Blow for Protector over Sars ‘rogue unit’

Siviwe Feketha|Published

Report reviewed and set aside.

Sadtu heads to court to block matric rewrite after paper leaks

Siviwe Feketha and Tebogo Monama|Published

Sadtu heads to court in a bid to block the department from forcing all learners back to the exam room after Maths and Physics papers were leaked.

Racial tensions set to intensify in Senekal as EFF and AfriForum stage protests

Siviwe Feketha and Gift Tlou|Published

Ongoing racial tensions are set to intensify in volatile Senekal in the Free State this week as the EFF and AfriForum prepare to square off and stage separate protest ...

Gauteng MEC accuses communities of buying RDPs from criminals

Siviwe Feketha|Published

Lebogang Maile says some communities were aiding criminal activities relating to the illegal acquisition of land and RDP houses.

EFF slams ACDP over calls for congregants to resume religious gatherings from today

Siviwe Feketha|Published

EFF national spokesperson Vuyani Pambo blasted the ACDP?s call for people to go to church as ?dangerous, murderous and hypocritical?.

Failure to enforce Covid-19 rules at work is a criminal offence - Nxesi

Siviwe Feketha|Published

Failure to take the necessary measures to prevent the transmission of Covid-19 may result in criminal prosecution, Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi said. ...

NPA guns for Nick Deetlef after he denied role in Neil Aggett's torture

Siviwe Feketha|Published

Former security branch police officer Nick Deetlefs?s claim that he never tortured anti-apartheid activist Dr Neil Aggett while he interrogated him was brought under ...

Neil Aggett inquest: Deetlefs admits he lied over security branch interrogations

Siviwe Feketha|Published

Former security branch police officer Nick Deetlefs admitted that he had lied under oath in the cases of political detainees.

ANC warns members against using Jacob Zuma's name to divide party

Siviwe Feketha|Published

As the number of voices grow within the ANC in defence of former president Jacob Zuma, Luthuli House has slammed groups who ferment factionalism.

Neil Aggett inquest: Court hears how detainees were tortured to 'brink of death'

Siviwe Feketha|Published

Former apartheid special branch policeman Paul Erasmus has testified how the security police branch deliberately brought political detainees ?to the brink of death? ...

Neil Aggett inquest: He told me apartheid police assaulted him, reveals activist

Siviwe Feketha|Published

Anti-apartheid activist Keith Coleman has detailed how he watched fellow activist Dr Neil Aggett?s condition deteriorate as he was subjected to severe torture before ...

Ronnie Kasrils set to testify at Dr Neil Aggett inquest

Siviwe Feketha|Published

Anti-apartheid activist Ronnie Kasrils will take the stand at the inquest into the death of fellow activist Dr Neil Aggett, who died while in detention in 1982. ...

Neil Aggett inquest: Police did anything they could to you - Rev. Frank Chikane

Siviwe Feketha|Published

Former anti-apartheid activist Rev. Frank Chikane has detailed how apartheid security police tortured and subjected him to horrid conditions while he was in custody ...

Zondo commission hears details of Thoshan Panday dodgy deals with SAPS officers

Siviwe Feketha|Published

Former Scorpions investigator took to the stand at the Zondo Commission and spilled the beans on Thoshan Panday?s alleged corrupt dealing with police officers.

ANC 108: President Ramaphosa insists everything at Eskom is under control

Siviwe Feketha|Published

President Cyril Ramaphosa insists his administration has Eskom?s persistent woes under control, despite the power utility's leadership woes and operational instability. ...

ANC alarmed by SA's poor economic growth - Buthelezi

Siviwe Feketha|Published

ANC NEC member Sfiso Buthelezi has urged the private sector not to make the crisis of economic growth the responsibility of the state.

Ramaphosa defends ANC ahead of much-anticipated 108th birthday

Siviwe Feketha|Published

President Cyril Ramaphosa has insisted that his government was not sleeping on the job in terms of addressing unemployment and drought despite their persistence. ...

'Will 14 000 prisoners make sure they meet conditions?': DA condemns remissions

Siviwe Feketha|Published

The DA has accused the ANC-led government of creating the wrong precedent by facilitating the release of convicted #FeesMustFall activist Kanya Cekeshe.

IRR fears Mogoeng views on socio-political woes may compromise judiciary

Siviwe Feketha|Published

The SA IRR has cautioned Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng against expressing his views on the country?s socio-political problems, including transformation.

Julius Malema slams EFF structures' failures

Siviwe Feketha|Published

EFF leader Julius Malema slammed some of the party?s structures for failing to capitalise on the ANC?s internal problems to increase voter support of the red berets. ...

Malema rejects calls for EFF's paramilitary unit to be disbanded

Siviwe Feketha|Published

The calls for the disbandment of the unit come after violent scuffles that took place on Saturday evening in which some delegates were hospitalised after being pepper ...

Malema apologises after women pepper sprayed at EFF conference

Siviwe Feketha|Published

EFF leader Julius Malema has slammed some of the party?s security personnel for the chaotic and violent scenes that marred the party?s national elective conference ...

Fleeing suspect nabbed with 47m of copper cable in Woodstock

Siviwe Feketha|Published

Partnership policing over the festive season yielded success early yesterday morning in Woodstock after an alleged copper cable tried to escape.

Replacing the board won't fix crisis at Prasa, says Mbalula

Siviwe Feketha|Published

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula said the crisis at Prasa could not be solved by replacing the current board with a new one.

EFF rejects legal opinion on election of new Joburg mayor

Siviwe Feketha|Published

The EFF rejected the legal opinion sought by council speaker Vasco da Gama on the rules that govern the election of a mayor.