Former President Jacob Zuma has reshuffled the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party’s top leadership, removing several senior figures as he strengthens his grip on the organisation. Former Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe has been removed as the party’s First Deputy President and replaced by Zuma’s son, Duduzane Zuma. Tony Yengeni remains the party’s Second Deputy President. Former Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko has also been relieved of his duties as National Chairperson, while Nomsa Dlamini has been removed as Deputy Secretary-General. Known…

Disgraced former IDAC head Andrea Johnson and her close ally, senior prosecutor Brian Padayachee, allegedly disregarded evidence to prosecute individuals they had targeted. This was the testimony of Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions at IDAC, Advocate Peter Serunye, before the Madlanga Commission. He referred to several cases, including that involving former Crime Intelligence head Dumisani Khumalo, Brigadier Dineo Mokwele and others who were charged in connection with Mokwele’s appointment within the South African Police Service (SAPS). Serunye expressed disappointment with…

The fourth State witness in the trial-within-a-trial of alleged criminal kingpin Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala and four co-accused has corroborated evidence presented by previous witnesses in the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg. The trial-within-a-trial is determining whether evidence obtained during the arrest of accused Musa Kekana, who is charged in connection with the murder of Vereeniging engineer Armand Swart, is admissible in the main trial. TRT Lieutenant Colonel Tumelo Tsotetsi told the court that the arrest operation in Kew was…