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31/05/2026

31/05/2026

Dr Imogen Mashazi is the disgraced former City Manager of South Africa's City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, currently at the centre of high-profile corruption, municipal capture, and undeclared luxury funding investigations. She made history in December 2016 as the first woman appointed to the role, serving until her contentious retirement and special leave exit in mid-2025.

🚨 The R3.5 Million Private Jet Scandal: Investigative reports by News24 revealed that taxi industry powerbroker and businessman Ze Nxumalo bankrolled a R3.5-million private jet charter for Mashazi and her friends to go on a three-day luxury shopping spree in London in July 2022. Mashazi failed to declare this massive gift in clear violation of city policies. Within a year of the jaunt, one of her travel companions secured a lucrative municipal diesel supply contract.

The Madlanga Commission Referral: She has been referred for further criminal investigation by the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry into police capture. She is accused of shielding corrupt officials—specifically suspended Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi—from disciplinary action. Under oath, she admitted failing to act on recommendations by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate.

31/05/2026

I wonder ba kae nou so🤣🤣

30/05/2026

We are here

28/05/2026

CHIEF WHIP OF uMKHONTO weSIZWE PARTY HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF FRAUD].

uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party chief whip Mmabatho Mokoena-Zondi has been arrested on charges of fraud.
On Thursday, 28 May 2026, a 46-year-old chief whip of MK party was served with a warrant of arrest in connection with acts of fraud.

It is alleged that during August 2024 to December 2024, the suspect headhunted and recruited four individuals into the party as researchers, and during their employment she demanded payments under the pretext that it was for the legal costs of the President of the same party. They were forced to pay fifty to sixty percent of their salaries.

In total, the suspect defrauded the members of approximately R233 317.99.

The suspect is to make her first appearance in the Cape Magistrate’s Court today, 28 May 2026.


https://www.saps.gov.za/newsroom/ms.php

28/05/2026

On 27 May 2026, South African border authorities executed one of the largest drug busts in recent memory at the Beitbridge Port of Entry, intercepting a consignment worth nearly R1 billion. The Border Management Authority (BMA) discovered 713 kilograms (713,000 grams) of methaqualone, which is a vital precursor chemical used to manufacture Mandrax.

Key Details of the May 2026 Bust the Vehicle:

A truck travelling from Malawi, destined for South Africa.

The Discovery:

A non-intrusive cargo scan first flagged suspicious materials, leading to an extensive eight-hour physical search by officials.

Arrests:

Law enforcement officials arrested three individuals. They are currently detained at the Musina Police Station ahead of their court appearance.

Collaborating Agencies:

The operation was driven by the BMA’s National Border Targeting Centre alongside the South African Police Service (SAPS) K-9 Unit and the Hawks.

28/05/2026

What a joke!!

28/05/2026

Bafana Bafana Squad going to the World Cup 2026 🔥🔥🔥

28/05/2026

Bapedi Royal House Dispute (May 2026): A JCC inquiry led by retired Justice Chris Jafta found that Phatudi prima facie abused his judicial powers. He allegedly entertained a one-sided (ex parte) urgent application regarding a traditional leadership dispute while the matter was pending before the Supreme Court of Appeal, blocking the opposing side from a timely hearing. He faces a recommended conduct tribunal, which could lead to impeachment.Conflict of Interest Sanction (November 2025): The JCC found him guilty of gross misconduct for failing to recuse himself from land dispute cases in 2017 and 2021. The cases involved a client he had previously represented as an attorney in 2013. Chief Justice Mandisa Maya ordered him to issue a written apology.

Phatudi, in his response to the complaint, denied this.

But Jafta said he had been “silent on the evidently wrong process” that was followed.

“When regard is had to the numerous strange features in the matter which are not explained by the Judge President, it cannot be said that the allegation is fanciful.

“If the Judge President was persuaded by [Manyaku’s] argument, something he does not say in his response, he would have been shown to be grossly incompetent.

“It has never happened that the suspension of an order under appeal is taken to mean that the appellant can go back to court of first instance and relitigate the same dispute which is the subject of the appeal, while that appeal is pending. This is unprecedented and it is remarkable that it has happened here,” he said.

“Obstacles after another appear to have been placed in the path of the complainants to prevent reconsideration of [Phatudi’s] order.

“Phatudi saw nothing wrong in the matter despite the flashing red lights,” Jafta said.

“What these facts reveal is nothing but a judicial backsliding that was orchestrated by Mrs Manyaku Thulare. What is most concerning is that she was enabled by Phatudi and his colleagues, to undermine the administration of justice in the most serious way.

“If the enabling was deliberate, these judges may be guilty of gross misconduct. But if it was inadvertent, then they may well be guilty of gross incompetence,” Jafta said.

These issues could only be determined by a tribunal, he said.

Notably, the SCA had delivered its judgment on the appeal, remitting it back to the High Court for the hearing of oral evidence. Of significance was the fact that it had ordered that no Limpopo judge who had at any stage adjudicated on the issue, could hear the matter.

Jafta said the reason for the “unusual order” had not been explained but the SCA, but it would not have made such an order without good reason.

In November 2025, Phatudi was found guilty of misconduct for presiding in a case he was involved in while he was an attorney.

He was ordered to apologise to the complainant and submit himself to a reprimand from the Chief Justice.

Source:Groudup -Tania Broughton