2025 has proved to be a challenging year for the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into allegations regarding efforts to stop the investigation or prosecution of Truth and Reconciliation Commission cases. Established at the end of May, the Commission, chaired by former Constitutional Court Judge Sisi Khampepe, has been embroiled in legal and administrative technicalities - resulting in not a single case being heard and it being extended for a further six months.  Busi Bopela reflects on Inquiry's short and difficult journey.....

2025 has proved to be a challenging year for the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into allegations regarding efforts to stop the investigation or prosecution of Truth and Reconciliation Commission cases. Established at the end of May, the Commission, chaired by former Constitutional Court Judge Sisi Khampepe, has been embroiled in legal and administrative technicalities - resulting in not a single case being heard and it being extended for a further six months. &nbsp;Busi Bopela reflects on Inquiry's short and difficult journey.....

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Delays compound challenges faced by Commission into unprosecuted Truth and Reconciliation cases

The search operation of the missing member of SANDF in the Nkomazi River in Komatipoort, Mpumalanga, yielded no results following the retrieval of an SANDF vehicle with a crane. The divers recovered the member's rifles and a bag inside the vehicle. However, one member remain missing and the search operation continues. The members were trying to cross the river from Komatipoort to the Lebombo Border Post on the lower bridge, when the vehicle was swept by the water and got trapped. Motsebi wa Monareng reports...

The search operation of the missing member of SANDF in the Nkomazi River in Komatipoort, Mpumalanga, yielded no results following the retrieval of an SANDF vehicle with a crane. The divers recovered the member's rifles and a bag inside the vehicle. However, one member remain missing and the search operation continues. The members were trying to cross the river from Komatipoort to the Lebombo Border Post on the lower bridge, when the vehicle was swept by the water and got trapped. Motsebi wa Monareng reports...

Search continues for missing SANDF member swept away by floods on Nkomazi River 

Gauteng police have launched a manhunt for a gang of suspects who bombed and robbed a cash-in-transit van along Khumalo Street in Thokoza, Ekurhuleni on Saturday. During the robbery a thirteen-year-old girl was hit by a stray bullet and  was taken to hospital. The gang fled in four vehicles vehicles with an undisclosed amount of cash. SABC NEWS REPORTER, Culvin Mabasa, reports.

Gauteng police have launched a manhunt for a gang of suspects who bombed and robbed a cash-in-transit van along Khumalo Street in Thokoza, Ekurhuleni on Saturday. During the robbery a thirteen-year-old girl was hit by a stray bullet and &nbsp;was taken to hospital. The gang fled in four vehicles vehicles with an undisclosed amount of cash. SABC NEWS REPORTER, Culvin Mabasa, reports.

Manhunt underway to track down gang of brazen cash-in-transit heist suspects

The department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs has managed to reduce the number of dysfunctional municipalities from 66 in 2023 to 38 in 2025. Last year, the minister of COGTA, Velenksosini Hlabisa had given the country's dysfunctional municipalities less than 24 months to return to normalcy. Part of National government's broad intervention has been to put several of these ailing municipalities under administration and establish the Ministerial Development Programme - which has so far visited 80 municipalities. Zara Groenewald reports…

The department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs has managed to reduce the number of dysfunctional municipalities from 66 in 2023 to 38 in 2025. Last year, the minister of COGTA, Velenksosini Hlabisa had given the country's dysfunctional municipalities less than 24 months to return to normalcy. Part of National government's broad intervention has been to put several of these ailing municipalities under administration and establish the Ministerial Development Programme - which has so far visited 80 municipalities. Zara Groenewald reports&hellip;

Delays compound challenges faced by Commission into unprosecuted Truth and Reconciliation cases

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