In a landmark ruling with profound implications for South Africa’s ongoing reckoning with its apartheid past, the independent judicial commission investigating alleged political interference in historic Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) cases has decisively rejected applications by former Presidents Jacob Zuma and Thabo Mbeki to have its chairperson, retired Justice Sisi Khampepe, recused from the…
A parliamentary inquiry into alleged maladministration and corruption within South Africa’s Crime Intelligence division was rocked on Wednesday by explosive testimony from a former senior commander, who claimed a R45 million procurement for a surveillance device was, in part, a front to channel public funds into the African National Congress’s intensely contested 2017 Nasrec elective…
In a significant policy move aimed at reshaping the landscape of corporate social investment and economic empowerment, Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, has gazetted proposed amendments to the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Codes of Good Practice. The draft legislation introduces a novel mechanism allowing companies to contribute 3% of their annual…
President Cyril Ramaphosa has firmly committed to a stance of constitutional and procedural restraint, stating that any potential action regarding the future of suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu will be taken only upon the completion of the Madlanga Commission’s full mandate. This includes not just the receipt of its final report, but the comprehensive closure…
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) has issued a blistering condemnation and a urgent call to arms, declaring that the nation is in the grip of a “silent economic emergency.” The federation warns that a relentless wave of factory shutdowns and corporate disinvestment is systematically dismantling the country’s manufacturing base, threatening to relegate…
The South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has opted for caution in its first policy decision of the year, announcing on Thursday that it will keep the benchmark repo rate unchanged at 6.75%. The decision, reached via a split vote, maintains the commercial prime lending rate at 10.25% and underscores the central bank’s delicate navigation…
In a decisive move to defuse a volatile community standoff, KwaZulu-Natal Education MEC, Mbali Frazer, personally intervened in the escalating crisis at Darlington Primary School on Tuesday, engaging in tense but critical talks with parents, community leaders, and concerned civic groups. The emergency meeting, held at the school hall under heavy security, was convened to address…
In a decisive move signaling a major offensive against systemic corruption and political interference, President Cyril Ramaphosa has issued a direct executive order to Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia to immediately establish a dedicated, multi-disciplinary Special Investigative Task Team. This urgent mandate is a direct response to the cascade of shocking, on-record allegations of deep-seated…
A pall of shock and grief has descended over the coastal community south of Durban following a catastrophic collision that claimed at least eleven lives during the Thursday morning rush hour. Just after 7:30 am, as the skies delivered a steady drizzle over the N2 South Coast corridor, a devastating crash unfolded on the older…
The sun rose over the Indian Ocean, painting the Buffalo River estuary in hues of gold, but on this day, it illuminated a city caught between two names. South Africa’s Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, had just made official a profound shift: East London, the colonial port city founded in 1847, was…
