BREAKING | Social Development Minister Sisisi Tolashe sacked, Ramaphosa bows to DA pressure

Kamogelo Moichela|Updated

Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Sindisiwe Chikunga, has been appointed acting Minister of Social Development until a permanent ...

BREAKING | Ramaphosa bows to pressure, fires Social Development Minister Sisisi Tolashe

Kamogelo Moichela and Simon Majadibodu|Published

Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Sindisiwe Chikunga, has been appointed acting Minister of Social Development until a permanent ...

Ramaphosa appoints two senior prosecutors to top NPA posts to fight crime

Kamogelo Moichela|Published

Adv Chuma Mtengwane has officially been appointed Deputy NDPP for the Asset Forfeiture Unit, while Adv Nicolette Astraid Bell has been appointed Deputy NDPP for ...

Major court day as Masemola, ‘Cat’ Matlala, Joe 'Ferrari' and Fadiel Adams appear

Kamogelo Moichela|Published

In Pretoria, suspended National Police Commissioner, Masemola is expected to appear in the Magistrate’s Court alongside alleged underworld figure Matlala and 12 ...

UPDATE | Taxi kingpin Joe 'Ferrarri' Sibanyoni among 3 arrested for extortion

Kamogelo Moichela and Simon Majadibodu|Updated

Prominent Mpumalanga taxi boss Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni is among three suspects arrested.

Feroz Khan, Ebrahim Kadwa, and businessman released on R20,000 bail in gold possession case

Kamogelo Moichela|Updated

Crime Intelligence head Maj-Gen Feroz Khan, Durban businessman Tariq Downes, and Gauteng Hawks head Maj-Gen Ebrahim Kadwa have been granted bail of R20,000 each, ...

SAPS in Crisis: Ramaphosa Suspends Masemola, Appoints Dimpane as Acting Police Commissioner Amid Mounting Scandals

Kamogelo Moichela , Manyane Manyane and Sinenhlanhla Masilela|Updated

President Cyril Ramaphosa announces that any decisions regarding the future of suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu will hinge on the Madlanga Commission's final ...

Watch VideoLIVE | Masemola suspended: Ramaphosa names Puleng Dimpane acting police commissioner

Kamogelo Moichela and Sinenhlanhla Masilela|Published

President Cyril Ramaphosa together with Police Minister Firoz Cachalia is expected to address the media at 4pm on Thursday.

Update | Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola's case postponed to May

Kamogelo Moichela|Published

The case involving Fannie Masemola has been postponed to 13 May at the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court, where he will appear alongside businessman Vusimuzi Matlala.

MK Party's bid to block Shamila Batohi’s pension benefits dismissed in court with costs order

Kamogelo Moichela|Published

Batohi, who served as NDPP with distinction, has been at the center of scrutiny over high-profile prosecutions and the handling of sensitive corruption cases during ...

Watch VideoRamaphosa grants Madlanga Commission extension until August as witness list piles up

Kamogelo Moichela|Updated

Under the revised timetable, the commission must submit a second interim report by May 29, 2026, before delivering its final findings at the end of August.

COPE founding leader Mosiuoa Lekota dies at 77

Kamogelo Moichela|Published

IOL understands that Lekota passed away in a Johannesburg hospital in the early hours of Wednesday after a prolonged illness.

Cyril Ramaphosa calls for inquiry following deadly building collapse in Johannesburg

Kamogelo Moichela|Published

In a statement, Ramaphosa conveyed his condolences to grieving families and extended his thoughts to survivors.

Matlala’s wife intoxicated at Sibiya’s home, but top cop denies links with alleged cartel leader | Madlanga Commission

Kamogelo Moichela|Published

Initially, Sibiya testified that he had only met Matlala for the first time earlier in 2024 and had spoken to him telephonically at most three times.

ActionSA to announce Mashaba as mayoral candidate for Joburg

Hope Ntanzi and Kamogelo Moichela|Published

Mashaba’s administration insourced over 6,000 security guards and cleaners, improving wages and benefits, and released 83 derelict city-owned properties for low-cost ...

Sibiya forced to come clean, admits to interference in SAPS | Madlanga Commission

Kamogelo Moichela|Published

Evidence Leader Adv. Adila Hassim SC confronted Sibiya with evidence that a February 2025 letter which he had instructed SAPS acting Deputy Commissioner Lt-Gen. ...

‘Do I look like a drug dealer?‘ Shadrack Sibiya fires back at cartel claims | Madlanga Commission

Kamogelo Moichela|Published

Testifying before the Madlanga Commission, Sibiya dismissed allegations that he was on the payroll of alleged cartel boss Vusimuzi “CAT” Matlala.

Madlanga Commission | Sibiya claims Lt-Gen. Mkhwanazi is behind paid social media accounts

Kamogelo Moichela|Published

Sibiya went further, claiming KZN boss Lt-Gen. Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi is backed by many thousands of accounts and is supported by the MK Party (MKP).

Watch VideoWATCH: Shadrack Sibiya faces grilling over alleged cartel links at Madlanga commission

Kamogelo Moichela|Updated

Sibiya, a senior cop within the police’s crime intelligence structures, is accused of being in cahoots with Katiso “KT” Molefe and Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala, men alleged ...

Madlanga Commission hears EMPD ‘serial rapist’ stayed on payroll until conviction

Kamogelo Moichela|Published

Testifying at the Madlanga Commission on Friday, Magagula described a troubling pattern in which officers accused of sexual abuse were allowed to remain in service, ...

Madlanga Commission | DJ Sbu hits back at claims he benefitted R100m from Ekurhuleni grants

Kamogelo Moichela|Published

In a statement, DJ Sbu dismissed the allegations as “false, misleading and unsubstantiated,” accusing Behari of attempting to shift attention away from his own challenges. ...

‘I was kidnapped’: SAPS analyst testifies over Swart murder ballistics | Madlanga Commission

Kamogelo Moichela|Published

SAPS Senior Forensic Analyst Captain Laurence Makgotloe has told the Madlanga Commission that he was “kidnapped” by Witness B’s team, who allegedly questioned him ...

Senona admits urging ‘Cat’ Matlala to legally challenge SAPS after R360 million contract was axed | Madlanga Commission

Kamogelo Moichela|Published

Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga put it to Senona that his explanation did not withstand scrutiny, suggesting that he was battling to account for the continued relationship ...

Julius Mkhwanazi says hit on his lawyer outside Booysen court has shaken his family

Kamogelo Moichela|Published

The shooting left two people dead and three injured, including Mkhwanazi’s attorney, who survived and was hospitalised.

Billionaire Patrice Motsepe t-shirts fuel ANC leadership rumours, party calls it 'mischievous'

Kamogelo Moichela and Simon Majadibodu|Published

ANC’s Fikile Mbalula urges Patrice Motsepe to back the party, not chase its presidency.