🔒I could not take him to court, says Masemola on obeying Mchunu’s ‘unlawful’ orders. Madlanga said Masemola should have qualified his answer to the commission that he would not obey an unlawful instruction unless the “minister breathes down my neck.” businesslive.co.za/bd/national/20…

Revealed — music publishing giants implicated in report on R62m irregular royalty claims at Samro dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-0…

‘False narrative and encroachment’ — Masemola on Mchunu’s sudden Political Killings Task Team disbandment dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-0…

Lost-and-found Makhanda water pump — residents to finally get it back, with an even heftier price tag dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-0…

🔒CHRIS ROPER: F**k being polite in this f**ked-up world. Why bother to observe the niceties of restrained speech when the only way you can get anyone’s attention nowadays is with a stream of expletives? businesslive.co.za/fm/features/20… via BusinessLIVE

It's difficult to imagine Trump ruling any country other than America. If he did, he would be an international pariah. But because he is the President of the United States, foreign leaders are forced to pretend that he isn't an absolute lunatic. It's really something

I genuinely don’t think the US will ever recover from this global embarrassment. He is beyond parody.

Dithering Ramaphosa may have to testify before policing inquiries dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-0…

🔒Commission told of three brown envelopes for police, magistrate and prosecutor. National police commissioner Gen Fannie Masemola says allegations of bribery are being investigated and have yet to be proven businesslive.co.za/bd/national/20… # via BusinessLIVE

They are entering no war zone, no security zone. They are sailing in international waters, suffering criminal harassment akin to piracy, and heading for a site of genocide on a land that Israel is illegally occupying - and which the International Court of Justice, in June 2024,

Mary Robinson, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, tells Channel 4 News that ‘the United States is complicit in this famine and unfolding genocide’ in Gaza through its support of Israel.

“Genocide is the crime of doing what Israel does while not being Israeli”

As always, great analysis. I agree, a serious misreading of the judgement.

What striking here is the divide between public and elite opinion. The reality that the majority of the contry recognizes is denied by the media, academic, and political elite.

Living in hope and holding thumbs.

Danie Botha is nog hier... vir eers netwerk24.com/nuus/mense/dan…

KPMG-werknemer stuur e-pos oor ‘wegraping’ aan duisende in firma netwerk24.com/nuus/aktueel/k…

🔒Ebrahim Fakir | The crumbling city: Joburg demands more than technocratic fixes news24.com/opinions/frida…

ConCourt asked to redefine ‘consent’ in sexual offences cases dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-0…

Nelson Mandela Bay metro runs up a loss of R1.58bn — and can’t even pay its phone bill dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-0…