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The ad hoc committee rejected an EFF submission that President Cyril Ramaphosa obstructed its work by failing to facilitate suspended intelligence inspector-general Imtiaz Fazel’s appearance.
PARLIAMENT

Fazel absence: MPs reject EFF bid to blame Ramaphosa

Why did South Africa’s suspended Inspector-General of Intelligence never testify before the ad hoc committee?

  • Ntsikelelo Qoyo
4 min read
A cellphone belonging to Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, who is on a leave of absence, was seized on Tuesday by police.
CRIME

Cellphone seizure from Minister Mchunu linked to fraud, defeating the ends of justice probe

Police seized a cellphone belonging to Police Minister Senzo Mchunu after serving a search-and-seizure warrant at his KwaZulu-Natal home.

  • Gcwalisile Khanyile
3 min read
Family and friends of Elizabeth “Tsontso” Moselakgomo gathered on Sunday in Pankop, Mpumalanga, for her funeral.
EKURHULENI WOMEN DEATHS

Ekurhuleni murders: a criminologist asks what we’re missing

Three people are appearing in the Boksburg Magistrate court today in connection with one of the murders. But what are we still missing about the nine deaths?

  • Gcwalisile Khanyile
9 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
UMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) president Jacob Zuma arriving at a hotel in uMhlanga on Friday for the party's media briefing.
ANC

MKP banks on Zuma's popularity over high-profile mayor candidates

The MK Party has named former Midvaal mayor Bongani Baloyi as its Johannesburg mayoral candidate and announced candidates for five other major metros.

  • Willem Phungula
3 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