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Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, the late former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s son, was arrested for attempted murder on Thursday after a shooting at his Hyde Park residence

Man implicated by slain Witness D survives Boksburg shooting

Wiandre Pretorius was shot at 16 times and walked away unharmed by what police believe was a targeted hit after he was implicated at the Madlanga Commission

Proceedings at the Madlanga Commission were briefly disrupted on Monday after Witness F, a member of the South African Police Service organised crime unit, requested a postponement of his testimony, citing medical reasons.
 Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Between truth and peril

South Africans are not merely spectators to the Madlanga Commission; they are stakeholders in its success or failure

National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola. (SAPS/X)

Three suspects identified in killing of Madlanga commission’s Witness D

Police have detained one of the suspects, who is currently being questioned, national police commissioner Fannie Masemola told journalists

The witness told the Madlanga commission inquiry into political interference in policing on Monday that an investigation into the murder of Armand Swart, an engineer believed to be a whistleblower on overpriced tender irregularities at state-owned entity Transnet, had uncovered a wider network of corruption at the police station.

Madlanga commission still fixing technical problems which risked exposing identity of ‘Witness X’

The commission is expected to resume sitting on Thursday

Suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Mchunu’s chief of staff says national commissioner ordered search and seizure to destroy evidence

Nkabinde claimed the purpose of the operation was to delete crucial evidence that would disprove Mkhwanazi’s allegations

Acting Deputy Chief Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga

Madlanga inquiry into police corruption to hear first witness in August

The commission is yet to secure premises, finalise rules and consult witnesses for the six-month inquiry into criminality and political interference in the criminal justice system

Zimbabwe’s civil servants such as police and teachers earn less than US$200 a month. Photo: Supplied

Lack of Zimbabwe witness protection law hampers fight against corruption

Transparency International has said Zimbabwe is losing billions of dollars a year to corruption

Former SAA board chairperson Dudu Myeni. (Deon Raath/Rapport/Gallo Images)

‘Myeni obstructed the work of the Zondo commission’ — Hofmeyer

Advocate Kate Hofmeyr submitted that deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo should direct the secretary of the commission to lay a charge against Dudi Myeni for revealing the…

The Office of Witness Protection says people in its programme receive a R750 monthly allowance

Witness protection: Sometimes there is even a pool

The witness protection office says providing a decent place of safety is vital to mental well-being, so entertainment is provided despite constraints.

Marikana miners at the koppie.

Mdluli lives in comfort, while murder trial witness lives in fear

A witness in the Mdluli trial is a virtual prisoner while the man she accuses gets paid to stay home

Witness Charl Johnson had to switch his phone off after a member of oscar Pistorius’s defence team read out his number in court.

Editorial: Justice for witnesses too

The Oscar Pistorius trial has highlighted the plight of witnesses in court cases, attacks on whom compromise our justice system.

Amcu members protesting the killing of their colleagues during the Farlam Commission.

Marikana: Death threats again in the spotlight at Farlam

A man who gave evidence to the police about the circumstances leading up to the Marikana massacre has received death threats via sms and email.