Expert warns African elections steadily losing public trust.

Dr William Mpofu, Senior Research Associate at Good Governance Africa focusing on the SADC region, warns that elections in parts of Africa are steadily losing public trust. He says polls are no longer widely viewed as a credible or fair mechanism to negotiate and share political power, with opposit…

Elections expert Tendai Mbanje warns of Uganda's deepening slide away from democracy.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni held a commanding lead in early presidential election results announced on Friday as conflicting accounts emerged of violence reported after the vote. Museveni, who is 81 and has ruled Uganda since seizing power in 1986, wants a decisive victory following a campaig…

Khumalo says his relationship with Sibiya turned from professional to accusatory

Head of Crime Intelligence, Lt‑General Dumisani Khumalo says some of the changes and decisions he took did not make him popular

Mpofu applies for Khampepe recusal over alleged bias in TRC Cases Inquiry hearings.

 Advocate Dali Mpofu, representing former President Jacob Zuma, making his oral submissions in support of a formal application for the recusal of retired Justice Sisi Khampepe. Mpofu argues that perceived bias arising from Justice Khampepe's previous roles makes her recusal necessary for the proces…

Kruger National Park Day Visitor Suspension Due to Flooding

The South African National Parks, SANParks, says due to persistent and heavy rainfall affecting the Limpopo and Mpumalanga Provinces, the park has taken a precautionary decision not to allow day visitors into Kruger National Park until conditions improve. SANParks says earlier this week, the park w…

Head of the Police Crime Intelligence Division, Lieutenant-General Dumisani Khumalo unpacks the work of the Political Killings Task Team

Johannesburg Magistrate's Court to decide whether to bring new evidence in the DJ Warras murder case

The Johannesburg Magistrate's Court is expected to hand down a ruling at 2pm today, on whether video footage showing the murder of Warrick Stock known as DJ Warras may  be acquired. The State has relied on  CCTV footage obtained from a butchery across the Zambezi building where the media personalit…

Mpumalanga: 19 flood deaths, 28 schools damaged.

The Department of Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements, and Traditional Affairs in Mpumalanga says that, since the start of the summer rainfall season in November, the province has kept all disaster management teams and emergency personnel fully activated across provincial, district, and local…

SAHRC raises alarm over persistent delays and failures in placing learners in schools.

The South African Human Rights Commission reports receiving numerous complaints about learner placements, especially in Gauteng. The commission says it has been monitoring school admissions programmes over the years and has noted a systemic problem of learners not being placed or not being placed o…