Month: August 2024
News24 | Suspended Mpumalanga police commissioner loses court bid, paving way for misconduct inquiry
The board of inquiry tasked with investigating misconduct allegations levelled against suspended Mpumalanga police commissioner Lieutenant-General Daphney Manamela can go ahead, following her recent loss in court.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Kinnear murder investigator’s anonymous call: ‘There’s R1 million on your head’
One of the Hawks investigators investigating the murder of the late Anti-Gang Unit detective Charl Kinnear was called anonymously and warned there was a price on his head.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Susan Booysen | The no-winner ANC-Zuma war – and the state ‘burns’
Jacob Zuma vows he will 'die in the ANC', despite suspension and expulsion from the party. Yet he has 'singlehandedly', with associates, accomplices and conspirators, inflicted more damage on the ANC and the ANC-controlled state than any opposition party, writes Susan Booysen.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Israeli police say they rescued 5 South African women from sex traffickers in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv
Four South Africans and a Nigerian-South African were arrested for allegedly luring women from South Africa to Israel, via Jordan, where they faced abused and forced prostitution, police in Israel said.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Barred principal of Merchiston Prep in KZN to report to circuit office for duty after protest
A principal of a top boys' preparatory school in KwaZulu-Natal, who was barred from entering the premises by protesting parents on Thursday, was expected to report for duty at one of the provincial education department's circuit offices on Friday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Bok, Sharks prop Coenie Oosthuizen retires due to injury
Springbok and Sharks prop Coenie Oosthuizen has been forced to call time on his professional rugby career due to injury.
Continue ReadingNews24 | UPDATED: amaBhungane | Tongaat business rescue in deep trouble
Court challenge calls for business rescue plan to be set aside and raises major new concerns about the process.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Cost of initiation: 14 dead, 3 penile amputations during Eastern Cape’s winter circumcision
Despite the Eastern Cape winter circumcision registering 14 deaths (so far) and three penile amputations, the provincial government says it won't ban traditional circumcision in favour of voluntary medical male circumcision.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Court to hear how alleged illegal mining kingpin went from small village to a Carletonville empire
With the help of some of their partners, six suspected ringleaders of an illegal mining operation in Carletonville, Gauteng, allegedly used the proceeds of illegal gold deals to build an empire and enriched themselves.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Mcebisi Ndletyana | Zuma is no longer part of the ANC, but his corruption-tainted legacy endures
Jacob Zuma's presidency was as much about him as the rest of ANC leaders and members. His expulsion, therefore, doesn't expunge his influence on the organisation, writes Mcebisi Ndletyana.
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