Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services has called for thorough investigations into a suspected case of “aiding and abetting” dangerous offender Edward Madiba’s escape from the Rooigrond Maximum Correctional Centre near Mahikeng in the North West. Madiba escaped from one of the country’s maximum-security correctional facilities on Sunday, not for the first time, but for the second time in less than a year. According to the Department, Madiba escaped from the same maximum-security facility in 2022 and was only re-arrested…

The battle over who should lead evidence in Parliament’s Section 89 Committee has moved to the courts after the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) challenged the removal of Advocate Thandazani Griffiths Madonsela. The EFF has filed papers in the Western Cape High Court seeking to overturn the committee’s decision to rescind its recommendation that Madonsela serve as chief evidence leader. The party alleges that the decision was an abuse of parliamentary process and has placed the role at the centre of…

The events surrounding the final moments of Anele Tembe’s life came under scrutiny at the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court as testimony in her inquest continued. A witness told the court that he heard a man and woman arguing inside the Pepper Club Hotel on the night Tembe died in April 2021. The witness said the argument was followed by sobbing and what sounded like a gunshot, before he heard a man shouting. He then left his hotel room and saw…