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Tiyani Hlungwani , former crime intelligence finance and administration manager is currently giving evidence before the Ad Hoc Committee probing allegations of criminality in the criminal justice system. He says he became a target after refusing to process a fraudulent 45 million rand payment for a "grabber machine", allegedly linked to the ANC's 2017 Nasrec conference..

President Ramaphosa has directed the police minister and national commissioner to form a special task team for immediate probes into implicated SAPS and Ekurhuleni Metro officials to restore public trust, as the presidency has welcomed the Madlanga Commission's interim report. On the 13th of July 2025, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the establishment of the Commission of Inquiry into Criminality, Political Interference and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System. This followed serious allegations made by Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi about the existence and operation of a sophisticated criminal syndicate that has allegedly infiltrated the criminal justice system in South Africa. The Commission, chaired by retired Constitutional Court Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, assisted by Advocate Sesi Baloyi SC and Advocate Sandile Khumalo SC, submitted its interim report on the 17th of December 2025 in line with the delivery timelines that had been determined by the President. The presidency says president Ramaphosa has studied the interim report and accepts its recommendations.

The South African Municipal Workers' Union (SAMWU) in KwaZulu-Natal says it's concerned about the late payment of salaries to municipal workers in the Impendle Local Municipality. The party has also raised alarm by the failure to remit third-party deductions on its members. The municipality is facing severe financial distress following its failure to pay employee salaries for January 2026. According to the Cogta, this is a repeated inability to meet financial obligations, as this follows a similar default in May 2025 and a narrowly averted crisis in December 2025. SAMWU KZN Provincial Secretary Nokubonga Dinga reacts.

ANC Ekurhuleni says it's devastated and in disbelief following the passing of Ekurhuleni MMC for Roads and Transport, Andile Mngwevu. The party adds that the recovery of his remains marks closure to a long and painful chapter of searching.. Mngwevu died when his car was swept away by floods in Chókwè, Mozambique.He was with three other people.After a week-long search and rescue operation, their mortal remains were recovered on Tuesday. The ANC’s Ekurhuleni Regional Secretary Jongizizwe Dlabathi says they are deeply saddened by Mngwevu’s passing. ANC Ekurhuleni Regional Secretary Jongizizwe Dlabathi reacts