Author name: Scott Balson

 Detectives from the Organised Crime Unit, specializing in essential infrastructure offences, conducted a successful raid on a residential property in Bothas Hill on Tuesday, 1 July 2025, following a tip-off about illegal copper cable stripping on the premises. Acting on intelligence, officers, supported by other role players, discovered workers stripping copper cables inside a container […]

The Hartswater Magistrate’s Court has sentenced 64-year-old Moatlhodi Matthews Nthutang, a former instructor at Highway Driving School, to three years of direct imprisonment with no option of a fine for corruption. Nthutang was arrested in March 2021 alongside a traffic official in Jan Kempdorp during a sting operation conducted by the Hawks’ Serious Corruption Investigation

Deputy President Paul Mashatile visited the Matjhabeng Local Municipality in Welkom on Tuesday to oversee the Clean Cities and Towns integrated service delivery program, a nationwide campaign aimed at promoting cleaner, greener, and more inclusive urban and rural spaces. Launched last month in Gauteng, the initiative encourages community participation in cleaning activities while addressing critical service

Four former Transnet executives appeared in the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court at the Palm Ridge Magistrates’ Court yesterday, facing fresh fraud and corruption charges linked to the procurement of locomotives. The accused—Brian Molefe, Siyabonga Gama, Anoj Singh, and Thamsanqa Jiyane—were each granted bail of R50,000 and will return to court on October 6 for further

Social grant beneficiaries in Mamelodi are demanding better treatment at the local SASSA office after two people collapsed while waiting outside in a long line. The two incidents happened last week while this GroundUp reporter was at the SASSA office. The snaking queue was made up of mostly of the elderly and people with disabilities.

The trial of 14 officers accused of torturing and murdering Regan Naidoo in police custody in 2018 was postponed moments before starting. Defence lawyers said they had obtained an audio recording that allegedly involves one of the accused communicating with a state witness, prompting concerns about trial fairness. The case was postponed to allow for

South African households are paying 3.6% more for groceries compared to June last year, with food prices outpacing income growth and pushing families toward financial strain, according to the latest Household Affordability Survey by Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity (PMBEJD). The report reveals that the average household food basket has increased by R190.36 year-on-year, leaving

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has announced plans to lay criminal charges against Higher Education and Training Minister Dr. Nobuhle Nkabane on Tuesday, just hours before she is set to present her department’s budget vote in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP). The move comes amid escalating tensions between the DA and the African National Congress

The Community Policing Forum (CPF) in Gugulethu has expressed deep concern after learning that one of the two suspects sought by police in connection with a mass shooting that killed seven people this past weekend had only recently been released from custody. The deadly attack occurred in the early hours of Saturday morning in the

Police have arrested three City of Tshwane municipal officials in Laudium, Pretoria, for allegedly stealing a transformer worth R7 million. The arrests are part of an ongoing crackdown on corruption involving essential infrastructure. The suspects, aged between 30 and 40, were linked to an earlier case in which 11 individuals were arrested on November 27