Defence Minister Angie Motshekga has justified the deployment of 510 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) members to KwaZulu-Natal, following criticism from members of the Joint Standing Committee on Defence. The soldiers were deployed as part of a joint law enforcement operation with the South African Police Service (SAPS), known as Operation Prosper. Committee members raised concerns that they had not been adequately informed about the Ministry’s decision to deploy the troops. However, Motshekga maintained that escalating tensions linked to…

The Pretoria Magistrates’ Court has granted former head of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) at the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), Andrea Johnson, and former South African Police Service (SAPS) Deputy Head of Crime Intelligence, Feroz Khan, bail of R10,000 each. The two were arrested on Friday morning and face charges of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, with Johnson accused of being an accessory after the fact, as well as defeating the ends of justice. Johnson is…

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU)-appointed curator is pursuing information about a vehicle allegedly located at a property in Midrand, Johannesburg, believed to be linked to the Tembisa Hospital investigation. The curator is tracing eight outstanding vehicles, including four Ferraris, three Porsches and one Bentley, linked to the alleged R900 million Tembisa Hospital corruption syndicate. The SIU said a recent tip-off from an anonymous whistle-blower led investigators to a property allegedly belonging to a business associate of businessman Hangwani Maumela, where…