Loyiso Sidimba

Multimedia Journalist, Politics

Thabo Mbeki: 'Our character is beyond price' in R167m TRC legal battle

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Former president Thabo Mbeki and ex-Justice Minister Brigitte Mabandla are fighting to clear their names in a landmark R167 million lawsuit brought by apartheid ...

Electoral irregularities prompt parties to demand IEC reforms ahead of 2026 polls

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Following the Patriotic Alliance's victory in Johannesburg's Ward 82 by-election, multiple parties filed formal complaints alleging serious electoral irregularities, ...

Public Protector finds ex-Free State premier misused state resources in ANC campaign

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Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka has ruled that former Free State premier Sisi Ntombela improperly used state resources when she allocated an RDP house to the wrong ...

Patriotic Alliance unseats DA in crucial Joburg ward by-election

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PA leader Gayton McKenzie declared his party 'the fastest growing in South Africa' as they prepare to contest upcoming Northern Cape by-elections with new momentum. ...

Five Fort Hare students must face trial for brutal campus murder, rules Bhisho court

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Five University of Fort Hare students accused of fatally assaulting a fellow student over alleged theft of sneakers and a laptop must stand trial for murder, the ...

Joburg will consider 'diplomatic implications' of renaming Sandton Drive

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Joburg mayor Dada Morero emphasises the need for diplomatic sensitivity as the City considers renaming Sandton Drive after Palestinian freedom fighter Leila Khaled, ...

State Attorney's Office faces crisis over R5m payment dispute and SIU probe

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The State Attorney's Office faces a severe credibility crisis after bungling its appeal against a R5m payment ruling to advocate Viwe Notshe SC. The office's failure ...

National Treasury halts R1bn in provincial development grants over poor spending

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Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana announced that Gauteng will lose R300 million in the human settlement development grant (HSDG) while the Western Cape’s R200 million ...

Former Transnet boss, wife ordered to repay R7. 3m in bribes

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Transnet’s coastal regional manager in KwaZulu-Natal, Phathutshedzo Mashamba, was showered with bribes from suppliers, including a house in Dainfern in Johannesburg ...

SIU fails in bid to set aside R45m food parcel contract

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The corruption-busting unit was unsuccessful in overturning a R45. 6 million tender to provide food parcels due to delays in launching its Special Tribunal application. ...

‘I don’t drink alcohol,’ insists mayor accused of being drunk at ANC event

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A video of Maluti-a-Phofung mayor Malekula Melato is circulating, where she appears to be unable to stand up during the event while wearing the ANC Women’s League ...

Mango no closer to returning to the skies after licence cancellation

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Mango Airlines struggles to regain its licences as the Air Licensing Services Council cancels its operations, prompting concerns over a potential wind-down.

Independent Media to abandon Press Council membership

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Company quits ‘biased’ body over stance against Sunday Independent in battle with News24 and Media Monitoring Africa

Olympic athletes wait for R1. 1m after failed investment

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Simbine, Van Zyl and Van Niekerk’s legal representatives sent Nobantu Steel and Khumalo a notice of breach of the acknowledgement of debt in October last year, giving ...

Parties share R200m two weeks before elections

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Electoral Commission of SA says money was allocated to parties represented in the national and provincial legislatures this week

ANC Veterans League says party must act against leaders implicated in wrongdoing

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League president wants scrutiny on leaders implicated VBS Mutual Bank collapse, state capture inquiry and ANC lists manipulation

At World Court, South Africa says genocide ongoing in Gaza

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Reports emerge on the day of the International Court of Justice hearing that a group lawyers want the ANC to be investigated for allegedly receiving bribes from ...

Fight over exco seat won by DA heads to Concourt

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Limpopo-based political party seeking confirmation of high court ruling declaring Municipal Systems Act unconstitutional, invalid

Entities in trouble for using Mandela, Google names

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Tribunal of the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission rules in favour of Madiba’s foundation and tech giant

Former Transnet bosses must repay more money for bribes

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Managers who got bribes for almost R140m in tenders must pay back more

MK Party rocked by resignation as it awaits Zuma judgment

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The new party’s legal advisor becomes the latest high profile member to dump it

ANC VBS suspects won’t get info from NPA

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Court refuses bid by two of over dozen suspects to obtain further particulars from NPA in relation to their case

Another ANC MP cries foul over Parly list process

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Governing party under fire after accusations of tampering of list process to lower her position

Bid to oust Chief Justice Zondo from IEC, Zuma candidacy case

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Attempt to force Chief Justice Raymond Zondo from case between the Electoral Commission of SA and ex-president Jacob Zuma launched

Gold mining syndicate set to lose properties, cars, and cash

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Prosecutors obtain an order to auction houses, vehicles and money belonging to members, partners of an illegal gold mining group