Author: staff

KwaZulu-Natal’s first 100 days of the government of provincial unity (GPU) has been characterised by expectations for service delivery, speculation of inter-party scheming to get the MK Party into power in the province, allegations of grand corruption from the sixth administration, the subsequent clean-up efforts, and even “dynamics” among GPU partners.

Parliament has referred the promotion of a controversial police general – who sent pornographic content on a police WhatsApp group, has been accused of bullying and harassing a colleague, and allegedly met with suspected underworld kingpin Nafiz Modack – to the Public Service Commission (PSC).

A rape survivor whose case was thrown out of court because the State could not disprove her attacker’s claim that he believed, albeit wrongly, that she had consented to sex, was overcome with emotion when the legislation that paved the way for his defence was declared unconstitutional and invalid this week.

Just days after the postponement of a motion of no confidence the DA had lodged in eNdumeni Local Municipality Mayor Siyabonga Ndlovu for allegedly sleeping on the job, among other issues, he seems to have fallen asleep in a virtual exco meeting.

Three days after a Nelson Mandela University student was run over and killed by a luxury car allegedly driven by an off-campus residence manager, the victim’s grieving family gathered at the spot where he took his last breath to wash away his blood.

Sentiment about South Africa has improved since the formation of a coalition government but the nation needs to be cautious about complacency, according to chief executive officers at two of the nation’s biggest financial-services companies.

After ActionSA filed a criminal complaint against Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Thembi Simelane, the Hawks said it had already made “great strides” in investigating VBS, but it would not confirm whether it was investigating Simelane.

The MK Party is seeking to urgently block the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) from interviewing prospective judges until the legal battles over impeached Judge President John Hlophe’s suitability to serve on the body are finalised.

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu told terrified Ngobozana villagers in Lusikisiki that they could start sleeping peacefully again because police had “the names and surnames” of the killers who gunned down 18 people in a mass shooting on Saturday.

A withering attack on the new National Lotteries Commission (NLC) in Parliament last week was led by three men: chair of the trade and industry portfolio committee Mzwandile Masina, former minister Malusi Gigaba, and the EFF’s Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, according to GroundUp.