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…
A 23-year-old alleged gang leader accused of killing two police officers and two civilians in Reiger Park, east of Johannesburg, is also facing five other cases. This emerged when Reagan Collis appeared in the Boksburg Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday. Collis is accused of killing the four victims in Reiger Park on Friday. Prosecutor Mathews Rampyapedi told the court that the State has provided a provisional charge sheet and that additional charges could still be added as investigations continue. “The state…
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has defended its decision to take President Cyril Ramaphosa and the state to court in an effort to block the unbundling of Eskom and the creation of an independent Transmission System Operator (TSO), which would operate separately from the power utility’s management. The union’s highest decision-making body, the National Executive Committee (NEC), which met in Pretoria over the weekend, has directed its legal team to finalise formal court action against the President and the…
The government is moving to repeal more than 100 apartheid-era laws in a bid to bring the country’s legislative framework in line with the Constitution. Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi announced during a media briefing in Pretoria on Tuesday that outdated laws, including the Riotous Assemblies Act, which was used to suppress anti-apartheid activism, would be repealed. “Our laws have got to align with the current dispensation. Some of these laws that are being repealed were put in place in response…