Thursday, 6 August 2026

Madlanga Commission’s second interim report calls for disciplinary action and possible criminal investigations against senior police figures, including Shadrack Sibiya, as Ian Cameron said the process is finally producing real results.

Suspended EMPD Deputy Police Chief Julius Mkwanazi and four others remain in custody after their bail hearing was postponed to next week in the 2022 Emmanuel Mpense murder case.

An ANC ward councillor was shot dead in Claverton, eThekwini, after a man posing as a resident asked for help outside his office; police have launched a manhunt and say the motive is still unknown.

SASSA is warning grant beneficiaries not to ignore review notices, while officials say a new crackdown is targeting a queue-selling syndicate that charged vulnerable people for early access at offices.

Government is pushing new labour migration rules that would let the minister set quotas for foreign workers by sector, while a separate plan would tighten how former presidents travel and disclose their engagements abroad.