MPs receive death threats
Three opposition leaders are threatened for trying to get President Cyril Ramaphosa to full account
New twist in MPs extortion scandal
Public Protector’s husband submits WhatsApp messages to the police. A case of extortion against the MPs is now being investigated by the Hawks.
ANC bigwigs allegedly demanded R600 000 to make Mkhwebane inquiry ‘go away’
Mkhwebane’s husband, Mandla Skosana, opened a case of extortion against ANC Chief Whip Pemmy Majodina, Richard Dyantyi, who chairs the parliamentary inquiry against the suspended public prosecutor, and Tina Joemat-Pettersson, who chairs the portfolio committee on police services, last week.
Pravin Gordhan’s chief of staff goes to school
An official who applied for R30 000 funding towards his PhD was turned down
Top school taken to court over bullying claims
Irate parents want to teach the school a lesson about respecting learners’ rights, but the 12-year-old girl is just ‘a victim of circumstance’.
Wally Rhoode’s son killed
Unconfirmed report claims he was killed in retaliation for his father’s role in the clandestine Phala Phala probe.
Disbarred advocate tries to ‘bribe’ Meyiwa family
Teffo approached the Meyiwa family early this month and had planned to visit them at Umlazi in KwaZulu-Natal to give them R50 000 cash from a mysterious donor
Businessman Batho Bareng Mpholo identifies body in Bester’s cell as his son Katlego
Businessman Batho Bareng Mpholo, who owns a travel agency, Kambe World Travel based in Kempton Park, Joburg, said he became worried when his son, Katlego, disappeared without a trace last year
EXCLUSIVE: Bester and Nandipha’s 5-star affair
Officials sneaked Thabo Bester out of prison for cosy nights with Dr Nandipha Magudumana. Bester booked himself into a 5-star hotel while in prison.
G4S hides prisoners’ letter to Ramaphosa
Inmates who witnessed Bester’s escape wrote a letter to Ramaphosa, Lamola and Judge Cameron in May last year to blow the whistle on his escape, but the company didn’t forward it. A secret email reveals the company’s plot to cover up the escape.
Bester and Nandipha arrested
The two fugitives were nabbed in Tanzania after two weeks on the run. Government to send a team to negotiate his handover to the authorities.
Thabo Bester allegedly paid warders R5m
He skipped the country to Zimbabwe to lay low after the escape. And claims he took a fall for two sons of senior politicians and was well-rewarded.
Public Protector clears Ramaphosa, throws others under the bus
But her preliminary report raises more questions than answers
Ramaphosa cleared, others go under the bus
Public Protector’s preliminary report raises more questions than answers
Deputy minister in alleged rape, kidnapping scandal
The alleged victim has been reported missing since December. Her two friends were allegedly paid R150 000 for their silence.
NSFAS’ R2 million per month rental scandal
The student aid scheme moved out of a building where it was paying R603 000 per month so they can pay R2 million per month. UDM leader Bantu Holomisa wants the Hawks and SIU to investigate this new “state capture project. ”
Phala Phala: Namibian mutual assistance bombshell
We exclusively reveal the content of the mutual legal assistance letter from Namibia that was ignored by South African authorities back in 2020.
Hillary Gardee shot with a state gun
The alleged killer confessed to stealing two guns from traffic officers and using one of them to kill Gardee. His confession, which was admitted in court, relates Gardee’s last moments before she was killed.
Our darkest hour came after the new dawn
While the ruling party and the opposition are at each other’s throats, citizens remain in the dark as direct and latent victims of the monotonous load shedding. In the confusion of it all, an endless blame game has ensued: For instance, President Cyril Ramaphosa would blame his predecessor, Jacob Zuma. Zuma would blame the Gupta brothers and former president Thabo Mbeki.
Gardee murder case shocker
The alleged mastermind Philemon Lukhele spills the beans after being released on bail. Rassie Nkuna confesses: “I killed Hillary alone. Police have egg on their face and a multi-million rand lawsuit for their alleged blunder.
Eswatini’s orgy of violence
Human rights lawyer, Thulani Maseko, was assassinated in front of his wife and two children. Houses of well-known political activists petrol bombed. Several police officers have been ambushed and killed.
ANC MP arrested for wife's murder
It took police almost two months to arrest him after he allegedly stabbed his wife to death. Now their three children will suffer the consequences of his alleged actions.
Ramaphosa set to wield axe with cabinet reshuffle
President Cryril Ramaphosa is expected to announce his new cabinet when he returns from Davos and before his state of the nation address.
ANC Race: Khona ozokhala
The ANC elective conference will bring tears of joy to some and broken hearts to others.
Plot to kill Fraser and his advocate exposed
The former State Security Agency director-general refused a R50 million offer to make his Phala Phala case against the president go away … His lawyer, advocate Muzi Sikhakhane, is also a target