Parliament’s ad hoc committee investigating allegations of police corruption has struggled to establish whether criminal elements influenced Police Minister Senzo Mchunu’s decision to disband the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT). The issue has exposed sharp differences among MPs as the committee continues working on its draft report. The Patriotic Alliance (PA) maintains that there is insufficient evidence to link Mchunu’s directive to the protection of organised crime cartels. PA representative Ashley Sauls said the events that followed the directive amounted…

A police sergeant has hit back at allegations that accused number one, Musa Kekana, was unlawfully removed from Edenvale Hospital and taken to Bramley Police Station instead of South Rand Hospital. Sergeant Elvis Raseala was under cross-examination by Kekana’s lawyer, Riaan Gissing, in the Johannesburg High Court on Thursday. Raseala is the latest State witness in the trial involving alleged underworld kingpin Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala and four co-accused. The accused face 25 charges, including attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder…

A stand-off is continuing between the ANC and the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) over the party’s claim that its failure to register the names of some candidates for the upcoming local government elections was due to technical failures on the online portal — a claim refuted by the IEC. During a media briefing held at its Centurion headquarters, the IEC also denied ever promising to entertain late candidate submissions by the ANC or any of the 45 political parties it…