Politics

The DA has called for urgent arrest of syndicates involved in the R2bn stolen from Tembisa Hospital, accusing Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi of dragging his feet on the matter while syndicates live off stolen public funds.

iLembe district municipality on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast has issued an alert to communities as heavy rain continues to batter parts of the country.

International relations and co-operation minister Ronald Lamola on Thursday set out the economic realities he said South Africa intends to confront at the G20 summit when world leaders gather in Johannesburg this weekend.

Brown Mogotsi has blamed home affairs for wrongly capturing his birth date, which then brought on the age discrepancy showing he was only 14 when he joined the ANC’s military wing.

The Madlanga commission’s chief evidence leader has accused Brown Mogotsi of being a professional liar.

SAPS divisional commissioner for supply chain management Lt-Gen Molefe Fani is appearing before parliament’s ad hoc committee probing allegations of corruption in the criminal justice system.

The trial of MK Party MP and alleged instigator of the July 2021 unrest Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla continues in the Durban high court on Thursday.

A Mpumalanga municipality has rejected the resignation of a senior clerk who is accused of stealing R1.3m that was meant to be paid to Eskom.

The cross-examination of controversial North West businessman Brown Mogotsi will continue at the Madlanga commission chaired by retired judge Mbuyiseli Madlanga.

The SA government has pushed back against a US threat that no declarations can be made at the G20 Leaders’ Summit without its participation, with the Presidency saying Donald Trump’s government can’t dictate the outcome of a meeting it won’t attend.

Nelson Mandela Bay’s councillors have refused to rubber-stamp the write-off of a staggering R350m in untraceable expenditure.

Chief of staff in the police ministry Cedrick Nkabinde has alleged political interference in the criminal justice system by private investigator Paul O’Sullivan.

“If you or your handler were genuinely investigating a CIA plot ... you wouldn’t have come up with a story that is self-evidently absurd”

France and UK, two of the US’s historical allies, told journalists they plan to support South Africa’s agenda

ActionSA has backed the City of Tshwane’s commitment to pay wage increases owed to workers dating back to 2021/22 as per the ruling from the South African Local Government Bargaining Council earlier this month.