The Department of Defence spent R27.79 million on 90 pothole repair machines in 2021. Defence Minister Angie Motshekga admitted in Parliament that the machines have never been used because there was no implementation plan. The matter has been referred to the Special Investigating Unit, but accountability remains uncertain. The Admission Defence Minister Angie Motshekga confirmed…
Matthews Sesoko, IDAC’s Head of Investigations and Operations, gave the Madlanga Commission the fullest account yet of Project Diversion on 6 August 2026. His morning testimony described institutional trauma and a kidnapping that he says left him excluded from the operation. By the afternoon, cross examination showed he had been far more involved than his…
State Advocate Drushantha Ramsamy testified before the Madlanga Commission on 5 August that a section 28(1) authorisation presented by Advocate Andrea Johnson is a fabrication she never prepared. She also testified that lead investigator Colonel Brian Padayachee does not know how to investigate, and that suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu held private meetings with Johnson…
Parliament suspended National Coloured Congress leader and MP Fadiel Adams for 20 days, effective 3 August 2026, after an ethics committee finding linked to a social media post from December 2025. When Parliament announced the suspension to the Section 89 Impeachment Committee this week, it gave no details about the reason. Adams is scheduled to…
Drushantha Ramsamy was expected back at the Madlanga Commission on Tuesday, 4 August, but the day opened with Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Peter Serunye instead, with no explanation given for her absence. Serunye told the commission the arrest of Crime Intelligence head Lieutenant General Dumisani Khumalo and 6 others was premature, carried out before…
The Western Cape High Court is hearing a constitutional challenge to the Expropriation Act from 3 to 7 August 2026, brought by the DA, AfriForum and the Institute of Race Relations. The Act, signed into law by President Ramaphosa on 23 January 2025, is accused of containing unworkable and arbitrary provisions. All parties agree land…
South Africa’s decline under three decades of ANC governance is well documented, but the party’s survival at the ballot box depends on ANC voters, not just ANC leadership. New polling from the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation shows 54 percent of South Africans now want black economic empowerment phased out, while a government commissioned review…
Viewers regularly ask why every video on this channel is scripted. This article explains the reasoning behind that choice, why unscripted coverage of complex South African political and crime stories tends to lose information, and how a script actually gets built, including the role AI plays in editing it. A script for this channel takes…
IDAC prosecutor Drushantha Ramsamy testified at the Madlanga Commission on 30 July 2026 and played a recording of a 22 July phone call in which former IDAC head Andrea Johnson allegedly told her to leave the country if she was called to testify. Ramsamy also testified that the section 27 affidavit shown to the commission…
• Andrea Johnson completed her final 3 days of testimony at the Madlanga Commission on 29 July 2026, with the evidence leaving the Commission to draw adverse inferences about her conduct. • While media coverage focused on WhatsApp messages between Johnson and Crime Intelligence Major General Feroz Khan, the more significant evidence concerned 2 competing…
