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MAKEKASIGREAT©®™ @KASIBC_AFRICA ONLINE EDITOR @KASIBC_AFRICA SAPS OPERATIONS SHANELA  PRETORIA - Between 27 July and 2 August 2025, the South African Police Service (SAPS), recorded significant victories against organised crime and high-impact offences through intelligence-led and coordinated operations across provinces led to the arrest of 17 054 suspects. This week, Shanela operations effected the following arrests across the provinces: • 2 911 wanted suspects were arrested for serious and violent crimes such as murder, attempted murder, car hijackings, rape, house and business robbery • 179 for murder with KZN with 38 followed by GP with 36 • 266 suspects for rape and KZN leading at 104 arrests • 1 763 for assault GHB during this period • 246 for dealing in drugs • 2 406 for possession of drugs, WC leading with 1 645 • 15 suspects for human trafficking Confiscations and Recoveries: • 1 805 rounds of ...

MAKEKASIGREAT©®™ @KASIBC_AFRICA ONLINE EDITOR @KASIBC_AFRICA Gauteng Premier Panyaza suspends Community Safety HOD and CFO  Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has suspended the Head of Department (HOD), Ms. Nontsikelelo Sisulu, and the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Mr. Mduduzi Malope, of the Gauteng Department of Community Safety with immediate effect, as of 5 August 2025.  The suspensions follow the conclusion of a forensic investigation by the Provincial Forensic Audit Unit within the Office of the Premier, which uncovered financial irregularities in the department. This prompted the Premier to intervene to safeguard the department’s integrity.  The suspensions are a precautionary measure to ensure fair and unbiased investigations. “The provincial government is committed to restoring public trust by upholding the highest standards of integrity.  We maintain a zerotolerance stance against corruption and misconduct. Through proactive and corrective measures, we will str...

MAKEKASIGREAT©®™ @KASIBC_AFRICA ONLINE EDITOR @KASIBC_AFRICA Minister Motshekga appearance at Joint Committee  The Democratic Alliance has written to the National Assembly House Chairperson, as a way to escalate the failure of the Joint Standing Committee on Defence to hold a meeting for Parliament to finally do its job and get to the bottom of what happened to the missing R813 million, that is unaccounted for by the SANDF. Minister Motshekga has not been to Parliament to account for the DRC calamity for months, and she is being shielded from this by committee chairpersons who refuse to call her to account. The Joint Standing Committee on Defence continues to fail to secure Minister Motshekga’s appearance, as Committee Chairperson Malusi Gigaba of the ANC now refuses to call her to come to Committee. Minister Motshekga simply must account for the R813 million allocated to the payment of SANDF deployment allowances, which is “missing or unaccounted for” but until Gigaba forces her t...

MAKEKASIGREAT©®™ @KASIBC_AFRICA ONLINE EDITOR @KASIBC_AFRICA Ad Hoc Committee to Investigate the Capture of Law Enforcement Agencies The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) notes the convening of the newly established Ad Hoc Committee in the National Assembly, set to begin its work on Tuesday, 5 August 2025, to investigate the serious allegations of corruption, criminal syndicate infiltration, and political interference in South Africa’s law enforcement agencies.  This Ad Hoc Committee follows the EFF’s consistent and principled intervention in Parliament calling for an urgent and transparent parliamentary investigation into the explosive revelations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, LieutenantGeneral Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.  We welcome the National Assembly’s unanimous resolution to establish the committee, as a necessary first step in unearthing the rot that has destroyed the very foundations of justice and accountability in this country.  The committee's mandate inclu...

MAKEKASIGREAT©®™ @KASIBC_AFRICA ONLINE EDITOR @KASIBC_AFRICA ANC trade policy paralysis continues amidst looming US tariffs The interventions announced by Ministers Parks Tau and Ronald Lamola earlier today demonstrate that neither will take accountability for the 30% tariff imposed on South African exports to the United States of America in the absence of a solid trade deal. Whereas our Southern African Development Community (SADC) neighbours have managed to negotiate their tariffs down to 15%, Ministers Tau and Lamola have left South African businesses and exporters vulnerable and exposed to the ongoing trade war. This diplomatic negligence and trade paralysis on South Africa’s part demands an urgent shift in attitude and approach on both accounts. Interestingly, the interventions announced demonstrate that it is indeed possible for the ANC to rapidly cut the red tape that is strangling South African business. The measures such as the limited block exemption under the Competition Act...

MAKEKASIGREAT©®™ @KASIBC_AFRICA   ONLINE EDITOR @KASIBC_AFRICA  EFF 30% TARIFFS HIKE BY AMERICA The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) notes the statement issued by the South African government in response to the unilateral imposition of 30% tariffs by the United States.  However, we reject this statement as weak, impotent, and inconsequential. The joint statement by the Minister of International Relations and the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, is a reactionary utterance that reflects poor preparation and a deep lack of understanding of the shifting global geopolitical terrain. The government’s failure to anticipate and adequately respond to these developments is a direct result of its incoherent, ideologically bankrupt foreign and economic policies. The coalition of neoliberal parties in government cannot act decisively because they are constantly at war with each other and have no shared vision for national economic security. We reiterate that the South ...

MAKEKASIGREAT©®™ @KASIBC_AFRICA ONLINE EDITOR @KASIBC_AFRICA DEPARTMENT GOES DIGITAL TO IMPROVE MANAGEMENT OF NPO APPLICATIONS AND PAYMENTS  In keeping with the times and harnessing technology to improve efficiencies and to enhance the service delivery machinery, the Gauteng Department of Social Development is going digital. The Department is implementing the game-changing electronic NPO funding management system (Grantor) to process and pay claims from NPOs, and going forward, the applications for funding and submission of business plans and subsequent issue of SLAs will be done through the Grantor system.  The Department is bidding goodbye to the old days of paperwork. MEC Faith Mazibuko will host mandatory workshops and system awareness sessions across all five provincial corridors to help NPOs master this powerful new tool.  Starting tomorrow until Friday, the Department will be going to all 5 corridors of Gauteng to introduce and to workshop NPOs about the new grou...

MAKEKASIGREAT©®™ @KASIBC_AFRICA ONLINE EDITOR @KASIBC_AFRICA Premier Panyaza Lesufi gives an update on release of forensic investigations reports  Ladies and gentlemen of the media, good morning. Welcome to our media briefing, where we are releasing the findings of concluded forensic investigation reports finalised by the Provincial Forensic Audit Unit in the Office of the Premier. This forms part of our broader commitment to transparent and accountable governance in Gauteng.  This latest consignment follows an earlier public release that took place on 24 June 2025, where we made public the outcomes of 47 forensic reports. It reaffirms the Gauteng Provincial Government’s dedication to transparency, accountability, and the fight against corruption and maladministration. Corruption continues to be one of the country's most pressing challenges, undermining effective governance and sustainable development. While Gauteng is not exempt from this issue, the province has demonstrated ...