Lindiwe Mpanza

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) says the diplomatic immunity granted to BRICS attendees does not override any warrant issued by any international tribunal. On Monday, Dirco issued a notice in the government gazette on immunities and privileges for BRICS foreign minister who will be attending a meeting in Cape Town in June and the Summit in August. Diplomatic immunity is a status granted to a diplomat that […]

The angry community of Soshanguve is calling for justice following the brutal murder of Palesa Malatji (17). It is alleged that the grade 12 learner's body was found sexually violated and dumped near a school in the township a day after she was reported missing. Malatji was last seen leaving Ntsako Secondary School on Thursday afternoon after attending extra classes. Disgruntled learners say their safety is compromised and they fall […]

Former President, Thabo Mbeki, is the latest senior official to dismiss the claims that South Africa armed Russia in its war with Ukraine last year. Mbeki says South Africa does not produce the sophisticated weapons that Russians use in wars. South Africa made international headlines when US Ambassador to South Africa, Reuben Brigety, made the damning allegations that weapons of war were loaded onboard a Russian ship before it left […]

The Randburg Magistrate Court has ruled that former Ukhozi FM DJ Ngizwe Mchunu has a case to answer in relation to his 2021 July unrest case. Mchunu, known for his famous phrase 'Ayikhale', faces charges of inciting violence during the deadly unrest and violating the Disaster Management Act. At least 354 people lost their lives when riots flared up in parts of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. They were sparked by the […]

ANC Secretary General, Fikile Mbalula, has lashed out at nations insisting that South Africa arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin when he visits the country later this year.  In an exclusive interview with BBC Hard Talk'S Stephen John Sackur, Mbalula admitted that there are constraints facing the country regarding the Putin matter.  The International Criminal Court (ICC) in March issued a warrant of arrest for the Russian President for alleged war […]

Tshwane mayor, Cilliers Brink, has revealed that test results indicate that no cholera was detected in the water supplied to the city. Fifteen people, including two children, have since lost their lives in the crisis that is unfolding in the country's capital. Sixty other residents are reported to be in critical condition in hospitals around Tshwane. The deadly disease, which results in profuse diarrhoea and dehydration, is usually caused by […]

Facebook rapist and murderer, Thabo Bester, has officially been issued with a South African ID and Birth Certificate after years of no identity and a year after faking his death.  Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, briefed the media on the latest developments in Bester's prison break case on Monday.  The convicted murderer escaped from the Mangaung Correctional Centre in May last year, after faking his own death in a […]

The High Court in Johannesburg has reserved judgment in President Cyril Ramaphosa's bid to interdict the private prosecution launched against him. Former President Jacob Zuma launched the prosecution against Ramaphosa in December last year, on the eve of the ANC's 55th National Elective Conference in Nasrec. Zuma is accusing his successor of being an accessory after the fact for not acting on a complaint he lodged against the state prosecutor […]