1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (761+ words) The latest instalment in the turmoil engulfing the South African Police Service (SAPS) raises an ethical question beyond the personalities occupying senior positions: when a state lawyer advises a public official, to whom does that lawyer owe allegiance? It was…...

6+ day, 6+ min ago   (56+ words) TimesLIVE WATCH LIVE | Mapisa-Nqakula corruption trial continues The corruption trial of former defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula resumes in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday. Mapisa-Nqakula is facing 12 counts of corruption and one of money laundering for allegedly soliciting…...

1+ week, 4+ min ago   (61+ words) TimesLIVE WATCH LIVE | Court rules on Mapisa-Nqakula’s discharge bid The Pretoria high court delivers its ruling on Monday on former National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s application for a discharge under Section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Act. Mapisa-Nqakula faces 12 counts of…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (266+ words) A South African mechanic is among many civilians taken hostage by armed rebels at a hunting lodge in northern Mozambique. The culprits raided the lodge and town of Marangira, seizing supplies, burning down the lodge’s facilities and taking hostages. They…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (75+ words) timeslive.co.za WATCH LIVE | Court hears Ramaphosa’s review application of section 89 Phala Phala report Court considers president's challenge after Constitutional Court decision The Western Cape High Court is hearing the review application of the section 89 independent panel report on…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (478+ words) An international expert on policing, illicit markets and organised crime has recommended to the Madlanga commission of inquiry the establishment of an organised crime council as a short-term intervention. Dr Mark Shaw, who has three decades of experience in organised…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (517+ words) The killing of police officers should be treated as treason and a crime against the state, police unions said on Wednesday as colleagues and family gathered to remember Capt Zamani Mzayiya, who was killed in a shootout in Knysna last…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (290+ words) Employers at a large construction site in Riversands, Midrand, were not aware of the number of undocumented foreigners working at the premises, employment and labour deputy minister Jomo Sibiya said on Wednesday. Sibiya was speaking after 41 people were arrested during…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (182+ words) President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Leonard Gaoretelelwe Lekgetho as head of the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) with effect from September 1. Lekgetho had been acting in the role. He succeeds advocate Andy Mothibi, who left on February 1 to become the national…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (129+ words) Officers from the national intervention unit (NIU) have fatally shot an alleged illegal mining suspect in Carletonville, Gauteng. Police spokesperson Brig Athlenda Mathe said the suspect was traced to a residence on Sunday. “On arrival, police announced their presence and…...