National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola has been placed on a precautionary suspension. Lt-General Puleng Dimpane has been put in his place in an acting position.
Masemola appeared at the Pretoria Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. He faces charges related to violating the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA).
At the centre of it all is a controversial R360-million tender awarded to Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala. Despite the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) saying they have a watertight case, Masemola has pushed back.
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He maintains that he fulfilled his responsibilities by cancelling the tender.
"I think I did what I was supposed to do. I stopped the contract, so I don't know why I should be here," he said.
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"All I can say is that I don't think one should have been here today. We should be fighting organised crime as a group, as a joint force. But, well, things do happen. EMI on PFMA, so it's one of those things."
He will return to court in 13 May with Matlala and 12 other officers in the dock.
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"He's alleged to have done corruption, I'm not charged with corruption, but I guess one doesn't have a choice," he added.
National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Abram Mohlatlole said prosecutors will not proceed with the Emmarentia road rage case for now.
This is because police are still investigating the fatal incident.
This was revealed when the man appeared before the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on murder and attempted murder charges.
Mohlatlole said the case could still return to court once it is strengthened.
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A minor bumper collision between two drivers quickly escalated into a fatal confrontation on Sunday.
According to police reports, it is alleged that on 19 April, two male drivers were involved in a road rage incident at Emmarentia, which led to a physical altercation, leading to the death of one driver.
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The woman was hospitalised after sustaining injuries.
Suspended Organised Crime Unit member Fannie Nkosi has been denied bail.
He appeared at the Pretoria magistrate's court on Wednesday.
The case has been postponed to 21 May.
Nkosi faces a slew of serious charges, including defeating the ends of justice.
He was arrested earlier this month.
Nkosi, who maintained his innocence, said the state's case is weak.
He also said he has every right to have the dockets and weapons found at his house.
Suspended Deputy Sedibeng District Commissioner, Abraham Nkhwashu has apologised to Armand Swart's family.
Nkhwashu appeared before the Madlanga Commission, where he denied interference in the murder investigation of the Vereeniging engineer.
He has told the Commission that his involvement with Katiso 'KT' Molefe was limited to assisting his sister deliver clothes to Molefe.
Swart was killed in an apparent case of mistaken identity.
Nkhwashu said he has a good reason why it seemed like he had interfered in a police investigation.
The battle for the deceased former Zambian president Edgar Lungu has not yet been buried, 10 months later.
On Thursday, the Zambian government announced that it had received Lungu's mortal remains and was preparing to repatriate him to his home country.
They alleged that the Lungu family had missed the deadline to submit their appeal documents to the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA).
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The family fought back, demanding that the body be returned to the private funeral services provider.
Lungu died aged 68 at Mediclinic Medforum Hospital in Pretoria on 5 June 2025. He died from complications following cardiac complications during surgery.
On 18 June, his family stopped the repatriation of his body to Zambia, saying his funeral would take place in South Africa in accordance with their wishes for a private ceremony.
President Hakainde Hichilema, who was set to receive Lungu's body, had to halt the national mourning after four days while the matter played itself out.
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Lungu and Hichilema had been political adversaries. Lungu was a trained military officer and lawyer. He became the country's sixth president in 2015 after the death of his predecessor, Michael Sata in office.
He narrowly won the 2016 election against Hichilema after a violent campaign that saw clashes between the two parties that they represent.
During his tenure, he pledged to unite the country and rebuild the economy. Amnesty International said that repression under Lungu pushed Zambia to the edge, with a "brutal crackdown on human rights", and "brazen attacks on any form of dissent".
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He stepped down from the presidency in 2021 when Hichilema won fresh elections by a landslide. Lungu had said he planned to run for president again in the 2026 elections.
Eskom said it is moving to ensure the country never suffers bouts of rolling blackouts ever again.
It said the generation fleet has seen significant improvement.
This, as the power utility has promised that there would be no load shedding this winter.
It said it has seen steady improvement in power plant availability and ability to maintain supply to meet the demand throughout the last three key winter periods.
“Yes, we did have some glitches in the 2024/25 financial year, but we’ve moved from the days where we only had only 9% availability in 2024 to 96% availability in 2025. In the last financial year that ended in March, we only had 26 hours of load shedding,” Dan Marokane, Eskom CEO said.
Marokane said Eskom has been working hard to improve the ability of the plants through maintenance.
Dobsonville rape-accused has abandoned his bail bid.
The 58-year-old appeared on Wednesday at the Roodepoort Magistrate's Court. Protesters gathered outside the court demanding that he be denied bail.
The man is accused of raping a 12-year-old girl during the Easter weekend. Public outrage was sparked after a video of the violent incident went viral.
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Electricity issues in the area since last year lured many children to the rape accused's house.
As a clergyman and local politician, he gained the trust of his community.
A neighbour who responded to the little girl's screams said it was not odd for neighbourhood children to spend long hours at his house, as he had WI-FI.
A video of the aftermath of the sexual assault went viral, and he was arrested.
The African National Congress member has distanced itself from the accused.
A representative speaking on behalf of the family says they are happy the accused has abandoned his bail application.
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Speaking on the basis of anonymity, the representative said that they are confident that justice will be done.
"We understand that he is a priest; we are curious to know what got over him," said the representative.
The matter has been postponed until 20 May for further investigation.
A family of seven has been killed in Newark in KwaZulu-Natal’s north coast.
The victims’ ages range from the 20s to the 80s -- four women and three men.
Their bodies were found dumped in a field in Melmoth on Thursday morning.
They had been shot and stabbed.
Three people have been arrested in connection with the murders after they were found in possession of two cell phones belonging to the victims.
Police have also recovered a firearm believed to have been used to commit the crime.
eNCA understands police were initially alerted to a house robbery on Tuesday night. On Wednesday, the kidnapping was confirmed after a domestic worker arrived and found no one at the house.
The youngest woman, 20 years old, was allegedly raped at the house before the family was tied up and forced into their van to take the two-hour trip to their deaths. There, the woman was raped again.
The motive for the attack is still under investigation, but it is suspected that two of the alleged killers were at some point employed by the family.
Suspended EMPD deputy Chief Julius Mkhwanazi and Ekurhuleni city manager Kagiso Lerutla are waiting to hear their fate.
They appeared in the Boksburg Magistrate's Court where they have put in their bail bids.
The pair will find out if they have been granted bail or not in their fraud and corruption case.
Lerutla has denied interfering with investigations or witnesses, stemming from a 2019 incident in which he allegedly avoided a court appearance.
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Meanwhile, Mkhwanazi says his arrest has been orchestrated by those with political motives.