Alleged criminal mastermind Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala is struggling to explain his changing versions of events after admitting under oath that he misled Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee about his visit to the home of former Deputy National Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya. Testifying at the Madlanga Commission on Tuesday, Matlala was confronted by Evidence Leader Advocate Thabang Pooe over his previous denial that he had been invited to a celebration at Sibiya’s home. Before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee, Matlala denied being invited…
National Assembly speaker Thoko Didiza says parliament is ready to host the 2026 State of the Nation Address (SONA) which will be delivered by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Cape Town City Hall on Thursday evening. Didiza said SONA is convened as a Joint Sitting of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces, and it formally opens the parliamentary programme for the year. The speaker was briefing the media in Cape Town, where she outlined parliament’s state of…
Frustration boiled over in Emmarentia as angry residents from Emmarentia, Parktown, Melville and surrounding suburbs confronted Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero and Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation David Mahlobo over relentless water outages crippling parts of the city. What was meant to be a community engagement quickly turned into a heated standoff. Residents, some without water for more than a week, demanded urgent answers, clear timelines and accountability from both local and national government leaders. Tempers flared as community members…
A high-level delegation of the North West Provincial Government has been engaging captains of the mining industry on the side lines of the Investing in Africa Mining Indaba held in Cape Town on various issues ranging from mineral beneficiation, social labour plans and preferential procurement for small enterprises. The delegation is led by Premier Lazarus Mokgosi, who’s accompanied by MEC for Economic Development, Environment, Conservation and Tourism, Bitsa Lenkopane. Lenkopane has expressed confidence on the delegation’s ability to reverse the…