FOREIGN NATIONAL ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO CLAIM UIF BENEFITS WITH FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTS
The Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) in the North West has opened a fraud case with the South African Police Services (SAPS) against a foreign national who tried to claim Unemployment Insurance Fund benefits using fraudulent documents earlier today, 21 August 2026 at Rustenburg Labour Centre. Reacting to the arrest, the Acting Chief Director: […]
2 FOREIGN NATIONALS TO APPEAR IN KUILSRIVER COURT AFTER BRACKENFELL ABALONE SEIZURE
Two foreign nationals are due to appear in the Kuilsriver Magistrate’s Court today following an abalone seizure in Brackenfell. According to police spokesperson C. Van Wyk, a 49-year-old Chinese national and a 36-year-old Tanzanian national were arrested after law enforcement confiscated a large quantity of abalone during an operation in the area. The suspects face […]
FROM 67 MINUTES TO 67 DAYS: A SEASON TO BE ACTIVE CITIZENS
On 18 July every year we pause for 67 minutes. We serve soup. We paint a wall. We post a selfie. We feel like we honored Madiba. On 19 July we wake up to the same South Africa: the same broken schools, the same empty fridges, the same potholes, and the same fear. Citizens are […]
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA GRANTS EXTENSION OF MADLANGA COMMISSION REPORT DEADLINE
President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended the final report deadline of the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry into Criminality, Political Interference, and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System. The Commission will submit its report on Monday, 16 November 2026, instead of 31 August, as anticipated originally. The extension granted by the President sets an evidence deadline of […]
LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAILS HAWKS FOR ARRESTS IN R27 MILLION TERS FRAUD SCHEMEÂ
The Department of Employment and Labour has welcomed the arrest of three suspects in Mpumalanga in connection with an alleged R27 million COVID-19 Temporary Employer Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) fraud scheme involving more than 700 ghost employees. The arrests, carried out by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks), represent a significant step forward in […]
NEW WAVE OF GANG VIOLENCE DEVASTATES HAITI, ELECTIONS IN 2026 UNLIKELY
Over this past weekend, Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince was hit by a new wave of violence carried out by rival gangs, which took place near the Toussaint Louverture international airport and displaced hundreds of residents from their homes, burned down houses, and wounded many. Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) had to evacuate its hospital […]
SUSPECTS SOUGHT IN TWO SEPARATE ROBBERY WITH FIREARM INCIDENTS
Police in Welkom are investigating cases of robbery with a firearm. This follows two separate incidents that were reported in Welkom. During the first incident, it is alleged that on Thursday, 12 March 2026 three adult males were at Mannys in Welkom standing next to a blue Toyota Corolla. They were then approached by an […]
SONA 2026: FROM PROMISES TO PERFORMANCE IN SOUTH AFRICA’S ECONOMY
The 2026 State of the Nation Address (SONA) delivered by President Cyril Ramaphosa outlines government’s priorities for economic growth, service delivery, infrastructure investment and the fight against crime. Constitutionally, SONA is not merely ceremonial. It is a foundational mechanism through which Parliament is enabled to exercise oversight and set the national policy agenda. In this […]
PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA DELIVERS THE 2026 STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS
“Seventy years ago, thousands of women of all races marched to the Union Buildings, their hearts beating with a common purpose. Armed with extraordinary cunning and resolve, these women braved police checkpoints and harassment. In a voice loud and clear, they said: “We shall not rest until we have won for our children their fundamental […]
THE LONG SHADOW OF THE LABYRINTH: WHY THE MADLANGA COMMISSION IS THE FORENSIC AUDIT OF OUR UNFINISHED TRANSITION
It is necessary to clarify from the outset: this opinion piece is not written by a political scientist but by a decolonial, Africana scholar. My interest lies not in the mere mechanics of “governance” or the liberal tropes of “good administration,” but in the more profound, more haunting questions of power, continuity, and the persistent […]
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA WELCOMES THE MADLANGA COMMISSION INTERIM REPORT
On the 13th of July 2025, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the establishment of the Commission of Inquiry into Criminality, Political Interference and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System. This followed serious allegations made by Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi about the existence and operation of a sophisticated criminal syndicate that has allegedly infiltrated the criminal justice […]
NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSIONER FANNIE MASEMOLA HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG
I heard over one of the public broadcasting TV stations that the Acting Minister of Police, Professor Cachalia, has criticised the National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola, for returning 121 dockets that were under investigations to KwaZulu-Natal, where they originated. These are dockets on political and other killings that are reported to have been removed […]