Brown Mogotsi endured a full day of relentless interrogation at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry — and the pressure showed. From disputed dates of birth to contradictions in his affidavit, the political fixer was grilled over multiple inconsistencies and ultimately conceded that some of his statements were untruthful or based
A Cape Town man is challenging a court’s finding that he is the biological father of a child, despite several DNA tests confirming the link. The man, whose identity is withheld to protect the child, took his case to the Western Cape High Court after the Cape Town Magistrate’s
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng led a picket today outside Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s office to demand criminal charges against all those implicated in the looting at Tembisa Hospital, as well as a speedy process to sell off the assets of syndicate kingpins so the money is directly returned to
Human rights activist and KwaZulu Natal (KZN) Violence Monitor Dr Mary De Haas has lambasted the Parliamentary Ad hoc Committee after her appearance on Tuesday. De Haas accused the Ad Hoc Committee for misdirecting her about what she should have prioritied when she appeared before it. De Haas who sounded
The Ad Hoc Committee to Investigate Allegations made by Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi continued its work on 20 November 2025, hearing a formal submission from Divisional Commissioner for Supply Chain Management, Lieutenant General Fani. In his evidence, Lt Gen Fani addressed several operational and procurement-related issues raised in Mkhwanazi’s earlier
Brown Mogotsi returns to the stand as the Madlanga Commission continues his cross-examination. Proceedings are set to resume at 9:30 today, 20 November 2025. His earlier testimony — including allegations involving senior police officials and intelligence structures — is now being tested under cross-examination, where counsel is probing the accuracy,
The University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) has distanced itself from the self proclaimed violence monitor Mary De Haas. De Haas who appeared before the Parliament’s ad hoc committee that is investigating accusations that a drug trafficking cartel has infiltrated South Africa’s law enforcement and politics judiciary which were made by
CHAUKE’S OPENING STATEMENT INTRODUCTION 1 Chairperson, this enquiry concerns allegations made against Adv Andrew Chauke, a career prosecutor and the Director of Public Prosecutions for South Gauteng. He denies each of the charges. They are unfounded in fact, unsustainable in law. They are based on confusion of what Mr Chauke
South Africa is heading into a major legal showdown over church regulation, after the South African Church Defenders (SACD) launched a sweeping court challenge against the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission) and its leadership. The case, filed
A quiet evening service in the town of Eruku, Kwara State, was thrown into chaos when armed men attacked a local church, killing two people and abducting the pastor along with several worshippers. The incident happened on Tuesday around 6 p.m., just days after a separate abduction of schoolgirls in
