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Bakerton CPF member Sadah Pachigadas.

The Bakerton Ballot: Political paralysis meets community policing in Ekurhuleni’s Ward 72

As rival political parties trade blame over service delivery failures in Ekurhuleni's Ward 72, the Bakerton Community Police Forum is stepping up to hold whoever wins accountable.

Suspended EMPD deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Former EMPD deputy chief and Ekurhuleni city manager back in court over alleged impersonation scheme

Former EMPD deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi and Ekurhuleni city manager Kagiso Lerutla return to court over an alleged R400,000 scheme to hire an impersonator for a 2019 court…

Grim: Sewage runs alongside homes and flies gather around the waste that has become part of everyday life . . . residents are still waiting for the basic services they say should have been provided long ago. Photos: Themba Maphanga

Three years on, Kanana is still living with the stench of neglect

Three years after deadly protests rocked Tembisa, residents of Kanana Extension 5 continue to live alongside running sewage and heaps of uncollected waste, questioning political…

23-year-old woman shot dead on her way to work in Tembisa

A 23-year-old woman was shot dead during an alleged robbery on her way to work in Temong Section, Tembisa, amid heightened community concerns over women's safety in Ekurhuleni.

Suspended EMPD deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Julius Mkhwanazi fired by Ekurhuleni Metro

The City of Ekurhuleni has dismissed suspended EMPD deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi following internal misconduct proceedings, as he remains behind bars facing murder and…

First appearance: Former Ekurhuleni city manager Imogen Mashazi, EMPD deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi ,head of legal Kemi Buhari and head of human resources Linda Gxasheka in court. Photo: Supplied

Madlanga cracks down on officials

Former Ekurhuleni city manager Imogen Mashazi and three other high-profile officials have been arrested following evidence presented to the Madlanga Commission regarding the…

Mkhwanazi admits Matlala police clearance certificate was fraudulent

Suspended Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi has admitted to the Madlanga Commission that a police clearance certificate submitted for…

Getting Ekurhuleni working again through delivery and accountability

A city that works is a city you can rely on. When roads are maintained, electricity is steady, water systems hold up, and the administration runs without endless delays,…

In Johannesburg, the regional executive committee (REC) is understood to have identified regional chairperson Loyiso Masuku as its preferred candidate for the City of Johannesburg’s mayoral position, party insiders familiar with the process say. (X)

Joburg ANC mayoral process faces scrutiny amid claims of flawed nomination process

Party insiders say concerns over compliance with ANC guidelines could result in the process being challenged or restarted, while similar disputes have emerged in other Gauteng…

Suspended EMPD deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Suspended EMPD deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi arrested on fraud and corruption charges

Mkhwanazi is expected to appear in court on Monday

After consideration: Jongizizwe Dlabathi had resigned from his position
as ANC regional secretary in Ekurhuleni and from his role as the City
of Ekurhuleni’s MMC for finance late last month Photo: ANC Ekurhuleni
Region REC.

ANC orders Dlabathi back to work

The ANC has reinstated Ekurhuleni regional secretary after rejecting his resignation, despite internal concerns that he cannot effectively hold both the regional secretary…

ANC regional secretary and finance MMC Jongizizwe Dlabathi

Dlabathi falls in wake of EFF exit

The EFF has rejected a renewed partnership, leading to ANC Ekurhuleni regional secretary Jongizizwe Dlabathi stepping down as finance MMC

EFF rejects MMC posts in Ekurhuleni, says latest reshuffle ‘seeks to undermine’ the party

The Economic Freedom Fighters said it would take up a position on the council’s opposition benches instead

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

Man implicated by slain Witness D survives Boksburg shooting

Wiandre Pretorius was shot at 16 times and walked away unharmed by what police believe was a targeted hit after he was implicated at the Madlanga Commission

The body of Ekurhuleni member of the mayoral committee for roads and transport planning Andile Mngwevu has been recovered in southern Mozambique

Tributes pour in for Ekurhuleni MMC Andile Mngwevu who died in Mozambique floods

His body was recovered in southern Mozambique days after the vehicle he was travelling in was swept away by floodwaters

National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola. (SAPS/X)

Three suspects identified in killing of Madlanga commission’s Witness D

Police have detained one of the suspects, who is currently being questioned, national police commissioner Fannie Masemola told journalists

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

Killing of Witness D casts doubt on state’s ability to protect those testifying at Madlanga commission

The inquiry into corruption in the criminal justice system will submit its interim report to President Cyril Ramaphosa by 17 December

EMPD brigadier Julius Mkhwanazi. Photo: JMPD

EMPD’s Julius Mkhwanazi claims Ekurhuleni needed security support from CAT VIP Protection Services

The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department deputy chief denied fitting Vusimuzi Matlala’s company vehicles with blue lights, reserved only for official law enforcement

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

Political mafias and ‘business’ became common, for example municipal contracts between former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede and the Delangokubona Business Forum. Photo: File

Political gangsterism is a clear and present danger

In collaboration with crooks, political mafias have emerged in which private fortunes are being built on plundered public wealth