The South African Police Service (SAPS) has reassured applicants that its eRecruitment portal remains operational despite delays and slower response times caused by a surge in applications for its Police Trainee Recruitment Programme. In a statement, SAPS attributed the delays to high traffic volumes on the online recruitment platform. The service said its Technology Management Services division, working alongside its technology partners, was working around the clock to manage demand and maintain the system’s functionality. “The SAPS Technology Management Services…
The corruption case involving Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala and 15 co-accused over an alleged R228 million Medicare 24 Tshwane District contract has been postponed to 17 November 2026. The Pretoria Regional Court postponed the matter to allow the Review Panel to complete its assessment of the validity of the charges and for the National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) to issue an instruction on the way forward. According to the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC), the review forms part of its…
Suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya has challenged the State’s account of how sexually explicit material involving a 16-year-old came to be found on his mobile phone, as his bail application continued at the Randburg Magistrates’ Court. Sibiya is facing charges of rape, sexual grooming of a minor and human trafficking, which he denies. During Tuesday’s proceedings, his lawyer, Estelle Killian, read an affidavit in which Sibiya provided his explanation for possessing the video. According to Sibiya, the video…
The fraud and corruption case involving Ekurhuleni City Manager Kagiso Lerutla and suspended Metro Police Deputy Chief Julius Mkhwanazi has been postponed to 3 November 2026. The pair appeared in connection with allegations stemming from a 2019 scheme in which a third person allegedly impersonated Lerutla in court after he had been arrested for speeding. The State alleges that the impersonator was paid as part of a R400,000 arrangement allegedly facilitated by Mkhwanazi. Prosecutors claim the scheme was intended to…