In a move that underscores the ongoing drama surrounding South Africa’s criminal justice system, attorneys for businessman Imran Butt have formally reached out to the Madlanga Commission, requesting an opportunity for their client to testify and set the record straight. The letter, dated February 20, 2026, comes amid allegations that
The Phala Phala farm robbery case remains one of the most politically charged matters in South Africa. Fresh focus has returned to the circumstances surrounding the robbery at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala game farm, the handling of the investigation, and the broader legal and political implications. In this video,
KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Police Commissioner Lieutenant Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has filed an urgent application in the High Court in Durban against Businessman Calvin Mojalefa Mathibeli, seeking to have statements about him declared false and defamatory. According to court papers filed on 19 February 2026, Mkhwanazi is asking the court to declare social
Gauteng police have confirmed that two men were taken in for questioning following a shooting incident at a Hyde Park home linked to former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. According to police spokesperson Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi, the individuals have not been formally arrested at this stage. One of the men questioned has
Breaking News: Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, the 28-year-old son of former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, has been arrested following an alleged shooting at his Hyde Park residence in Gauteng, South Africa. According to police reports, officers responded after private security alerted authorities about gunfire on Thursday afternoon. A 23-year-old gardener was
Suspended Deputy Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Shadrack Sibiya told the Madlanga Commission that the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) was not involved in the investigation into the disappearance of Pretoria businessman Jerry Boshoga. Boshoga has been missing since November 2024 after a business meeting in Centurion in Gauteng.
Another hitman has been sentenced to life imprisonment for murder of police officer. 43-year old Sergeant Joseph Kutu who was attached to Witbank Tactical Response Team lost his life in Vosman, Emalahleni, in Mpumalanga shot and killed in an event which is alleged to have been ochestrated by his wife
A 33-year-old man from Driefontein village in Sekhukhune, Limpopo, miraculously escaped from four armed men who kidnapped him from his home late at night. The ordeal unfolded around 11:30 pm on Tuesday in the Matlelerekeng area. The victim was in his shack with his wife and child when the intruders
A mourning family in Stanger in Kwazulu-Natal (KZN) decided to rock up with a deceased body at the Capitec bank branch as a proof of death. This was done after the Capitec bank allegedly refused to process the claim of the deceased telling the family to bring proof that indeed
The City of Ekurhuleni has appointed Moja Love’s Sizok’thola presenter and ActionSA’s Ekurhuleni mayoral candidate, Xolani Khumalo, as the new Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Community Services and By-Law Enforcement, following a mayoral committee reshuffle announced on Tuesday night. The announcement landed with immediate force. Social media lit
