South Africa needs to do some serious soul-searching. The question before us is not simply whether procedures were broken, but whether our institutions have become so hollowed out that they can be wielded as political weapons. How did politicians know about an arrest warrant of General Masemola in advance, when we can now see, with the benefit of hindsight, that it was defective and driven by improper motives?
That prior knowledge cannot be dismissed as a coincidence. It raises a deeply troubling possibility: that the warrant was never a good-faith legal instrument, but a political hit job dressed in legal robes—procured precisely to be leaked, precisely to inflict maximum reputational harm. If that is true, we are not dealing with an isolated lapse, but with the weaponisation of law enforcement, where state power is deployed not to serve justice, but to make way for the criminal syndicates so that they can thrive and to deal with political opponents.
That kind of rot does not grow overnight. It thrives where oversight is weak, where public trust is taken for granted, and where silence is mistaken for consent. The soul-searching South Africa needs is a collective reckoning with what we have allowed to become normal—the casual abuse of process, the blurring of the line between state and faction, and the quiet acceptance that power protects itself. We must ask not only who leaked what to whom, but why so many are willing to look away.
I hope you watched the Madlanga Commission today.
@tumisole She must be thrown to prison on those hospital gowns together with her friends @GovernmentZA@NPA_Prosecutes are dragging their feet on real person's of interests including that real criminal who plays with Mam Winnie's name
@misumuzi_4 Same thing he did with Senona and Cat. Now he's coming back at Madlanga to give details on the covert operation he performed to infiltrate them.
@eliotchauke1 General Mkhwanazi has explained in the adhoc committee that the evidence at a time couldn't find Khan guilty, therefore we must give him applause that he treated the matter fairly. Also you must understand that organized crime syndicates are not stupid hence they were able to hid
@Malatjie_@Sunflowerreal He's well trained at evasion skills as a member of the elite unit (STF), hence he confused the hell out of us. I believe that was another reason he had to be taken down by his ex colleagues and Gen Mkwanazi.
[FRAUD-RELATED CHARGES WORTH R27 MILLION]
Petrus Jacobus Viljoen (57) today appeared briefly at the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court. He is facing a total of 400 counts of fraud worth R27 million, corruption, theft, uttering and forgery.
It is alleged that from January to March 2010, the accused and five other suspects who have not yet appeared before the court, fraudulently sold 46 properties belonging to the City of Joburg (COJ) to unsuspecting individuals and / or companies without the knowledge of COJ. To transfer the properties, the accused forged documents, including sales agreements, resolutions of City of COJ and Joburg Property Company (PTY) Ltd, power of attorney to transfer properties, affidavits and applications in terms of sections 68 (1) of the regulations under the Deeds Act 47 of 1937. Furthermore, it is alleged that the accused paid a deputy registrar employed by the Department of Land Affairs, gratification to register the transfer deeds of the properties.
This was discovered after the COJ conducted an audit on its immovable assets and noticed the discrepancies, and applied at the Johannesburg High Court to have their properties returned back to the city. The application was granted by the court and the properties were returned to the COJ.
After criminal investigations by the police, Viljoen was arrested in 2010 and appeared at the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court. However, the matter was set to start de novo in front of a different magistrate at the SCCU. Just before the matter was re-enrolled in court, Viljoen left the country in May 2025 and was re-arrested on 16 June 2026 at the OR Tambo International Airport after he was deported from the United States of America.
In court, the matter was postponed to 26 June 2026 for bail investigations and bail application. The state intends to oppose his release on bail.
@azania1023@Dzungie007@GovernmentZA The country is at the verge of burning if you don't see that and @Khu_Ntshavheni Please read the mood before you address people. This is no joke.. I'm really getting worried now!
@GovernmentZA I'm sure you are aware that majority of South Africans did not receive the speech positively if you really analyse the public mood, therefore he must do the will of the people of South Africa or else things are really going to get out of hand.
@iDiskiTimes I blame it on @orlandopirates management for this recycled coach. Please bring back Micho if you can't find us a coach, otherwise we will see flames next season