ActionSA President Herman Mashaba has issued a strongly worded statement declaring that his party will not be dictated to by other political parties, commentators or supporters of rival organisations. In a statement issued on Saturday, Mashaba said political disagreements must be distinguished from outright disrespect. He added that he had reached a point where he would no longer remain silent while people attempted to “bully, undermine and dictate” to him and the organisation he leads. His remarks come amid growing…
Embattled Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has denied any links to alleged gang boss and attempted murder accused Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala, insisting that he has never met or spoken to the man at the centre of a growing political and policing scandal. Mchunu continued his testimony before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee probing claims that South Africa’s criminal justice system has been infiltrated by criminal cartels. The minister faced a tough grilling from ActionSA MP Darleen James, who pressed him on allegations…
A police detective testifying under the pseudonym Witness B has detailed how a woman appeared to boast that alleged criminal cartel member and murder accused, Katiso “KT” Molefe, would “make the Armand Swart case disappear.” The startling claim was made during proceedings at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria, which is probing allegations of corruption and political interference within the criminal justice system. Witness B, who serves as a detective within the South African Police Service (SAPS), testified in…
The Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality in Mahikeng in the North West said it’ll solicit President Cyril Ramaphosa’s intervention on the recurrent acts of vandalism of water infrastructure across the municipality. Water infrastructures in four of the five local municipalities within the district (Mahikeng, Ditsobotla, Tswaing and Ramotshere Moiloa local municipalities) has been vandalised in what the Executive Mayor, Khumalo Molefe believes is a powerful, equipped and fully armed syndicate hell-bent on destroying the municipality’s water infrastructure. Speaking on YOUFM…