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Acting Police Minister, Firoz Cachalia says that the SAPS’s commitment to combating GBVF must apply equally within the police service, following the arrest of a Lieutenant General for alleged rape and grooming a minor. 
GBVF

Rape-accused SAPS Lt-General remanded in custody amid witness threats

A 59-year-old SAPS Lieutenant-General has been remanded at Kgosi Mampuru II after appearing in court on charges including alleged grooming, trafficking and rape.

  • Gcwalisile Khanyile
4 min read
A year has passed since KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi held his explosive press briefing on July 6, 2025, alleging that a criminal syndicate had infiltrated South Africa's criminal justice system.
MADLANGA COMMISSION

One year on: Inside Madlanga Commission probe that shook law enforcement

Suspensions, arrests and cartel allegations have followed the commission’s evidence — but has it restored public trust?

  • Rapula Moatshe
9 min read
The price of doing business in South Africa? South African construction industry is one of the places facing extortion syndicates. But even a hawker selling sweets is not immune to the "new tax".
SATURDAY LONG READ

Pay or perish: the extortion economy holding South Africa hostage

South Africa's latest crime statistics show 519 extortion cases in three months, but behind the numbers is a growing criminal economy.

  • Vivian Warby
8 min read
Ambassador Emmanuel Nathi Mthethwa was found dead in Paris, France in September last year.
INVESTIGATION

Nathi Mthethwa death: SA awaits official French report almost one year on

Almost a year after Ambassador Nathi Mthethwa died in Paris, the South African government has still not received an official investigation report from French authorities.

  • Manyane Manyane
3 min read
(From left) Commissioner Adv. Sesi Baloyi SC, Chairperson Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga and Commissioner Adv. Sandile Khumalo, SC in consultation during a hearing of the probe into criminality, political interference and corruption in the criminal justice system on August 17.
SOUTH AFRICA

Strengthening SA's security: The path forward after Madlanga

Exploring challenges faced and the necessary structural changes required to enhance institutional integrity and combat organised crime.

  • Dr. Reneva Fourie
6 min read
The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry has heard that North West businessman Suliman Carrim, who has missed five consecutive subpoenas citing ill health, is linked to the late taxi boss Jotham Msibim an alleged member of criminal cartel.
MADLANGA COMMISSION

WhatsApp messages allegedly linking Carrim to ‘Big Five Cartel’ members revealed

Suliman Carrim faces scrutiny at the Madlanga Commission for his alleged connection to the late taxi boss Jotham Msibi and the notorious 'Big Five Cartel',

  • Rapula Moatshe
2 min read