TOP HEADLINES
- Parliament’s legal team clears Madonsela despite Ramaphosa’s objection — the president’s bid to block the legal advice on the Section 89 process fails.
- ANC calls for an independent investigation into the alleged “slush fund” as internal party pressure mounts.
- Hawks boss Godfrey Lebeya “can’t recall” being told where the 541kg cocaine haul was stored; denies knowing about the Port Shepstone drug facility and denies any relationship with Marimuthu.
- SIU uncovers R600m allegedly siphoned by the Govindraju syndicate in Tembisa Hospital tender fraud — the arrest could finally expose the kingpins.
- Eskom’s R30.3bn profit rebound faces new risks from mounting municipal debt, as Cape Town seals its first deals to buy power below Eskom rates.
MADLANGA / JUSTICE
- Feroz Khan is a no-show at the Madlanga Commission as his lawyers seek a postponement; his urgent Labour Court bid to stop his dismissal fails, and lawyers warn a medical exam could worsen his condition.
- Zuma Foundation to lay a criminal case against Justice Sisi Khampepe — calls her ruling a “narrow loss” as the fight shifts to SAPS and the JSC.
- Ramaphosa appoints SIU powerhouse Leonard Lekgetho as the unit’s permanent head.
WHY IT MATTERS
Accountability pressure is building on three fronts — Parliament vs the presidency on legal advice, Hawks boss Lebeya under scrutiny over a 541kg cocaine haul, and the SIU closing in on Tembisa Hospital’s R600m tender syndicate — while Eskom’s record profit masks a municipal-debt time bomb.