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The joint task force comprising the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to tackle crime will not see soldiers performing ordinary policing functions. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

SANDF deployment to back police set to start on 31 March

National police commissioner Fannie Masemola said the army would play a supporting role to the South African Police Service

New broom: Advocate Andy Mothibi Photo: GCIS

New NPA boss Mothibi in hot seat

Incoming NDPP lauded for his anti-corruption record as head of the SIU while critics see red

KZN provincial police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Ad hoc committee consults witnesses ahead of second phase of hearings

The parliamentary committee is scheduled to hear evidence on corruption in the policing system until 20 February

Minister of Electricity and Energy Kgosientso Ramokgopa

Kgosientsho Ramokgopa: Electricity and Energy

SCORE: B+ A remarkable milestone under Ramokgopa’s leadership is an impressive and sustained electricity supply record, with over 196 consecutive days without loadshedding for the year 2025 and over 400 days of intermittent power supply. The department’s Generation Recovery Plan aimed at improving energy availability and reliability has resulted in a 71% average in the […]

Suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Mchunu and Masemola did not get along, says Deputy Police Minister Boshielo

Mchunu and Masemola communicated via letters and were requested to align before meetings with ministers

Lieutenant General Dumisani Mbotho said miscommunication led to the Hawks’ involvement in the arrest of Katiso Molefe in December 2024. (SAPS/Facebook)

Hawks say miscommunication led to alleged interference in Molefe’s arrest

The Hawks’ top brass told the Madlanga Commission that a miscommunication — not interference — led to their presence at alleged crime boss Katiso Molefe’s arrest

Katiso Molefe was arrested on 6 December 2024 — a month before the task team was disbanded by suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu. (Screenshot)

Gauteng traffic police deny interfering in Katiso Molefe’s arrest

Gauteng traffic police chief denied any interference and stated they were assisting the Hawks

Former police minister Bheki Cele. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

‘Mchunu should have consulted’ before disbanding task team, says former police minister Bheki Cele

Cele said he had tried to meet his successor to discuss the issue after leaving office, but his calls went unanswered

Katiso Molefe was arrested on 6 December 2024 — a month before the task team was disbanded by suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu. (Screenshot)

Hawks helicopter attempted to stop Molefe arrest, Witness A tells Madlanga commission

The anonymous witness said frequent interference in the investigation of murder suspect Katiso Molefe showed how far his influence reached in the police service

Suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Senzo Mchunu throws Shadrack Sibiya under the bus, denies directive to remove 121 dockets

He contradicted the deputy national commissioner, who said he took the dockets from the task team because he ‘could not disobey an order from the minister

The Madlanga commission heard further testimony of police corruption on Monday from an anonymous police investigator who alleged that senior Gauteng officials were linked to drug cartels and criminal syndicates implicated in contract killings.
 Photo: Paul Botes

Madlanga: Witness A implicates senior Gauteng officials in drug cartels and syndicated hits

The witness, who has requested anonymity, told the Madlanga commission he was invited to parties with senior officials who wanted to influence his investigation of the Armand Swart murder case

The witness told the Madlanga commission inquiry into political interference in policing on Monday that an investigation into the murder of Armand Swart, an engineer believed to be a whistleblower on overpriced tender irregularities at state-owned entity Transnet, had uncovered a wider network of corruption at the police station.

Madlanga: ‘Johannesburg hitman detective killed the wrong person, believed to be a whistleblower’, Witness A says

The unidentified witness implicated staff the Johannesburg central police station in collusion with drug cartels and sanctioned hits

Suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Mchunu says political killings task team was not a permanent unit, as infighting rocks police service

Suspended minister defends his order to disband the task team

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has raided the Sandton, Johannesburg, home of businessman Hangwani Maumela, seizing high-end vehicles and artworks as part of an R820 million asset recovery operation linked to wholesale looting at Tembisa Hospital, in Ekurhuleni.
Photo: File

Massive raid part of asset recovery in Tembisa Hospital tender fraud

The Special Investigating Unit has seized luxury vehicles and artworks worth millions from businessman Hangwani Maumela’s Joburg mansion as part of an R820 million asset recovery

Suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Mchunu’s chief of staff says national commissioner ordered search and seizure to destroy evidence

Nkabinde claimed the purpose of the operation was to delete crucial evidence that would disprove Mkhwanazi’s allegations

Denial: The suspended police minister, Senzo Mchunu (above), has described the allegations by KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi against him as ‘wild’. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Mkhwanazi: Political killing task team disbanded when closing in on Gauteng syndicates

The KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner said his testimony would deal with political interference by parliamentarians and the national executive

Suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu.

Mkhwanazi: Mchunu not briefed before disbanding political killing task team

The KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner said the order to disband the team was irrational and irregular

Grave concern: President Cyril Ramaphosa (above) regards allegations against Police Minister Senzo Mchunu as requiring ‘the highest-priority attention’.

Mchunu: Murmers of a cabinet reshuffle

Parties have called for the president to take action regarding allegations against the police minister

Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, the late former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s son, was arrested for attempted murder on Thursday after a shooting at his Hyde Park residence

New Eastern Cape massacre sparks urgent calls for action on gun violence

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IFP Youth Brigade chairperson and MP, Sanele Zondo. Photo @IFP-National/X

IFP places MP Sanele Zondo on special leave after ‘missing wife’ claims domestic abuse

Simenyiwe Dlomo-Zondo made the allegations of abuse on Instagram, but Zondo has also accused his wife of ‘assaulting’ him