The ANC has asked Parliament’s ad hoc committee to find that suspended National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola failed in his duty by not resisting Police Minister Senzo Mchunu’s freeze on Crime Intelligence appointments. The Activists and Citizens Forum accuses ANC MP Khusela Diko of protecting Mchunu at Masemola’s expense, and Diko says the forum could…
Solidarity’s Jaco Kleynhans told News24 he expects the US to announce whether South Africa stays in AGOA by the first week of November, and that more steps could follow within weeks. He denied that Solidarity lobbied for punishment, said Minister Ronald Lamola has never met the organisation, and said President Cyril Ramaphosa never gave his…
International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola spent the week of 17 to 23 September 2026 in Washington and New York saying South Africa wants a better relationship with the United States. In that same week he told SABC that American help against crime was welcome, while the US ambassador said an American offer to help pay…
Racing champion Robert Wolk was shot dead next to a road in Esther Park, Kempton Park, on 16 September 2026, and for several days the killing was reported across South Africa as a road rage incident. In the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court on 21 September, the State said it was a planned killing and that…
US Ambassador Leo Brent Bozell gave 2 interviews on 21 September 2026, 1 to SABC News and 1 to Business Day, 6 days after Washington announced visa restrictions aimed at South Africa. In both, he said Ramaphosa’s reply to Trump refused every 1 of the 3 asks still open, on the Kill the Boer chant,…
Minister Ronald Lamola told South Africans to prepare for the worst on 20 September 2026, saying the country is being forced to surrender its sovereignty to the United States. A check of his claims in Washington and New York against South Africa’s own laws, the American policy behind this dispute, and the ANC’s own history…
The South African Revenue Service has assessed the MHR Family Trust, whose trustees are alleged Tembisa Hospital syndicate head Hangwani Morgan Maumela, his mother and his sister, for R1 929 830 817 in tax, penalties and interest. The trustees went to the High Court in Pretoria on 17 September 2026 to have the assessments reviewed…
The body of a woman, believed to be around 30 years old, was found on an open piece of ground in Lama Street, Villa Lisa, Dawn Park, on 17 September 2026. She is the 9th woman found dead in Ekurhuleni since July 2026. Police have a suspect in custody for the first killing and are…
Alleged Tembisa Hospital procurement kingpin Stefan Govindraju has agreed in principle to plead guilty to fraud, money laundering and corruption, according to court papers filed in the Gauteng High Court on 16 September 2026. The draft agreement describes how he allegedly bought the loyalty of hospital officials with luxury vehicles, including a McLaren, a Ferrari…
The United States announced a new visa restriction policy on 15 September 2026 that names South Africa in the heading. It is not a ban on South Africans and not one person has been named under it. What it does cover is anyone who helped make, or helps run, a law or policy that allows…
