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The organisation; Africa 55 States Forum,has opened a corruption case against the NPA at the Brooklyn police station in pretoria today. The organisation says this is regarding the 9.5 million rand pledged donation by a German Government to the National Directorate of Public Prosecutions (NDPP). The funds are supposedly intended for South Africans to lodge their grievances against misconduct of NPA...

Chaos erupted at the uMzumbe Magistrate's Court where the two men due to appear today in connection with the murders of at least five women in the uMthwalume on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast. One of the two men has committed suicide in police custody. Police Minister Bheki Cele told a large crowd outside court that it appeared there was insufficient evidence to charge the remaining suspect . We al...

The Mangaung Metro is expected to make an announcement over the fate of executive mayor Olly Mlamleli. The metro will hold a special council meeting this afternoon. Mlamleli was voted out last week Friday during a motion of no confidence. Some ANC Councillors voted with opposition parties to oust Mlamleli through a secret vote. Speaker Mxolisi Siyonzana is expected to officially announce the resul...

The SABC News has been reliably informed that, the interim provincial committee of the ANC, has resolved to remove mayors, speakers and chief whips in five of the province's municipalities. It is reported that their removal is linked to their failure to carry-out the party's mandate as required. We spoke to our reporter, Parick Dintwa and also got analysis from Prof. Andre Duvenhage, Political Sci...

South Africa could experience load shedding for the next two to three years if urgent steps are not taken to mitigate against energy shortages. This is according to research presented by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The CSIR says load shedding experienced in 2020 has already overtaken 2019 levels. The research group said that heavy load shedding will persist through t...

City of Johannesburg Housing MMC Mlungisi Mabaso says the City will not tolerate lawlessness. He was responding to the situation that is playing out in Fleurhof, south west of Johannesburg where scores of people have forcefully moved into RDP houses. They say the structures were completed about four years ago but have not been allocated since then....he spoke to us.

The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) says reports about planes at South African airports forced to perform landings without essential guidance system are misguided and inaccurate. This comes after media reports that Planes at South African airports are forced to perform landings without essential guidance system. SACAA says the ILS is just one of the few landing and take-off techniqu...

South Africa is in the grip of two pandemics - COVID-19 and gender-based violence. This was the lament from President Cyril Ramaphosa during his virtual address to the nation on Women's Day. Ramaphosa said that the reality for millions of South African women is at odds with the promises contained in the constitution. President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Womens Day that opportunity exists to build a c...

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) says it has recently been targeted by criminal syndicates and various attempts were made to defraud its system. Its anti-fraud strategy has been continuously tested over the years by criminals. A number of suspects have been arrested in various provinces and their cases are before the courts. We spoke to SASSA spokesperson, Paseka Letsatsi.

As the country works towards overcoming the social and economic fallout of COVID-19, government has put in place a comprehensive package of interventions to mitigate the expected impact of COVID-19. It includes measures to support and protect women in our society during these challenging times. We spoke to John Jeffery , the Deputy Minister of Justice and Correctional Service…

Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality says it has met with Eskom, to discuss the municipality's debt to the power utility. Last month, Eskom attached the bank account of the municipality which owes it more than R5-billion. But later agreed to release some of the money so the Maluti-a-Phofung can meet some of its running costs. We spoke to the municipal manager, Tseko Mothamaha

South Africa has recorded just over 5,000 new infections over the past 24-hour cycle, which brought the number of known cases since March to over 516-thousand. The national death toll stand at 8, 539 after 173 more people have died. The data indicates that the rate at which Covid-19 cases are increasing daily in the country since the beginning of the outbreak in March, is beginning to decline. The...

Over 100 government cattle belonging to the state were stolen and looted since the start of Covid 19 lockdown at the department of Agriculture's Mara Research Station outside Louis Trichardt. Over 1000 cattles are kept there for research purposes. We spoke to our Reporter, Rudzani Tshivhase.

The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Social Development has opened criminal cases and suspended a number of high-ranking officials over the procurement of personal protective equipment (PPE) as well as blankets and soup. We spoke to KZN Social Development MEC Nonhlanhla Khoza.

Power Utility Eskom has taken radical steps to recover its money from owing municipalities. Eskom has recently attached the bank account of Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality in the Free State. The Municipality's account is now frozen, funds in the account will be directly transferred to Eskom. Eskom says this is to help them recover a portion of the R5.3 billion owed by the Maluti-a-Phofung Muni...

Police Minister Bheki Cele released the crime statistics for the last financial year (1/04/2019 - 31/03/2020) "virtually" from Pretoria earlier this morning. Cele says cash-in-transit heists, bank and house robberies have decreased, while violent crimes including murder, rape and robbery increased. The murder rate increased by 1.4-percent, while rape increased by 1.7-percent...We spoke to Dr. Joha...

Amabhaca King , Madzikane Diko says that he didn't consult his wife Khusela Diko, who is the spokesperson to president Cyril Ramaphosa when bidding for the Gauteng PPE tender. He says he only informed his wife after he was awarded the tender, and she then expressed discomfort in the matter. He also says that he doesn't regret bidding for the tender. He was speaking to our colleague Blain Herman in...

The South African Local Government Association (Salga) in KZN is calling for a review in municipal funding models. Currently urban municipalities with good revenue base (collection) get more funding (in the form of equitable share and infrastructure grants) from the National Treasury compared to rural municipalities who cannot collect rates. This according to rural municipalities exacerbates a gap...

Throughout bab' Mlangeni's funeral proceedings, we noticed that there has been instances where COVID-19 public gathering regulations were flouted...CEO of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Sello Hatang speaks out!

Parliament has called on Finance Minister Tito Mboweni to account for the looting of coronavirus relief funds. The procurement of PPE's is at the centre of corruption allegations - where some companies being used as suppliers are brand new start-ups with no track record. We spoke to Chairperson of Standing Commitee on Finance, Joe Maswanganyi.

Various organisations, political parties and economist say the government has made a massive mistake by seeking the R70 billion Covid-19 emergency funding from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) . The IMF board yesterday approved the R70 billion support package to help the country weather the economic storm brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. The loan comes with an interest rate of around 1...

Various organisations, political parties and economists say the government has made a massive mistake by seeking the R70 billion Covid-19 emergency funding from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) . The IMF board yesterday approved the R70 billion support package to help the country weather the economic storm brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. The loan comes with an interest rate of around...

KwaZulu-Natal Education MEC, Kwazi Mshengu, says grade 4 learners don’t need sanitary towels. Mshengu was releasing a report of the provincial forensic investigation where over 100-million rand was spent on the supply of sanitary towels. Implicated officials in corrupt activities over the surplus supply of sanitary towels at the KZN schools have been suspended.

KwaZulu-Natal Education MEC, Kwazi Mshengu, says officials - implicated in corrupt activities over a surplus supply of sanitary towels at schools - have been suspended. Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga, ordered the forensic investigation in 2018 after two teacher unions raised red flags that over 100-million rand was spent on the supply of sanitary towels. Mshengu was providing a report o...

Tribute continue to pour in for Struggle stalwart and the last surviving Rivonia Trialist Andrew Mlangeni. This after the struggle veteran passed away overnight at the age of 95. He was admitted to 1 Military Hospital in Pretoria last night following an abdominal complaint. Mlangeni was the last surviving Rivonia Trialist - who spent more than 20 years on Robben Island after his conviction at the...