1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (761+ words) The latest instalment in the turmoil engulfing the South African Police Service (SAPS) raises an ethical question beyond the personalities occupying senior positions: when a state lawyer advises a public official, to whom does that lawyer owe allegiance? It was…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (905+ words) Basic education minister Siviwe Gwarube and the department’s director-general (DG), Mathanzima Mweli, are embroiled in a cold war as Mweli refuses to be subjected to a lifestyle audit by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU). This is the latest episode in…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (119+ words) TimesLIVE Plea deal talks for Ndodana Tshuma on gun and visa charges The case will return to court on October 1 Story audio is generated using AI A possible plea deal is under discussion between the prosecution and defence for Ndodana…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (664+ words) The irony is difficult to miss: South Africa keeps telling people to blow the whistle, while the people who actually do it are left fighting for their jobs, their reputations and, in Hasane’s case, their safety. Mphuthi’s dismissal from the…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (490+ words) South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) president Barry Hendricks has been suspended with immediate effect, the umbrella body told members in a circular on Wednesday. The Sascoc board took the action at a special meeting held on Monday…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (131+ words) TimesLIVE WATCH LIVE | Khampepe commission into TRC cases Inquiry examines alleged delays in apartheid-era prosecutions The Khampepe commission of inquiry probing alleged efforts to stall the investigation into, and prosecution of, apartheid-era perpetrators continues in Newtown, Johannesburg, on Wednesday. Video…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (356+ words) The plea and sentencing agreement proceedings at the Johannesburg magistrates’ court in the firearm-related case of alleged UK fugitive Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma have been postponed to Thursday. The triple-murder suspect pleaded guilty to the unlawful possession of a firearm and…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (89+ words) Alleged UK family killer and fugitive Ndodana Tshuma is appearing in court on Tuesday to face a firearm charge and extradition request. In August the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said extradition documentation was ready in the case against him. Tshuma,…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (343+ words) Pretoria businessman Lucas Legabe, who has been linked to the R200m cocaine heist from a secure Hawks storage facility in November 2021, claimed he was tortured to implicate police officers, when he made a bid for bail on Tuesday. The 49-year-old appeared…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (128+ words) Two cocaine seizures in four days have been made at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport. Police spokesperson Lt-Col Amanda van Wyk said an alleged drug trafficker was arrested on Monday with about 2kg of cocaine in his luggage. The drugs are…...