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[Vanessa Govender @Govender_V]

A strong and succinct statement from the Norwood Chabad.
Good on Norwood Chabad!
Decent people, decent South Africans will distance themselves from discrimination and hate.
We are either here to build or break whether it is community or country.
We either for humanity or not whether in our country or the greater global community whoever they may be and wherever they may be!
These things do not come with terms and conditions!
It is always a choice!
🇿🇦

[The Hormuz Report @HormuzReport]

BREAKING: Iran has now directly imposed a 20% cargo-value fine on vessels violating its Strait of Hormuz rules — meaning a VLCC carrying around $200 million of oil could face a $40 million fine, per Fars News. If just 10 vessels are fined every week, that’s $400 million a week — or roughly $20.8 billion a year.

Iran’s Parliament National Security Commission approved the provisions. Ships violating the rules can also be temporarily seized until the fine is paid, with specialized maritime courts set to enforce the rules.

$20.8 billion a year would be more than the entire annual revenue of some major technology companies — though it is only a hypothetical figure based on 10 maximum-value fines every week. For scale, Apple reported about $416 billion in FY2025 revenue, while NVIDIA reported about $216 billion.

[Khangisa (Prof) @Siyakhangisa]

The devices have been taken.

Everyday cellphone. Tablet. State-issued laptop. Two unused phones. Handed over at his official residence, in front of staff and lawyers. Cooperative.

That is what cooperation looks like when you do not have a choice.

​​1. The warrant did not arrive by accident.​​

The KZN Political Killings Task Team executed it — after an earlier attempt had not succeeded. The second time, it worked.

Mchunu's team says he was notified in advance. The handover was orderly. Lawyers were present. That is the appearance of cooperation. But the fact that the warrant had to be attempted twice suggests the first time, something did not line up.

​​2. The letter is the charge.​​

31 December 2024. Mchunu directs the disbandment of the KZN Political Killings Task Team.

Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, the KZN Police Commissioner, goes public with accusations. The charge is defeating the ends of justice — not the letter itself, but what the letter was designed to do.

Mchunu's defense: it was a lawful ministerial decision. Should be tested in court, not through public accusation.

He is not wrong on the law. A police minister does have the authority to restructure units. But authority and motive are not the same thing. The investigation is not asking whether he could disband the task team. It is asking why he did.

​​3. The devices matter more than the handover.​​

Cooperating with a warrant is not the same as innocence. It is damage control.

The cellphone. The tablet. The laptop. Forensic examination will look at communications — who was contacted, when, about what. The two unused phones are interesting. Why were they unused? Were they ever intended for use? Were they part of an operation?

Forensics does not just read what is there. It reads what was deleted.

​​4. The Madlanga Commission context is the real story.​​

This seizure is happening while the Madlanga Commission is still hearing witnesses about criminal infiltration of the justice system. Joe Ferrari is testifying about networks with roots inside SAPS. Oupa Brown Mogotsi is in custody after testifying.

Mchunu's case is not separate from that ecosystem. It is central to it.

The question the commission is asking — and this investigation is asking in parallel — is whether a police minister used his lawful authority to protect people who should have been investigated.

​​5. The parliamentary committee already spoke.​​

Deliberations in 2026 found no proven corrupt agreement between Mchunu and alleged cartel figures. But they flagged governance and integrity concerns around how the task team was disbanded.

"Nothing proven" is not the same as "nothing happened." It means the evidence did not meet the threshold for a finding. It does not mean the suspicion was unfounded.

The criminal investigation is a different standard. Parliament finds on balance of probabilities. A court requires proof beyond reasonable doubt.

​​6. What the forensics will determine.​​

The devices are now with investigators. They will look for:

- Communications with individuals connected to cartel figures.
- Timing — who knew what, when, relative to the disbandment order.
- Whether the stated reason for disbandment matches the actual reason.

Mchunu said he has nothing to hide. The forensics will test that.

But here is the uncomfortable part: if the forensics find nothing exculpatory, the investigation moves toward charges. If they find something, it moves faster.

Either way, the devices have already spoken.

The only question is what they said.

[Iran Observer @IranObserver0]

⚡️BREAKING: Iranian State TV Confirmed that a Direct Meeting took place between Araghchi and Withkoff in New York

The meeting lasted Three Hours

Iran presented its Demands regarding the Opening of the Strait of Hormuz:

- The immediate lifting of the Naval Blockade
- The immediate release of all of Iran's Frozen a
Assets
- End to the war across All Fronts

[MEB40122141 SA1st -MEB @SaveS12943]

South Africa is in a heavy cycle - and the Madlanga Commission is at the centre of it.

1. The Big Five cartel / The Firm - Testimony describes a Gauteng-based syndicate allegedly involved in drug trafficking, contract killings, kidnapping, vehicle theft and tender fraud. Photos of 5 alleged members were shown on 2 September 2026 - including Katiso 'KT' Molefe who faces 30+ murder charges, and Vusimusi "Cat" Matlala, Tembisa businessman and owner of Medicare24. Matlala is in custody.

2. R360m police tender fraud - Medicare24 contract for surveillance equipment. After the first interim report in Dec 2025, 12 senior police officers were arrested on 24 March 2026. The Presidency confirmed prima facie evidence against 9 Ekurhuleni Metro Municipality employees and 5 high-ranking SAPS officials.

3. Second interim report - Aug 2026 - Recommended immediate criminal investigations and disciplinary action against Lt-Gen Shadrack Sibiya, and others, plus an off-the-books Crime Intelligence operation.

4. Organised crime ranking - On 2 Sept 2026 expert Dr Mark Shaw from Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime testified SA ranks 7th out of 193 countries for organised crime, homicide rate exceeding Colombia and Mexico, and Gqeberha ranked 3rd globally for territorial gang violence.

In short: It's no longer just about police corruption. The testimony is framing crime in SA as a political economy - syndicates, tenders, killings and political protection linked together. That's why many analysts are calling it the most important commission since Zondo.

[Sunflower @Sunflowerreal]

Tommorow when the commissioners say good morning Mr Sindane
Mr Sindane 👇🏿
#MadlangaCommission

[Jackie Phamotse @JackiePhamotse]

If you have now read The Big Five Cartel, you will fully understand what’s happening now! Especially about the human trafficking allegations!

[Qaanitah Hunter @QaanitahHunter]

A case of Crimen Injuria has been laid against businessman Rodney Plett after verbally abusing a motorist in Norwood Johannesburg.
Abdur Rahman Aziz recorded the man hurling racist and Islamophobia slurs against him.

[Khangisa (Prof) @Siyakhangisa]

The SIU showed up at PSiRA's doors with a warrant.

Not a request. Not a subpoena. A warrant.

That is what happens when an agency refuses to hand over the files.

Let me walk through what this operation means — and why it had to happen this way.

​​1. The SIU asked. PSiRA did not fully answer.​​

After Proclamation 316 was signed in June, the SIU requested documents. The response was incomplete. A full year's worth of records was missing.

So the SIU went to the Special Tribunal and got a warrant.

Search-and-seizure is not first resort. It is last resort. You do not raid an office because you want to. You raid it because cooperation failed. That the SIU had to get a warrant tells you something about PSiRA's posture: obstruction, whether deliberate or incompetent.

​​2. The money trail is ugly.​​

R130 million. UIF-funded. Election observer training, end-user computing, security grading upgrades for over 7,000 learners.

Started in 2019. Supposed to last six months. Ran for years.

R30 million paid upfront — before a single person was trained.

The Auditor-General flagged it. Forensic work flagged it. Parliament's police committee called for the CEO and CFO to be suspended.

And the outcome on the ground: 118 accredited certificates out of 7,000+ enrolled learners.

One hundred and eighteen.

The rest got nothing. No training. No stipends. No devices. But the money moved.

​​3. The Hawks are there too.​​

The DPCI — the Hawks — are assisting the SIU. That matters. The SIU handles civil recovery and administrative findings. The Hawks investigate criminal offences. Their presence suggests this is not just about recovering misspent funds. It is about whether anyone committed a crime.

Phones. Computers. Storage media. All seized. The SIU is not just taking paper files. They are taking digital trails.

​​4. PSiRA's position is peculiar.​​

PSiRA itself asked the SIU to investigate the service provider. That is either genuine self-cleansing — or preemptive positioning. If you invite the investigation, you shape its frame. You become the cooperating party rather than the subject.

But the SIU's warrant did not target only the service provider. It targeted PSiRA's own offices. The agency that invited the probe is the same agency whose records had to be seized by force.

Both things can be true.

​​5. Put this in the context of this week.​​

In the last seven days:

- A lieutenant general arrested for sexual offences against a minor.
- Masemola's PFMA charges withdrawn after five months of suspension.
- SIU proclamations for Buffalo City and Gauteng.
- AfriForum forcing NPA prosecutions of Malema and Mbalula.
- Joe Ferrari quoting scripture before the Madlanga Commission.

And now: a R130 million training scheme that trained 118 people out of 7,000, with a warrant-enforced raid to get the records.

This is not a corruption wave. This is what normal looks like when you stop looking away.

​​6. The question the warrant does not answer.​​

The SIU can recover funds. It can refer criminal evidence to the NPA. It can bring civil cases in the Special Tribunal.

But the SIU does not convict.

The real test is not what gets seized today. It is whether anyone is held accountable when the analysis is done.

Because R130 million and 118 certificates is not mismanagement.

It is a theft scheme so obvious that the Auditor-General saw it. Parliament saw it. Forensics saw it. And it still took a warrant to get the files.

[Sunflower @Sunflowerreal]

Oh Sgantsontso 😭

[Sowetan @Sowetan1981]

WATCH | Warrant Officer Nokwanda Mnguni, who has been with the police for five years, is stationed at the Bethlehem local criminal record centre, where she compiles facial composites from descriptions provided by complainants and witnesses.

Video: Nandi Ntini

[Africa Research Desk @MightiJamie]

Whoever recorded this video knew what they were doing.

[Bladen Wolf @SpookWolf21333]

A whole Church bishop having dinner at a strip club as if Sandton does not have strip clubs.

The Bible warns us about false prophets.

[Sunflower @Sunflowerreal]

Bishop once said this about General Mkhwanazi .

[Naseema @naseemak27]

The same Bishop Maumela in 2018 sexually harassing a married young lady. This is "the man of God" outside court declaring Sibiya innocent of sexual charges. 🤦‍♀️Filthy old men. 🤮Birds of a feather. 😡
NB. Courtesy Sowetan.

[إيران الأن @ozmos_2]

من مصادر مؤكدة: معلومات تصل لاستخبارات الحرس الثوري الايراني، قبل فوات الاوان... عن نية ترامب استهدف الرئيس الايراني او اختطافه، اثناء مشاركته في انعقاد الجمعية العامة للامم المتحدة

تم ارسال التحذير مباشرة الى طائرة الرئيس الايراني والتي كانت ماتزالت فوق اجواء دولة الجزائر، والتي هبطت مباشرة فور تلقي البلاغ..

انهم يتعاملون مع خصم غير نزيه، لايؤمن بأي أتفاقيات او معاهدات..

ايران لن ترسل رئيسها للمشاركة في قمة جمعية الامم المتخدة حتى تحصل على ضمانات دولية اكيدة

[Dr Nasiphi Moya @nasiphim]

We discovered a property on Church Street, Pretoria West, that's accommodating more than 50 Ghanaian nationals. The property has outstanding municipal accounts for water and electricity. The property owner could not be located.

We've disconnected water and Building Control has issued a 21-day notice for an illegal building structure. @CityTshwane

[Fakade @Fakade_C]

🚨 URGENT ALERT – HELP US IDENTIFY THESE TWO WOMEN 🚨
We are appealing to the public for assistance in identifying two women who are involved in a robbery case .21/09/2026

According to the information received, the two women drugged a car owner, stole his personal belongings...

[IRS Forensic Investigations @FraudWatchZA]

We need to talk more about the strip club on Rivonia Road. For far too long those in the know have referred to it as the Sandton office of Gauteng SAPS. A hotel linked to it has even housed a station commander and acting district commander; and relationships between senior police officers and Eastern European “dancers” have long been spoken about.

[IOL News @IOL]

Employment and Labour Deputy Minister Jomo Sibiya said about 200 foreign workers suspected of being undocumented were allegedly instructed not to report for duty at Africa Steel and Tube on the day of the inspection, adding that authorities will return to the company to consider possible action against the employer.
📷: Wendy Dondolo / IOL

#JomoSibiya #UndocumentedWorkers #CompanyInspection #EmployerAction