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Scenes of VIP Protection detail attached to Deputy President, Paul Mashatile, emptying three passengers on board a blue Polo vehicle with kicks, slaps, and open display of arms on the N1 Highway, was a gory picture of the present mimicking the past. Those familiar with this brazen scenery say the sway of this bravado on public roads typifies worldwide conduct of blue light brigades. If it is so, South Africa […]

Suspended Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, has rejected claims that she has missed the Section 194 Inquiry deadline. She says the Committee that's looking into her matter knows that she does not have a senior counsel to assist her to respond to the questions submitted by MPs. Mkhwebane says Dyanti is portraying her as a person who doesn’t comply to deadlines. She says there was no way for her to answer […]

In a decisive move from the South African Police Service (SAPS), eight VIP Protectors involved in the N1 assault incident have been removed from their posts. The members of Deputy President Paul Mashatile's VIP protection unit were caught on camera assaulting three army trainees along the N1 highway in Johannesburg. https://twitter.com/Mqadi99/status/1676270055351263233 The incident has sparked a public outcry and reignited debates on police brutality and why people don't trust police […]

Residents of the Angelo Squatter Camp in Boksburg have described horrific scenes of victims bleeding and gasping for air following a deadly gas leak that claimed the lives of at least 17 people. The three youngest victims are one, five and 11 years old. Dozens of other people are being treated in hospital, including three children aged four and nine. Gauteng Premier, Panyaza Lesufi, visited the informal settlement after news of the […]

Songstress, Zandile Khumalo, has pleaded with President Cyril Ramaphosa to prioritise the Senzo Meyiwa trial. Khumalo penned a long letter to the President, requesting that a courtroom be earmarked for this case and allow for it to sit every day until a verdict is reached. Her plea follows the suspension of Judge Tshifhiwa Maumela and the appointment of a new judge into the matter, which could potentially see the murder […]

ANC National Secretary-General, Fikile Mbalula, says the party's National Working Committee (NWC) views the attacks against the Acting Public Protector as undermining democracy and constitutionalism. Mbalula made the remarks at a briefing on the outcomes of the NWC meeting at the party's headquarters in Johannesburg on Wednesday. Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka came under fire on Friday after releasing the much-anticipated report on allegations of misconduct by Ramaphosa. Gcaleka cleared the President […]

Paul Mashatile's spokesperson, Vukani Mde, has confirmed that the Deputy President was not in any of the vehicles when the N1 assault incident took place. Mashatile has confirmed that the SAPS members seen assaulting civilians on the N1 near Fourways are attached to his protection detail. The Deputy President has condemned the use of force against unarmed citizens. "Members of the SAPS are meant to uphold and protect the fundamental […]