The head of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC), Advocate Andrea Johnson, has asked President Cyril Ramaphosa and National Director of Public Prosecutions Andy Mothibi for permission to resign with immediate effect following intense scrutiny at the Madlanga Commission. Johnson’s request comes after several days of testimony before the commission, where she faced sustained questioning over her leadership of the anti-corruption unit and allegations relating to its handling of sensitive investigations involving Crime Intelligence. Among the claims put before the…

The Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on Migration says the temporary repatriation processing centre in Musina will be significantly scaled down from 1 August after processing more than 68,000 undocumented foreign nationals over the past six weeks. Addressing the media in Pretoria on Sunday, IMC chairperson Mmamoloko Kubayi said the Musina Temporary Repatriation Processing Centre (TRPC), established in late June, had played a key role in the government’s efforts to implement its five-point migration management plan. Kubayi said that between 14 June…

The Border Management Authority (BMA) and the South African Revenue Service (SARS) have clarified that truck delays along the corridor leading to the Beitbridge Border Post in Musina are not being caused by operations on the South African side of the border, but rather on the Zimbabwean side. According to the two organisations, the primary cause of the delays is screening procedures and congestion at the Zimbabwean border. “All SARS and BMA functions, including immigration processing, agricultural inspections, port health…