Simon Majadibodu

Junior Multimedia Journalist

Ormonde building collapse was 'inevitable' - Emergency Services

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

A building that collapsed in Ormonde, killing nine construction workers, was not properly built and was likely to fall sooner or later, according to City of Johannesburg ...

Three senior health officials, including director-general granted bail in R1m fraud case

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

Three senior officials from the National Department of Health were granted R10,000 bail each after appearing in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court ...

MPs call for O’Sullivan’s arrest after dramatic committee walkout

Simon Majadibodu|Published

Members of Parliament have demanded the arrest of forensic investigator Paul O'Sullivan after he walked out of an ad hoc committee hearing.

Dozens defect from ActionSA to DA in Soweto political shake-up

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

Former ActionSA PR councillor Mandla Nyaqela has joined the Democratic Alliance in Gauteng, accusing his former party of selling hope while lacking real political ...

Watch VideoWATCH | 'Political fixer' Mogotsi under fire over alleged high-level corruption

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

North West businessman Brown Mogotsi is appearing in person before a parliamentary ad hoc committee on Tuesday after abandoning his request to testify virtually ...

Watch VideoOpposition parties slam Ramaphosa’s R7m SONA as ‘more of the same’

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

Opposition parties have branded President Cyril Ramaphosa’s 2026 State of the Nation Address a costly exercise in repetition, arguing that it failed to tackle worsening ...

Watch Video‘We need vaccines now’: Fed-up farmers protest Foot-and-Mouth crisis ahead of SONA

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

A group of farmers from KwaZulu-Natal held placards and called on Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen and President Cyril Ramaphosa to act swiftly, warning that ...

‘Blatant name-dropper, attention-seeker': SA’s first democratic police commissioner slams Paul O’Sullivan

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

South Africa’s first democratic police commissioner George Fivaz has dismissed forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan as an attention-seeker pretending to be a “big ...

NPA confirms investigation into 1,055 parents over R126 million in unqualified NSFAS funding

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has confirmed it has received referrals from the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) following the recovery of more than R126 ...

'I loved leading the DA': Steenhuisen bows out, calls tenure ‘mission accomplished’

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

DA leader John Steenhuisen has pulled out of the party’s leadership contest.

Missing Ekurhuleni MMC Andile Mngwevu found dead in Mozambique

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

The family of Ekurhuleni MMC Andile Mngwevu confirmed Tuesday that he has been found dead in Mozambique, days after the vehicle he was traveling in was swept away ...

'This was not a mistake - 14 children are gone,' says grieving family after Vaal crash driver abandons bail

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

A grieving family says watching the viral video of the Vanderbijlpark scholar transport crash has reopened their wounds, as the accused driver faces 14 counts of ...

‘We trusted the transport’: Family that lost two sons speaks after Vaal crash

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

The family of two pupils killed in the Vanderbijlpark scholar transport crash says it had planned to continue using the service for other children, a hope that ended ...

Mashaba comeback potentially on the cards as ActionSA finalises Joburg mayoral race

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

ActionSA has confirmed it has finalised its internal nominations process for its Johannesburg mayoral candidate and is expected to announce the nominee in February. ...

Gauteng MEC pushes back on claims foreign learners are favoured

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane says the department has no policy favouring foreign nationals in learner placements and insists South African children remain ...

DA claims George quit before facing probe into salary abuse and political meddling

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

The DA says Dion George brought the party into disrepute and resigned before facing a disciplinary process.

‘Here he is’: Victor Majola allegedly pointed out DJ Warras moments before the fatal shooting

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

A man accused of arranging the killing of DJ Warrick Stock, popularly known as DJ Warras, allegedly identified him to a gunman moments before he was shot dead, a ...

South Africa debates 30% pass mark as 2025 matric results are released

Masabata Mkwananzi and Simon Majadibodu|Updated

As South Africa prepares for the release of the 2025 matric results, Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube celebrates top achievers while BOSA's Mmusi Maimane demands ...

Court bid seeks to block Ramaphosa’s appointment of Andy Mothibi as NDPP head

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

B Xulu and Partners Incorporated has filed an urgent court application to stop President Cyril Ramaphosa’s appointment of Advocate Andy Mothibi as South Africa’s ...

Minister urges parents and schools to act after teen births spike

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

Concerns over adolescent pregnancy have resurfaced after more than 30 teenage girls were among the 714 mothers who gave birth in public health facilities across ...

Inside the ANC’s quiet succession storm: Who’s really positioning for 2027?

Kamogelo Moichela and Simon Majadibodu|Updated

With the 2027 ANC conference on the horizon, speculation mounts over who might replace Cyril Ramaphosa, despite party leaders denying any leadership race.

Suspended EMPD chief Brigadier Mkhwanazi mum as netizens link him to killing of Witness D

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

Suspended EMPD acting chief Brigadier Julius Mkhwanazi has remained unreachable as social media users link him to the killing of Madlanga Commission whistleblower ...

Lesufi calls for crackdown on illegal establishments after 12 people killed in Atteridgeville mass shooting

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

Gauteng rocked by twin tragedies: tavern massacre kills 12, Madlamga Commission witness Van der Merwe gunned down.

SA pulls 90-day Palestinian visa waiver after charter-flight 'abuse' probe

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

South Africa has scrapped its 90-day visa exemption for Palestinian passport holders after intelligence investigations uncovered what officials described as a coordinated ...

Lesufi tells ANC Joburg: Stop squabbling over a ‘sinking ship and save it’

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

ANC Gauteng co-convenor Panyaza Lesufi has warned Johannesburg’s warring party factions to stop fighting for control of a “sinking ship” and instead focus on rescuing ...