Andrea Johnson, head of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC), testified before the Madlanga Commission on 21 July 2026, more than a week after a medical certificate that Justice Madlanga described as containing almost no useful information kept her away. Under cross-examination, Johnson conceded a line in her own sworn statement, that she had no…
Solidarity is suing Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni for R500,000 in the Pretoria High Court, over a cabinet statement that accused the union of running a misinformation campaign in Washington. The case sits inside a wider dispute. Ntshavheni has called Solidarity’s actions treasonous, confirmed a treason investigation in parliament, and floated regulating civil society…
Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala’s attempted murder trial opened at the Johannesburg High Court on 20 July 2026, but not before a scheduling dispute delayed the reading of charges. Advocate Annelene van den Heever, representing Matlala and his wife Tsakani, argued a co-accused’s postponement application would breach a binding court order, citing a Constitutional Court judgment from…
Former crime intelligence analyst Pilasande Dotyeni has submitted a sworn protected disclosure to parliament alleging that Lt-Gen Sindile Mfazi was assassinated because of his investigations into the Phala Phala burglary and related state corruption.The disclosure, signed on 20 March 2026, alleges that a Chief of Staff in the Presidency directed the seizure of Mfazi’s investigative…
Warrant Officer Mbongeleni Felix Mpangase told the Madlanga Commission on 17 July 2026 that he had never worked a container drug bust before being called in on 22 June 2021. Under cross-examination he confirmed a SAP13 register entry that Chairperson Madlanga described as false and made knowing it to be false, could not account for…
IDAC investigator Brian Padayachee returned to the Madlanga Commission on Thursday 16 July 2026 for a 3rd day of testimony, in a session running over 11 hours. Commission chair Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga personally cross-examined Padayachee on whether the case against Lieutenant General Dumisani Khumalo and 6 co-accused had any legal basis, and Padayachee conceded that…
Suliman Carrim’s lawyers handed the Madlanga Commission a doctor’s note on 14 July 2026, the same day two independent whistleblowers placed him at a Western Cape shopping centre. Evidence leader Matthew Chaskalson told the commission on 15 July that the note explains Carrim’s absence but not 2 months of silence on a formal document request….
Herotel has been appointed the first authorised distributor of Amazon’s Leo satellite internet service in South Africa, with a launch planned for 2027 under a new brand called Evry. The deal hands Herotel responsibility for ICASA licensing, a route Starlink has not taken in over a year of trying to enter the market under its…
IDAC senior investigator Brian Padayachee told the Madlanga Commission he never saw the section 27 referral affidavit, the document meant to give IDAC legal grounds to investigate Lieutenant General Dumisani Khumalo, until months after the arrests had already happened. The chair of the commission described the reasoning behind the investigation as a quantum leap in…
Brian Padayachee, a senior investigator at the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC), told the Madlanga Commission on Day 139 that allegations he was unqualified for his post are baseless. He also disclosed a cordial relationship with Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, including advance knowledge shared before an arrest, and described personal friendships and a mentorship with…
