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IDT Rocked by Bribery Allegations Involving CEO and Spokesperson

By Rachel Mohamed The Independent Development Trust (IDT) has suspended its CEO, Tebogo Malaka, following allegations that she and her spokesperson, Phasha Makgolane, offered Daily Maverick investigative journalist Pieter-Louis Myburgh R60,000 in cash to suppress an ongoing investigation by the publication. Speaking to VOC News, Myburgh stated that the alleged bribe was intended to prevent the publication of a story that is yet to be released. “The parties involved were […]

6 August 2025

Local

Murder investigation underway after fatal shooting in Beacon Valley

Residents of Beacon Valley, Mitchells Plain, are reeling after a deadly shooting on Monday afternoon that claimed the life of an adult male, prompting a murder investigation and fears of escalating gang violence in the area. According to South African Police Service (SAPS) spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm Pojie, the suspects fled the scene and remain at large. "Preliminary reports suggest that the deceased received a call to fetch his children […]

5 August 2025

International News

Chidimma Adetshina’s mother can travel out of South Africa

By Rachel Mohamed Last month, the Chidimma Adetshina, 26, saga went viral on social media after Minister of Arts, Culture, and Sport Gayton Mckenzie questioned her nationality and asked how a foreign national could be participating in the Miss South Africa 2024 pageant. After allegedly discovering that Chidima's mother registered her under someone else's identity, the Home Affairs Department said it was investigating a prima facie case of identity fraud […]

9 September 2024

Local

SAPS launches investigation following an alleged attack by its VIP unit

The South African Police Service (SAPS) has launched an investigation after a video showing what appears to be heavily armed members of the VIP protection unit, allegedly assaulting three men on the N1 in Johannesburg. In the video which has since gone viral on social media, armed officers in plain clothes can be seen taking turns kicking the men while they lie helpless next to the highway. The video has […]

4 July 2023

Local

Godongwana officially informed of sexual assault charge, but maintains he won’t step aside during investigation

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has confirmed he has finally been informed by police that he is being investigated for sexual assault. In a statement, Godongwana said he had been approached by the police on Thursday. “I met with a police official and was furnished with a warning statement informing me of a criminal complaint laid in Skukuza in Mpumalanga. The complainant accuses me of sexual assault,“ he said. The sexual […]

19 August 2022

International News

UK to investigate claims JCB machinery used by Israel to demolish Palestinian homes

The British government will investigate claims that machinery built by UK construction company JCB was used in the demolition of Palestinian homes and construction of illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories (OPT). The UK National Contact Point (NCP), which is part of UK’s Department of International Trade, acknowledged on Monday a complaint against JCB submitted by British legal charity Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights (LPHR). A key function […]

13 October 2020

News

Well known Cape Muslim businessman kidnapped

A 65 year old Plattekloof businessman was allegedly abducted at his business premises in Parow on Monday morning. The man has been identified as Liaqat Allie Parker, the founder member of the Foodprop Group. He is also a board member of Al Amien Foods and a non-executive board member of Brimstone Investment. An eyewitness said Parker arrived inside the parking lot of his business at 8.30am this morning, when a […]

9 July 2018

Local

Equal Education meets with WCED over sexual harassment allegations

Equal Education (EE) members have met with various role players from the Western Cape Education Department to discuss the recent developments around allegations of sexual harassment within the organisation and their ongoing work in the province. The organisation said they now had three separate processes currently running to investigate allegations of sexual harassment, following the shock resignation of three senior members of the organisation amid growing claims of misconduct. Treasurer […]

26 May 2018

Local

2 Capetonians bust for being in possession of ‘possible’ uncut diamonds

Two suspects have been arrested for being in possession of six "possible" uncut diamonds in the Cape Town CBD, police said on Sunday. Lieutenant Colonel Andre Traut said the suspects, who were travelling in a silver Mercedes Benz, had on Saturday disregarded a red traffic light in the CBD which prompted two police officers attached to the Cape Town Cluster to follow the vehicle. "On the N2, the vehicle was […]

25 December 2017

investigation

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