Unit Commander of the Durban Serious Organised Crime Investigation Unit, Colonel Gavin Jacob, has admitted that the drug consignment stolen from a Hawks facility could have been safeguarded had different decisions been made. Jacob maintained in his testimony that he had fulfilled his responsibilities in handling the drugs seized during a bust at Durban Harbour. “I didn’t know about the security threat, so I’ll say, yes, I’ll shoulder some of the blame and responsibility. I could perhaps have taken different…

The alleged North West political fixer, Brown Mogotsi, will remain behind bars after the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court denied him bail on Thursday morning. Mogotsi faces charges including defeating the ends of justice for allegedly staging an assassination attempt on himself in Vosloorus in November last year. Magistrate Annelese Tlhapi told the court that all three addresses provided by Mogotsi could not be verified as his residential addresses. “The court found there is no proper address for the applicant and it…

The City of Matlosana Local Municipality in Klerksdorp, North West, has dismissed reports that its Fresh Produce Market in the CBD has been taken over by foreign nationals, while also addressing concerns over dysfunctional ablution facilities at the market. The Matlosana Fresh Produce Market, which operates under the municipality’s Local Economic Development (LED) unit, came under scrutiny in 2025 amid allegations of severe disarray, municipal neglect and non-payment. The municipality faced accusations of failing to comply with a 2021 High…