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As part of its turnaround strategy, PetroSA wants to bring the Gas-to-Liquids Refinery (GTLR) in Mossel Bay online by November 2027.
FINANCES

PetroSA tells Parliament it is technically insolvent as liquidation looms

PetroSA is fighting to preserve its future as creditors close in.

  • Ntsikelelo Qoyo
5 min read
The NPA says suspended SAPS National Commissioner Fannie Masemola was charged in his personal capacity and that there was insufficient evidence to sustain a prosecution over the R228 million Medicare24 contract.
FANNIE MASEMOLA

NPA: ‘Buck stops’ argument did not justify charges against Fannie Masemola

The NPA explains why it says the case could not stand.

  • Rapula Moatshe
5 min read
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
Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana has responded to the Constitutional Court's decision to strike down the Public Procurement Act.
ENOCH GODONGWANA

Procurement Act declared invalid: Godongwana says government will plot new path

Godongwana plots a new path after ConCourt scraps the Procurement Act.

  • Edward West
3 min read
Parliament’s Impeachment Committee, which is chaired by Makashule Gana, has voted to oppose legal challenges by the EFF and ALPA over its decision to withdraw Advocate Thandazani Madonsela’s nomination as evidence leader.
LEGAL

Phala Phala Impeachment committee to oppose legal bids over Madonsela nomination

Parliament’s Impeachment Committee has voted to oppose legal challenges by the EFF and the African Legal Professionals Association against its decision to rescind Adv Thandazani…

  • Ntsikelelo Qoyo
4 min read
Former defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has told the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria that she intervened after contractor Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu complained about a withdrawn SANDF tender.
LEGAL

Mapisa-Nqakula takes stand in her defence after discharge bid fails

Former defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has begun testifying in her corruption and money-laundering trial in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria.

  • The National Reporter
2 min read
Disposable vapes may warrant separate regulation because of their appeal to young people, environmental impact and distinctive regulatory risks, the writer argues.
LEGAL

Disposable vapes by design: why single-use devices may need separate regulation

The Portfolio Committee on Health is considering whether disposable vapes should have a separate legal definition.

  • Sifiso Skenjana
5 min read
The court has ordered the police to R1.96m in damages after a rubber bullet costs man his eye.
LEGAL

Court orders police to pay R1.9m to DJ shot in eye by rubber bullet

The high court has upheld a R1.967 million loss-of-earnings award to a man who lost his right eye after being struck by a police-fired rubber bullet.

  • Wendy Jasson Da Costa
3 min read
Dr Patrice Motsepe, founder snd chairman of African Rainbow Capital and African Rainbow Minerals
TANZANIA

Tanzanian court strikes off Pula Group's R3.55 billion case against African Rainbow Capital

African Rainbow Capital and Dr Patrice Motsepe successfully defend against a $195 million breach of non-disclosure agreements in Tanzania, as a court strikes off the case,…

  • Edward West
5 min read