges on Thursday against KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi and ActionSA MP Dereleen James, alleging the pair used false information about him in…
- South AfricaPolice renew search for Joshlin Smith two years after disappearanceSouth African police resumed their search for missing girl Joshlin Smith on Thursday, deploying sniffer dogs to comb through dense bush in the Diazville area of Saldanha Bay, two years after the six-year-old vanished without trace. Joshlin was last seen just after 5pm on 19 February 2024 at her…
- South AfricaMasemola Charged Under PFMA Over R360m Tender, Not Corruption — MinisterSouth Africa's National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola has been charged under procurement legislation linked to a tainted R360 million health services tender, Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia confirmed on Thursday, as the country's top law enforcement agency braced for a…
- South AfricaPresidency Signals Acting Appointment May Follow Masemola ChargesPresident Cyril Ramaphosa pledged on Wednesday to handle developments surrounding his embattled National Police Commissioner in accordance with the law, after General Fannie Masemola was served with a court summons over an alleged R360 million tender fraud. The Presidency indicated that Ramaphosa…
- South AfricaS.Africa Police Commissioner Masemola to Face Criminal Charges Over Tainted R360m TenderSouth Africa's National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola has been served with a warrant to secure his court appearance over alleged irregularities linked to a controversial R360-million health services tender, sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The warrant follows the…
- South AfricaWitness D murder accused denies involvement, bail postponed to MayMatipandile Sotheni, the former elite police officer accused of shooting dead Madlanga Commission witness Marius van der Merwe, told a South African court on Wednesday that he had nothing to do with the killing and was ready to give his own account of events. Sotheni appeared before the Brakpan…
- South AfricaFour suspected airport robbers killed in Johannesburg shootoutFour suspected armed robbers were shot dead and a fifth arrested on Wednesday after a police intelligence operation in Yeoville, Johannesburg, targeting a gang believed to have been preying on travellers from O.R. Tambo International Airport. Police received intelligence at around 5:30 a.m…
- South AfricaSenior Cops Detained as Medicare Tshwane Tender Scandal Claims First ArrestsSeveral senior South African Police Service officers, including high-ranking generals, were arrested in Pretoria on Tuesday in connection with alleged corruption linked to the R360 million Medicare 24 Tshwane District health services contract, sources close to the investigation said. The arrests…
- South AfricaAKA's father condemns Madlanga Commission over airing of rapper's final momentsTony Forbes, the father of late South African rapper Kiernan "AKA" Forbes, has written to the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry expressing what he described as his "extreme disappointment" over the public broadcast of footage depicting the moments of his son's death during last week's hearings. In…
- South AfricaSouth African labour attorney shot dead outside Johannesburg arbitration officesA labour law attorney was shot and killed in broad daylight outside the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) offices in central Johannesburg on Monday, in what police and witnesses described as an apparent targeted killing. Chinette Gallichan, 35, from Krugersdorp, was…
- South AfricaEFF files criminal complaint against O'Sullivan for Parliament contemptSouth Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) filed a criminal complaint on Friday against forensic investigator Paul O'Sullivan for contempt of Parliament, escalating a dispute triggered by his walkout from a committee hearing the previous day. EFF leaders including National Chairperson Nontando…
- South AfricaCachalia Defends SANDF Deployment, Urges South Africa Police ReformSouth Africa's acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia on Thursday defended the deployment of military forces to support police, calling it a necessary step to restore calm in communities battling illegal mining and gang violence. Speaking on the sidelines of a police fundraising event at Serengeti…
