A mid-testimony walkout from a parliamentary corruption hearing has landed forensic investigator Paul O'Sullivan in seriously hot water with multiple political parties.
O'Sullivan bailed on the hearing mid-session
Paul O'Sullivan ditched an ad hoc committee probing police corruption, claiming he had a flight to catch.
EFF leader Julius Malema and MK Party's David Skosana confronted him before he left.
O'Sullivan reportedly snapped back with a curt response and bounced without authorization.
Committee chairperson Soviet Lekganyane called the departure shocking and disruptive.
EFF wants him arrested for contempt
EFF MP Lee-Anne Mathys labeled the walkout a straight-up criminal act.
She pushed for the Speaker to take immediate action...
A contested confession could make or break the murder case against a Limpopo pig farmer accused of killing two women and feeding their remains to livestock.
Trial within a trial over the confession
Zachariah Olivier's defense argues his police confession violated basic constitutional rights.
Olivier allegedly never got access to a legal advisor before signing the statement.
Judge Gerrit Muller is weighing whether the confession gets tossed entirely.
Without it, prosecutors would need to lean hard on forensic and witness evidence.
What happened on that farm in August 2024
Three Zimbabwean women went to Olivier's farm near Polokwane looking for discarded food.
Maria Makgato and Lucia Ndlovu were fatally shot, and their bodies got...
A frozen policy rate signals that Botswana's central bank is playing it safe while the diamond industry keeps dragging the whole economy down.
Bank of Botswana holds rates at 3.5%
Governor Lesego Moseki's MPC kept the Monetary Policy Rate parked at 3.5% on 26 February.
Standing Deposit and Credit Facility rates stayed locked at 2.5% and 4.5%.
Commercial banks got told not to hike their prime lending rates.
Some lenders quietly widened margins anyway, and the Bank is pushing back.
Inflation is behaving, but risks loom
Headline inflation nudged up to 4.1% in January 2026 from 3.9% in December.
That figure still sits comfortably inside the 3%-6% target band.
Forecasts peg it at 4.5% for 2026 and 4.7% for 2027.
Electricity tariff hikes...
A brand-new deputy executive mayor position just got filled for the first time in Johannesburg's history, and the ANC locked it down without any competition.
Loyiso Masuku wins the gig unopposed
Loyiso Masuku snagged Johannesburg's first-ever Deputy Executive Mayor title.
Her election went down during an ordinary council sitting.
The IEC oversaw the whole process for transparency.
No other candidates even stepped up to challenge her.
Masuku's political resume is stacked
Masuku chairs the ANC's Greater Johannesburg region since December 2025.
She previously ran the Finance portfolio on the Mayoral Committee.
Her old finance role got dissolved and folded into the deputy mayor's office.
Revenue collection and trimming wasteful spending...
A botched municipal hiring riddled with legal violations and an inflated salary package is dragging the Metsimaholo Local Municipality into yet another governance fiasco.
ANC caucus targets a senior director
Councillor Fikile Mosokweni filed a motion against Mr. EM Sediane's appointment.
Sediane landed the Organisational Development gig back in April 2025.
His hiring allegedly torched multiple regulatory requirements.
Mosokweni's motion wants the council's original approval axed.
The selection panel fell apart mid-process
A five-member panel got assembled in October 2024 for the role.
Only four members bothered to show up for the December shortlisting.
January interviews ran with just three panelists present.
Regulations demand...
A multi-billion-shilling hotel belonging to Governor Susan Kihika's husband is rising right next to Nakuru's State House, and Parliament noticed.
Sam Mburu finally spoke up
Sam Mburu confirmed that he and Susan Kihika bankroll the Encore Hotel.
His statement came after intense parliamentary scrutiny over the project.
Mburu insists every regulatory approval was secured before construction.
Security concerns about the State House's proximity were dismissed.
What the Encore Hotel will pack
Two hundred and five rooms span deluxe to presidential-suite tiers.
Twenty-three meeting rooms and a grand ballroom handle conferences.
A 3,500-square-meter garden covers weddings and outdoor exhibitions.
Spa, wellness center, pool, and gourmet...
An Sh80 billion cooperation deal between Nairobi County and the national government just got grilled hard by the Senate.
Sakaja's pitch to the Senate committee
Johnson Sakaja defended the agreement as legally sound on Wednesday.
He compared Nairobi's Sh45 billion budget to Paris's Sh1.5 trillion.
Seven million residents versus two million in the French capital.
Cooperation, not power surrender, was his core argument.
Why he says Nairobi needs this deal
Standard county funding cannot sustain a capital-city mandate.
Sh1 billion already dropped for classroom construction projects.
A Sh50 billion Nairobi River and sewer rehab project is underway.
Sakaja argued that street lighting is a national-security responsibility.
NMS comparisons...
A full-blown opposition counter-offensive just landed on President William Ruto after he dismissed his rivals as politically irrelevant.
Gachagua went straight for the jugular
Rigathi Gachagua accused the administration of ordering protesters to be hot.
His DCP party is spearheading the United Opposition's rebuttal.
Selling off public assets was called out as Ruto's legacy.
Gachagua framed extra-judicial killings as the president's record.
The privatization fight is getting heated
United Opposition vowed to block the government's sell-off plans.
Kalonzo Musyoka called the privatization agenda reckless and dangerous.
Musyoka specifically warned Vodafone against Ruto-tied deals.
National sovereignty concerns are driving the pushback...
A 25-year-old man died after allegedly being thrown from a moving Super Metro bus on the Kitengela-Namanga Highway.
What happened that night
Joseph Mureithi was allegedly ejected from bus KDK 060H.
His family claims the vehicle then ran over him and fled.
Mureithi was rushed to Shalom Hospital but arrived dead.
Boda boda riders intercepted the bus after witnessing the incident.
Super Metro's official response
Super Metro confirmed it is cooperating with law enforcement.
An internal review of company protocols is already underway.
The firm expressed condolences to Mureithi's grieving family.
The National Transport and Safety Authority is part of the probe.
Where things stand with the investigation
Both the driver and conductor are...
