Sunday World News Updates

A senior SAPS general who sat on the Bid Adjudication Committee (BAC) that approved the controversial Medicare 24 contract linked to Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala remains outside the public disciplinary net, while other senior officials linked to the fallout have been suspended. Maj-Gen Anine Ziegelmeier is listed in parliamentary records as… Read more »

MTN is scaling its fintech operation, repositioning it from a mobile money service into a fully-fledged digital financial ecosystem as it targets a 50 million growth in customers. The shift comes as the group scales its popular MoMo platform, which has become one of the continent’s largest fintech businesses, processing… Read more »

  DAKAR – The meetings have become routine. Every few months, jihadists in Mali affiliated with al-Qaeda summon the men of Poutchi to a mud-brick mosque to collect tax on their crops and cattle and later distribute food, medicine and animals to the poor. Five years ago, the militants threatened… Read more »

An internal email at the centre of the growing battle between the InSeta board, suspended chief executive officer Gugu Mkhize and higher education minister Buti Manamela shows that the board’s first response to student funding complaints was not to halt support but to bypass the programme’s service provider and pay… Read more »

DAKAR – The US has deported an Iranian pro-democracy activist to Central African Republic, her lawyer said at the weekend, describing it as a “super dangerous” transfer to a country with which the activist has no connection. The Iranian American Legal Defence Fund (IALDF) said on Thursday that three Iranian… Read more »

The North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, has granted an urgent interim order against a group of anonymous social media accounts accused of linking former crime intelligence chief Mulangi Mphego to the death of Lt-Gen Sindile Mfazi and alleged Phala Phala-related documents. Judge Bonakele Mkhabela granted the order on May 26… Read more »

US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that Washington and Tehran would sign a peace deal on Sunday, while Iran’s Foreign Ministry was reported to have said there would be no signing on Sunday, though it did not rule out the possibility of sealing such an agreement in the next… Read more »

A bitter power struggle has erupted at the top of the MK Party after secretary-general Sibonelo Nomvalo accused a senior party leader of waging a campaign to remove him from office. In a formal complaint to second deputy president Tony Yengeni, Nomvalo alleges that KwaZulu-Natal caucus leader Inkosi Phathisizwe Chiliza… Read more »

The ANC is quietly moving on three fronts to take control of South Africa’s immigration debate, with Luthuli House insiders saying the party is engaging anti-illegal immigration voices at home. It is also reassuring African governments abroad and drafting a policy paper to stop public anger from being hijacked by… Read more »

A young taxi owner reaped the big rewards from a multimillion-rand extortion racket that preyed on long-distance bus operators across South Africa and disrupted passengers for several years. Court records show that Bonke Makalala, 35, allegedly received the largest share of more than R11-million extorted from bus operators. The allegations… Read more »