The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has reserved judgment in the MK Party’s urgent application to block Shamila Batohi’s pension, after hearing arguments on urgency and the legality of withholding state-funded benefits

The suspended police minister says the arrests are only the beginning and that his actions, alongside Idac investigations, were key to stopping the illegal contract

Any objective analysis must proceed from the premise that commissions of inquiry are not criminal courts. They neither prosecute nor sentence. Their constitutional purpose is to establish facts, identify systemic weaknesses and recommend structural changes

The Special Investigating Unit traced financial gains of more than R181 million linked to beneficiaries of fraudulent visa applications that were supported by fake documentation

Advocate Moipone Noko said she supported and later took over the prosecution led by Andrew Chauke in the high-profile Cato Manor case

The outgoing national director of public prosecutions said her successor should fight for more institutional independence and for competitive salaries to attract high profile advocates

Evidence leaders compelled to ask for a postponement

The inquiry is discussing how to proceed with the withdrawal of the outgoing national director of public prosecutions, who is the main complainant

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

The president picked the SIU head after an advisory panel found none of the six candidates interviewed late last year suitable for the post

While the national director of public prosecutions’s conduct at the Nkabinde inquiry has tarnished her legacy, she remains the first person in the post to complete a full term of office

Panel members at the Nkabinde inquiry said the national director of public prosecutions was undermining the inquiry she herself had insisted upon

The national director of public prosecutions defended herself against criticism, saying she had delegated the matter to her subordinate

The national director of public prosecutions said she established a panel to look into the human rights abuses linked to the Durban police unit

NPA boss defended her decisions while conceding documentation oversights, which she said should not constrain the inquiry

Sources said Gwamanda had brought the motion out of anger after being dropped as a member of the mayoral committee

Interviews for the shortlisted candidates will take place on 10 and 11 December, and the public is invited to submit comments on the nominees

The national director of public prosecutions said the suspended Gauteng director of public prosecutions’ actions in a KwaZulu-Natal case were politically motivated

Gigaba said his conscience was clear regarding his conduct in office as minister of public enterprises

The move comes nearly three years after the collapse of the diamond processing facility in the Free State