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Neglect: The problems with service delivery in North West municipalities is often attributed to high levels of corruption, which investigative bodies, such as the Special Investigating Unit, uncover annually. Photo: File

The price of broken promises

Chronic service delivery failures, crumbling infrastructure, and rampant joblessness across North West municipalities are pushing frustrated residents to punish political parties…

Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. (SAPS/X)

Mkhwanazi tipped to lead Hawks in police reset

Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia has recommended KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi as the new national head of the Hawks.

Dineo Mokwele. Image: Supplied/Facebook

Whistleblowers honoured as Dineo Mokwele receives integrity award

Brigadier Dineo Mokwele received the Integrity Under Fire Special Award at the 2026 Whistleblowers Awards in Johannesburg, highlighting the risks of challenging wrongdoing and…

City of Ekurhuleni episodes

Reverend Mautji Pataki urges religious leaders to reclaim their prophetic voice and speak out against deep-seated corruption and criminal syndicates plaguing Gauteng metros.

Speaking up should not be a death sentence

Whistleblowers in South Africa risk their lives and livelihoods to save public funds from corruption. As tragedies mount, the country faces an urgent need to turn legal…

Matthew Chaskalson. Image: Supplied/Instagram

Media houses oppose closed-door intelligence testimony at Madlanga Commission

Media houses have opposed an application to hear the testimony of acting Nicoc coordinator Ntandazo Sifolo behind closed doors at the Madlanga Commission, citing the public's…

Johannesburg is a ‘gangster’s paradise’ run by untouchables, says Al Jama-ah mayoral candidate

Al Jama-ah Johannesburg mayoral candidate Ashley Mama has labelled the metro a “gangster’s paradise” run by untouchables, while defending the party's governance record and urging…

North West businessman Suliman Carrim told the Madlanga commission he lost R8.4 million after funding Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala’s healthcare company, alleging he was misled by both Matlala and Brown Mogotsi

Carrim bail postponed as state argues he is a flight risk

The Pretoria Magistrate's Court has postponed businessman Suliman Carrim’s bail application after the state opposed his release, labelling him a flight risk following his arrest…

North West businessman Suliman Carrim told the Madlanga commission he lost R8.4 million after funding Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala’s healthcare company, alleging he was misled by both Matlala and Brown Mogotsi

Suliman Carrim arrested at OR Tambo for evading Madlanga subpoena

Former ANC regional treasurer Suliman Carrim was arrested at OR Tambo International Airport for evading a subpoena from the Madlanga Commission, just moments before boarding a…

Water mafia: A tanker sent after an unexpected infrastructure failure is emergency relief. . . a community depending on tankers month after month is a sign of systemic failure. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Komani’s water crisis: When a public failure becomes private business

As taps repeatedly run dry in Komani, residents are asking uncomfortable questions about whether failing infrastructure is being sustained to enrich private water tanker…

Suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya. (X)

Sibiya quits SAPS during disciplinary hearing

Suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya has resigned from the SAPS during disciplinary proceedings, earning a dishonourable discharge amid serious criminal…

Feroz Khan testimony at Madlanga postponed after associate assassinated

The in-camera testimony of former deputy crime intelligence head Feroz Khan before the Madlanga Commission has been postponed following the fatal shooting of his associate on the…

Suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya. (X)

Sibiya’s two-front war to remain in the SAPS and out of jail

Suspended deputy police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya faces parallel legal battles: a SAPS disciplinary process over alleged links to criminal networks and a criminal case…

The president: Joe Sibanyoni claims payments described by Ntuli as protection money were instead linked to local business support.

The extortionists along Moloto Road

WhatsApp messages exposed at the Madlanga Commission reveal how Mpumalanga taxi bosses Joe Sibanyoni and Bafana Sindane allegedly ran an extortion racket targeting contractors…

Joe ‘Ferrari’ Sibanyoni denies corrupt Putco deal

Mpumalanga taxi boss Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni has denied corrupt dealings with bus operator Putco, telling the Madlanga Commission that his talks with government officials aimed…

Shadrack Sibiya remanded in custody

Suspended SAPS Deputy National Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya remains remanded in custody as he faces charges including rape and human trafficking at the Randburg Magistrate's Court.

Cat Matlala’s wife charged with fraud as SIU cracks down on private security regulator

Tsakane Matlala, wife of alleged cartel leader Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala, has been granted R20,000 bail in a fraud and corruption case amid a wider SIU crackdown on the private…

Suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

More woes for Mchunu as police seize cellphone at his KZN family home for the second time

Police have executed a search and seizure warrant at the KwaZulu-Natal residence of on-leave Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, confiscating a cellphone amid escalating investigations.

Suspended Deputy national commissioner for crime detection Shadrack Sibiya. Photo: X

Top cop Sibiya detained on charges of sexual grooming and rape

Suspended deputy police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya has appeared in court on charges including rape and child trafficking, and will remain in custody pending a bail hearing.

National Police Commissioner Fanie Masemola.

Masemola charges withdrawn as NPA investigates IDAC

The Pretoria Magistrates’ Court has formally withdrawn charges against suspended National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola after an NPA review found insufficient evidence to…