Zama Nteyi

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Moja Love defends Somnala episode, says woman was adult

Moja Love has confirmed that Love-Love, the young woman at the centre of controversial remarks by King Somnala on Umndeni SomNala, was an adult when the events discussed in the programme took

September 9, 2026

by Zama Nteyi

“This is fraud’: State’s first witness turns on police in Matlala trial.

Day three of the trial of alleged underworld figure Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala turned on a single, sharpening question: how to test what the State’s first witness actually saw on the night of the shooting he survived. Security officer Bethwell Mzamo

July 22, 2026

by Zama Nteyi

Matlala trial: no 9mm casings found where witness says he fired 15 rounds

The State’s first witness in the trial of alleged underworld figure Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala was confronted

Defence attacks credibility of first witness in ‘Cat’ Matlala trial

The first witness in the trial of alleged underworld figure Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala faced a sustained

NAC chair Botha and four others quit

National Arts Council (NAC) chairperson Eugene Botha has resigned. Four other council members went with him. According to insiders, all five resignations took effect on Wednesday, 14 October. It is not yet

October 15, 2026

News·South Africa

AGSA credibility questioned as MPs challenge DCS audit

MPs from the DA, ANC and MK Party have questioned the Auditor-General of South Africa’s (AGSA) handling of the Department of Correctional Services’ disastrous audit, raising concerns about how the department’s audit

October 14, 2026

Politics·South Africa

Idle farms could be seized for black farmers, official suggests

A senior Department of Agriculture legal official has suggested taking land from owners who are not farming it and giving it to black farmers. She said expropriation could help address the legacy

October 14, 2026

News·South Africa

Lesedi Municipality sits on R20m debt as appeal drags on

Lesedi Local Municipality has kept a R20-million court debt out of the hands of a contractor for 17 months while its application for leave to appeal remains undecided. But the Johannesburg High

October 14, 2026

News·South Africa

MP blasts state agency over plan to turn lemon farm into housing

A DA MP has accused a Mpumalanga state agency of letting one of the province’s best citrus export farms face a housing development. Desiree Van der Walt raised the case in Parliament’s

October 14, 2026

Politics·South Africa

Home Affairs failed asylum seeker, court rules

Home Affairs rejected a Congolese man’s asylum application without properly investigating his nine year history in his father’s asylum process, the Johannesburg High Court has found. The department then relied in court

October 14, 2026

News·South Africa

Deputy Minister breaks ranks over Groenewald’s audit failure

Correctional Services Deputy Minister Lindiwe Ntshalintshali has publicly broken ranks with her boss, Pieter Groenewald. She accused the department’s leadership of working in silos after its disastrous audit outcome. She further revealed

October 14, 2026

Politics·South Africa

Groenewald tears into ANC MPs’ political ambush

ANC MPs turned a parliamentary meeting on Correctional Services’ disastrous audit outcome into a political interrogation of Minister Pieter Groenewald. On Tuesday, 13 October the MPs repeatedly challenged his leadership, questioning his

October 14, 2026

Politics·South Africa

‘Today is your funeral’: Prison boss reveals threats

Correctional Services National Commissioner Makgothi Thobakgale has allegedly been receiving death threats. On Tuesday, 13 October, Thobakgale revealed that he had received a WhatsApp message declaring the day his funeral. He also

October 14, 2026

News·South Africa

Animal health law gathers dust for 24 years amid FMD crisis

South Africa is battling foot-and-mouth disease using a 42-year-old law that Parliament’s agriculture committee chairperson says has serious operational gaps, while legislation intended to replace it has remained dormant for 24 years.

October 13, 2026

Politics·South Africa

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Zama Nteyi

Moja Love defends Somnala episode, says woman was adult

“This is fraud’: State’s first witness turns on police in Matlala trial.

Matlala trial: no 9mm casings found where witness says he fired 15 rounds

Defence attacks credibility of first witness in ‘Cat’ Matlala trial

NAC chair Botha and four others quit

AGSA credibility questioned as MPs challenge DCS audit

Idle farms could be seized for black farmers, official suggests

Lesedi Municipality sits on R20m debt as appeal drags on

MP blasts state agency over plan to turn lemon farm into housing

Home Affairs failed asylum seeker, court rules

Deputy Minister breaks ranks over Groenewald’s audit failure

Groenewald tears into ANC MPs’ political ambush

‘Today is your funeral’: Prison boss reveals threats

Animal health law gathers dust for 24 years amid FMD crisis

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