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Lieutenant General Puleng Dimpane has been appointed acting national police commissioner. (GCIS)

Political parties cautiously welcome Dimpane’s appointment as Masemola becomes the fourth national police commissioner to be removed

Political parties have raised concern over instability in the SAPS leadership after National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola’s suspension and Lieutenant General Puleng…

National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola. (SAPS/X)

Calls intensify for axe to fall on police chief Masemola

Mounting pressure on Ramaphosa to suspend Masemola after court appearance

Former Ingonyama Trust Board Chairman, Jerome Ngwenya.

Ingonyama Trust Board can’t recover R40m ‘loaned’ to its hijacked investment company

The board has lost control over Ingonyama Holdings, run by its former chairperson, Jerome Ngwenya

Mmamoloko Kubayi. File photo

ANC’s Kubayi says DA cabinet demands are ‘unlawful’

The ANC economic transformation head also said the opposition did not understand the ‘basics’ of the process to appoint directors general

LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 06: General view inside the stadium during the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Everton FC at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on July 06, 2020 in London, England. Football Stadiums around Europe remain empty due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in all fixtures being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Tottenham Hotspur FC/Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty Images)

Tottenham Hotspurs R1 billion tourism deal ‘invalid and unlawful’

Tourism MInister Patricia de Lille said the mooted partnership with the English football team was also unconstitutional

International relations department tells court the steps to transferring the money have not been completed, although the decision has already been made  Picture:  Jacoline Schoonees/DIRCO
26 April 2020

Judgment reserved in AfriForum case opposing R50m Cuba ‘donation’

International relations department tells court the steps to transferring the money have not been completed, although the decision has already been made

Whitsleblower Angelo Agrizzi apparently from a respiratory condition. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G

Agrizzi says he had more to tell Zondo

Angelo Agrizzi told the M&G he was offered R50-million in 2018 to keep quiet about state capture.

Eastern Cape ANC leaders Babalo Madikizela (left) and Oscar Mabuyane (right).

Madikizela explains how monies were exchanged in Winnie Madikizela-Mandela memorial scandal

Eastern Cape’s head of public works Babalo Madikizela has hit back at Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane, saying she had no authority to investigate him

Head of the Hawks Godfrey Lebeya during an interview on September 07, 2018 (Photo by Gallo Images/Sunday Times/Alaister Russell)

Hawks eye ANC politicians next

Top cop says more big players will be added to the list of accused as the state prepares to go to court

Edwin Sodi before his testimony at the Zondo commission.

Hawks arrest Free State ‘asbestos project’ players

Businessman Edwin Sodi and senior civil servants are among those arrested over the R200-million theft of state funds

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni says South Africans can still rely on Eskom to provide electricity
(David Harrison/M&G)

Municipal cost-containment measures gazetted as state seeks to tighten its belt

The regulations form part of cost-cutting measures by the state as it seeks to improve its balance sheet

Budget buster: Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has to keep rescuing Eskom (David Harrison/M&G)

Mboweni admits Ramos among those considered to head Eskom unbundling

Mboweni denies Ramos has been appointed to lead the process of unbundling Eskom, but tells SABC she is among those being considered for the position

Expensive: Eric Wood started Trillian, the company that has cost Eskom millions. (Paul Botes)

Eskom battles to claw back Trillians

The power utility claims there was no contractual basis for the payments to the consulting company

Nomaindia Mfeketo may place the Housing Development Agency under administration. (Moeletsi Mabe/Times/Gallo Images)

Roof caves in on housing agency

Executives suspended, reinstated, suspended; the board’s chair removed; corruption; sex-for-jobs claims – and there’s that R11-million deficit

Because there will be no need to find fault, individuals could submit claims without having to seek legal help. (Thuli Dlamini/Gallo)

Will the new scheme fix the broken one?

The Road Accident Benefit Scheme is intended to replace the current system administered by the RAF

In a letter to Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene signed on September 20, Nzimande said that though he understood the finance minister’s reservations, he was confident Nqandela was the right man for the job.

Nzimande says former spokesperson is the right man for NW job

Blade Nzimande has defended his decision to appoint his close ally and former chief of staff in the higher education department Nqabekaya Nqandela

Transport Minister Blade Nzimande. (Ikusasa)

Blade gets his man into N West job

The finance minister has cautioned the transport minister about replacing a seasoned incumbent

Broadcaster bodies say claims that a recent skills audit is unrelated to retrenchments are ‘irrational’

Treasury permits cash-strapped SABC to take on more debt

The SABC has had a net loss of R622-million in this financial year

Kamal Vasram is the sole shareholder and director of the Vrede dairy farm project. (Rian Horn/M&G)

Estina trial adjourned, magistrate set to decide on lengthy postponement

They were arrested and charged with fraud, theft, conspiracy to commit fraud and theft as well as contravening several Acts

In his report, AG Kimi Makwetu noted that unauthorised expenditure by provincial and national governments increased to to R2.1-billion. (Lisa Hnatowicz/Beeld/Gallo Images)

SAA pilotless amid turbulence

A report reveals that weak financial controls are at the centre of the airline’s woes