Advocate Daniel Malesela Teffo has been acquitted on all six disciplinary charges brought against him by the Legal Practice Council (LPC) in 2023, a development that could pave the way for his return to the legal profession. The outcome means the findings that led to Teffo being struck from the roll of advocates have effectively fallen away. According to information released following the disciplinary proceedings, the LPC is now expected to take steps to reinstate him and restore his name…

The trial of controversial businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala and four co-accused got underway in the Gauteng Division of the High Court in Johannesburg on Monday, with all five accused pleading not guilty to a string of charges linked to three alleged attempted murder incidents. Matlala is standing trial alongside Tsakani Matlala, Musa Kekana, Tiego Floyd Mabusela and Zandile Nthabiseng Nzama. The five accused collectively face 25 charges, including conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder, unlawful possession of prohibited firearms and…

The National Prosecuting Authority’s Assets Forfeiture Unit has secured a final forfeiture order for assets worth about R326 million linked to the alleged Maumela syndicate, which is accused of benefiting from large-scale procurement fraud and corruption at Tembisa Hospital. The order was granted by the High Court in Johannesburg on Monday, almost a year after the court issued a preservation order on 14 August 2025 to prevent the disposal of the assets while investigations continued. The forfeited assets include luxury…

South African Communist Party (SACP) General Secretary Solly Mapaila has claimed that the African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA) had already reached an understanding to govern together before South Africans went to the polls in the 2024 general election, alleging that the post-election negotiations were merely for public consumption. Speaking during a recent public engagement, Mapaila said the Government of National Unity (GNU) was effectively decided before the election results were announced, dismissing the widely publicised negotiations…

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) on Friday arrested Madlanga Commission witness “K”, an Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) inspector, in Alberton as part of its widening investigation into the alleged R15 million precious stones theft. Witness K previously testified before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry that the 2023 Killarney precious stones heist was a planned robbery disguised as a legitimate police operation. During her testimony, she implicated her former partner, suspended EMPD Deputy Police Chief Julius Mkhwanazi, alleging that…

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has confirmed the deaths of two soldiers who fell into an abandoned mine shaft while pursuing suspected illegal miners during Operation Prosper in West Johannesburg on Friday morning. The incident occurred at about 6 am at the abandoned CRD Mine, where SANDF members were conducting an anti-illegal mining operation alongside the South African Police Service (SAPS). According to the Department of Defence, soldiers deployed at the site spotted a group of suspected illegal…

The African Transformation Movement (ATM) says it has been vindicated after Public Protector Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka’s systemic investigation into food safety and hygiene standards in South Africa’s informal business sector found widespread failures by municipalities and government departments to enforce laws designed to protect consumers. The findings stem from a complaint lodged by ATM Member of Parliament Vuyo Zungula in October 2024 following a series of food poisoning incidents involving children, including the deaths of children in Naledi, Soweto, after…

ActionSA has announced that it will approach the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria to challenge the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) disciplinary findings that cleared Major General Wally Rhoode and Brigadier Hennie Rekhoto over their conduct during the investigation into the 2020 Phala Phala farm burglary. In a statement issued on Friday, ActionSA National Chairperson Michael Beaumont and Parliamentary Chief Whip Lerato Ngobeni said the party had instructed its legal team to institute review proceedings seeking to have the disciplinary…

Newly appointed Minister of Social Development Dina Pule is expected to outline the government’s plans to improve the country’s social development sector and address the ongoing social grants review process during a media briefing next week. The briefing, scheduled for Tuesday, 21 July 2026, comes as the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) faces mounting criticism over long queues, service delays and frustrations experienced by grant beneficiaries at offices across the country. According to the Department of Social Development, Pule…

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has welcomed the dismissal of a Mpumalanga Department of Public Works, Roads and Transport official implicated in corruption linked to the procurement of Covid 19 disinfection services during the National State of Disaster. Jacob Bandile Ngcobo, who served as a State Accountant for Property and Facilities in the department, was dismissed following an SIU investigation that uncovered an unlawful relationship between him and a service provider that secured lucrative government contracts during the pandemic. According…