Johannesburg’s Member of the Mayoral Committee for Public Safety, Mgcini Tshwaku, has issued a stark and urgent warning: a violent, escalating turf war between criminal syndicates for control of the city’s hijacked buildings has turned entire inner-city blocks into tinderboxes of potential catastrophe. The conflict, centered on the lucrative and illicit rental income from these properties,…

In a decisive strike against what investigators describe as a “deliberate and systematic looting” of the nation’s social safety net, the Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation unit has arrested eight officials from the Limpopo Department of Labour, alongside a private company director, for allegedly defrauding the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) of more than R825,000. The operation,…

 In a dramatic act of defiance against intimidation and violence, the high-stakes Madlanga Commission of Inquiry has formally submitted its Interim Report to President Cyril Ramaphosa, marking a critical juncture in its investigation into grave allegations of state corruption and criminal infiltration. The delivery of the report, confirmed on Wednesday, 17 December 2025, comes amidst…

In an operation that has rippled across diplomatic channels, South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs has arrested and ordered the deportation of seven Kenyan nationals for allegedly working illegally at a centre processing U.S. asylum applications while in the country on tourist visas. The arrests, executed in Johannesburg on Tuesday, were the result of targeted…

 In a voice that carried the weight of finality, National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola drew a line in the dust of Bapong this week. Surrounded by community leaders, frustrated landowners, and a contingent of grim-faced police officials, he declared the era of turning a blind eye to illegal mining operations officially over. “This is…