In testimony that sent a quiet shockwave through the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry into corruption in South Africa’s criminal justice system, the Deputy Chief of the Tshwane Metropolitan Police Department (TMPD), Commissioner Sean Bolhuis, made a startling admission under oath: a number of senior officers within his own department have outright refused to undergo mandatory…
Gauteng Education MEC Lebogang Maile has strongly condemned the burning of Riverlea Secondary School, describing the incident as unjustifiable and criminal. “There can be no justification for burning a school,” said Maile during his visit to the school. “The fire which broke out at the school cannot be justified, no matter the level of anger…
The Thabo Makgoba, Archbishop of Cape Town, has spoken out strongly in defence of whistleblowers, raising concern over the growing number of killings linked to corruption exposure in South Africa. Makgoba delivered his remarks during his Easter sermon at the St George’s Cathedral, where he highlighted what he described as a troubling pattern of violence…
The streets of Pietermaritzburg’s central business district ground to a halt on Wednesday morning as more than 700 unemployed teachers, many clad in graduation gowns and clutching their teaching qualifications, marched on the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education’s head office to demand something they say should be a basic right: permanent jobs. The protest, organized by…
In a stunning admission that has raised serious questions about internal oversight and national security protocols, Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) chief Yolande Faro has confirmed that not all of her deputy commissioners hold the requisite top-level security clearance required for their positions. The revelation, made during a tense appearance before the City of Tshwane’s…
Just days before the world pauses to celebrate health workers, life-saving medicines, and the progress made against preventable disease, a quiet but devastating crisis is unfolding across South Africa’s clinics and community health centres. The lifeblood of the nation’s HIV and tuberculosis (TB) programmes — international donor funding — is drying up. And the organisation…
In the quiet hills of North West province, surrounded by scrubland and the occasional grazing cow, a 34-metre-wide dish slowly tilts its face toward the sky. It does not look like much from a distance—a white dot against a blue canvas. But when the Artemis II mission launched from Kennedy Space Center on 1 April…
The cell was built for 25 men. On a humid Tuesday night in March, it held 47. They slept in shifts. Some stood against the wall, heads drooping from exhaustion. Others curled on the cold concrete floor, using their orange jumpsuits as thin blankets against the damp. One man, a first-time offender awaiting trial for…
The political truce, if there ever was one, is over. And it shattered not with a whisper, but with a demand for a head. The South African National Civic Organisation (SANCO) in Gauteng has called for Premier Panyaza Lesufi to resign immediately, describing his latest cabinet reshuffle as a reckless, arrogant, and anti-democratic move that…
By sunrise on Good Friday, the sand on uShaka Beach was already dotted with picnic blankets, bright umbrellas, and the first wave of eager toddlers charging toward the Indian Ocean. By noon, the promenade was a moving river of flip-flops, sunhats, and selfie sticks. And by the time the Easter bells rang on Monday morning,…
