The Madlanga Commission has heard further disturbing testimony detailing alleged brazen criminality within the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD). Appearing before the commission on Friday, Thulani Magagula, Director of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID), accused the metro police department of routinely allowing officers facing serious criminal charges to remain on duty. Magagula told the commission that, based on IPID’s experience with EMPD, the department would often receive investigation reports, register them internally, and then take no meaningful disciplinary action.…

President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed confidence in the plan to deploy members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to tackle illegal mining and gang violence in Gauteng and the Western Cape. He made the announcement during his State of the Nation Address (SONA) at the Cape Town City Hall on Thursday evening. While the decision was widely welcomed, concerns have been raised over the financial viability of the deployment, given the ongoing budgetary challenges faced by the Defence…

Hundreds of scholar transport operators are marching to the offices of Gauteng Transport MEC Kedibone Diale-Tlabela to voice their concerns over what they describe as newly imposed requirements by the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport. The protest is primarily led by members of the Benoni Education Scholar Transport Association, who say the department has introduced stricter regulations for private scholar transport operators following a tragic accident in Vanderbijlpark, which claimed the lives of 14 children. The operators argue that…