Tuesday, 10 November 2026

Alleged crime kingpin Vusimuzi Matlala admitted at the Madlanga Commission that he handed former deputy police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya R500,000 in the basement of the State Theatre in Pretoria, allegedly toward Sibiya's son's wedding.

Matlala testified that investigators Dylan Perimal and Brian Pariachi pressured him to accept an eight-year plea deal, later increased to 12 years, and helped draft his statement.

South Africa's unemployment rate rose 0.1 percentage points to 33.7% in the third quarter, with unemployed people up 97,000 to 8.6 million and discouraged job seekers up 70,000 to 3.7 million.

A UK fugitive wanted over the murder of his wife and two daughters told a Johannesburg court he does not remember signing a plea and sentence agreement, stalling his extradition to the United Kingdom.