Power FM (Gauteng, South Africa)

The Minister of Home Affairs, Dr Leon Schreiber, has welcomed the arrest of a Border Management Authority (BMA) official as part of efforts to tackle corruption within the Home Affairs system and strengthen the integrity of South Africa’s immigration processes.

The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport has urged minibus taxi and scholar transport operators to collect their operating licences before 14 August 2026, warning that failure to do so could result in the licences being cancelled. The department said more than 400 valid operating licences remain uncollected despite improvements in processing times and efforts to reduce the backlog.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has reaffirmed South Africa’s commitment to strengthening ties with France during talks with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. “This engagement is a welcome opportunity to exchange views on global developments of mutual interest, as well as to review our progress in advancing our bilateral priorities,” Ramaphosa said. He said France remains a key strategic partner and welcomed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to deepen bilateral cooperation.

The Joint Standing Committee on Defence has resolved to support the deployment of 3 400 members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to assist the South African Police Service (SAPS) under Operation Prosper: Illegal Migration. The deployment will run from 28 June to 31 July 2026 and is intended to support police should heightened security be required because of increased anti-migration protests.

South Africa has intensified its preparedness measures against Ebola as outbreaks continue in two Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda. Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said the government is taking proactive steps to ensure the country is ready should the virus be detected in South Africa. He said that Ebola has reached the region SADC in two countries, in DRC and in Uganda.

The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU), Zwelinzima Vavi says municipalities must be held accountable for how they use public funds, but has warned that withholding transfers from struggling municipalities will have severe consequences for poor communities. He said the corruption, maladministration, financial mismanagement and the looting of municipal resources have undermined service delivery and betrayed millions of working-class and poor South Africans.

ActionSA has approached the Information Regulator in a bid to obtain documents linked to the Phala Phala scandal, which it argues could have implications for President Cyril Ramaphosa. The party’s national chairperson, Michael Beaumont, said the requested records include an affidavit signed by the president after the theft at his Phala Phala game farm, as well as financial records related to the alleged mastermind, Imanuwela David.

A year ago, Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi delivered a media briefing where he made allegations implicating senior police officials, politicians and criminal syndicates in an alleged network of corruption and interference that, he claimed, had compromised criminal investigations and weakened the fight against organised crime. 06 July 2025 – Mkhwanazi’s media briefing Mkhwanazi held a media briefing in which he exposed alleged corruption within the South African Police Service (SAPS).

It has been one year since Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi delivered a media briefing. Retired SAPS Major-General Jeremy Vearey said the first thing is that the gross abuse of power and authority in the crime intelligence sector has, for the first time, been brought to light in an unprecedented way, in terms of the focus on Major General Khan. “And it is particularly significant to many of us who were inside the service. We have encountered these abuses before.

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has called for urgent intervention to prevent the closure of Transalloys, South Africa’s last remaining manganese smelter. COSATU spokesperson Matthew Parks says the loss would deal a significant blow to the country’s economy, particularly in eMalahleni, Mpumalanga. He says the closure comes at a time when South Africa is grappling with an unemployment rate of 43.7%.