Odirile Rabalao

Image credit: Eastern Cape Education The Gauteng Education Department has expressed concern over a mystery powder known as “scrubs” making its way into some school communities.

Taxi boss, Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni, has told the Madlanga Commission that bus company, Putco, may have set some of its own buses alight amid labour tensions, route disputes and mounting financial pressure. His claims came after the commission played footage of Putco buses being set alight in January 2025.

The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry has scrutinised a trail of payments between, Dr Tengane Ntuli and taxi boss Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni, as questions mount over their business dealings linked to the Moloto Road Construction project. Financial records presented to the commission show that Ntuli paid R100,000 into Sibanyoni’s account in July 2021, shortly after what Sibanyoni described as their first meeting.