Simon Majadibodu

Junior Multimedia Journalist

'Not above the law': Political parties respond as Malema gets 5 years

Hope Ntanzi and Simon Majadibodu|Updated

Political parties have welcomed the sentencing of EFF leader Julius Malema.

ActionSA urges Public Protector to revisit Phala Phala scandal investigation

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

ActionSA has urged the Public Protector to reopen the Phala Phala investigation following the release of a damning IPID report alleging a cover-up of the 2020 robbery ...

Pressure mounts on Didiza as ATM seeks Ramaphosa impeachment move

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

The African Transformation Movement (ATM) says it expects National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza to act impartially after submitting a request to initiate impeachment ...

Court dismisses Sergeant Fannie Nkosi’s prison hospital wing plea

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

The Pretoria Magistrate’s Court has denied suspended Sergeant Fannie Nkosi’s request to remain in a prison hospital wing, ruling that his health concerns and fears ...

Investigation into daylight murder of Emfuleni finance employee taken over by PKTT

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

The Political Killings Task Team has taken over the investigation into the fatal shooting of an Emfuleni Local Municipality employee, who was gunned down in a brazen ...

'State's case is weak': Nkosi denies charges, reveals he earns R16,500 per month

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

Sergeant Fannie Nkosi, accused of multiple offences including unlawful possession of explosives, told the Pretoria North Magistrate’s Court he is not a flight risk ...

Malema admits knowing Nxumalo, slams tender claims as hearsay

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

EFF leader Julius Malema has confirmed his friendship with controversial businessman Zesimdumise “Ze” Nxumalo, while rejecting claims linking him to alleged corruption ...

KZN police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s contract renewed, confirms premier Ntuli

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli has confirmed that provincial police commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi will remain in his post after his contract ...

'I haven’t done this': Ex-cop denies killing Witness D

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

Matipandile Sotheni, 41, denied all charges in the Brakpan Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, insisting he had no part in the killing of Madlanga Commission witness ...

MK Party moves to block Shamila Batohi pension payments in urgent court bid

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

The MK Party has launched an urgent court bid to prevent former NDPP Advocate Shamila Batohi from receiving her pension and post-term benefits, raising questions ...

Convicted rapist Thabo Bester tells court he did not escape prison

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

Convicted killer and rapist Thabo Bester has told the High Court in Johannesburg that he did not escape from prison but was lawfully released, as he challenges charges ...

Ramaphosa says Mchunu did not consult him on Political Killings Task Team disbandment

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

President Cyril Ramaphosa says he neither approved nor was consulted on the disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team, distancing himself from a decision taken ...

Mkhwanazi: Mchunu was ‘captured’ into disbanding political killings task team

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

Explosive testimony in Parliament reveals forensic evidence allegedly tying Senzo Mchunu to the disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team, despite attempts ...

Witness D murder-accused in the dock

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

A man accused of killing whistle‑blower Marius van der Merwe, known as Witness D at the Madlanga Commission, made his first court appearance Monday as police pursue ...

Witness D murder accused appears in court on multiple charges

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

A man accused of killing whistle‑blower Marius van der Merwe, known as Witness D at the Madlanga Commission, made his first court appearance Monday as police pursue ...

'No big name or small name will be protected,' Ramaphosa on Madlanga probe

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

President Cyril Ramaphosa has defended his decision not to release the interim report of the Madlanga Commission, telling MPs that even politically connected figures ...

New NPA boss Andy Mothibi zeroes in on Tembisa Hospital corruption syndicates

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

Newly appointed National Director of Public Prosecutions Andy Mothibi says the National Prosecuting Authority will attend to all criminal referrals linked to the ...

Nearly 12 years later, NPA sees prospects of success in Senzo Meyiwa case

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

The National Prosecuting Authority says there are “prospects of success” in the murder case of the late soccer star Senzo Meyiwa as the trial of five accused continues ...

E-hailing driver shot and burned at Maponya Mall: Family seeks answers six months later

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

The family of e-hailing driver Mthokozisi Siyanda Mvelase says it has received no updates from police six months after he was shot and burned to death outside Maponya ...

R1.6 billion later, Telkom Towers HQ still partially occupied: Vuma exposes mismanagement

Simon Majadibodu|Updated

Former SAPS deputy national commissioner Lt Gen Francinah Vuma says she recommended that the Hawks investigate escalating costs linked to the Telkom Towers Complex ...

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 ...