The Economic Freedom Fighters has leveled corruption accusations against Tswelopele Local Municipality in Free State, targeting Mayor Kenalemang Phukuntsi and Supply Chain Management Manager Kennedy Lebitsa. The party claims Lebitsa violated hiring protocols by applying for the position immediately after auditing the municipality, despite lacking the required experience. He received a written warning from the Auditor-General but began work on July 1, 2025.
The EFF questions potential nepotism between Phukuntsi and Security Head Terence Edwin Gubanxa, alleging they share an address. The party has demanded transparency regarding suspended officials and irregular spending, citing past audits that revealed R59 million in questionable...
Police in Pretoria are investigating after residents discovered two cousins shot dead along a roadside in Mamelodi East on Sunday morning. Tshiamo Moramaga, 22, and Baleseng Moramaga, 21, were found with gunshot wounds to their heads on Sompisi Street in Extension 17, Mahube Valley, around 6 a.m. Gauteng police spokesperson Tintswalo Sibeko said authorities have made no arrests and identified no suspects, with the motive remaining unclear.
The victims' mother described the pain as unbearable while family members demanded swift justice for the young women. Captain Johan van Dyk said forensic teams are examining evidence and interviewing witnesses as investigators explore all possibilities. Police asked anyone who noticed suspicious...
An invasive plant threatens Queen Elizabeth National Park after destroying 40 percent of the grasslands that wildlife depends on for food and breeding. The sicklebush spreads rapidly, forming dense thickets that block animal migration routes and force herbivores to leave protected areas in search of grazing land. Park officials said 7,961 hectares have been lost since the species appeared in 2014.
Uganda Wildlife Authority cleared 765 hectares through manual removal, which costs 4 million shillings per hectare and requires teams of 25 workers to uproot plants over four days. The park needs more than 43 billion shillings to eliminate remaining infestations before habitats disappear completely. Officials tried bulldozers and biological...
Ntungamo district suspended its top human resources officer for the second time this year after prosecutors accused her of illegally adding health workers to the government payroll. Chief Administrative Officer Fidelis Kiiza ordered Jennifer Muhirwe to surrender her position by October 27, following a police investigation into the unauthorized reinstatement of six medical staff members who had abandoned their posts for more than a decade.
Authorities claim Muhirwe exploited a salary increase for scientists to return the workers to active duty without proper authorization. The suspended officer controls documents that investigators need to complete their inquiry, creating a conflict that prompted her removal from office. Police...
The executive director of the Uganda National Bureau of Standards asked the High Court to stop a corruption investigation he claims violates legal procedure and natural justice. James Nkamwesiga Kasigwa filed a petition after Trade Minister Francis Mwebesa ordered an inquiry into allegations of misconduct and directed him to take forced leave, effective October 15. The director argues that the minister lacks the authority to suspend him under bureau regulations and that the minister acts as accuser and judge in the same case.
Kasigwa said the National Standards Council cannot conduct an impartial probe because the minister who appointed its members also has the power to remove them. He wants investigators from independent agencies...
Gulu University arrested four men on Saturday who tried to take entrance exams for medical students using fake identification cards. Examiners spotted the fraud when photographs on forged national IDs failed to match the appearance of suspects who showed up for the mature-age pre-entry tests.
University spokesman James Ojok Onono said the men admitted they obtained counterfeit documents from Nassar Road in Kampala. The fake IDs bore the names of registered candidates while displaying pictures of the impostors who attempted the examinations. Investigators detained Enoch Ssempija, Lawrence Mukiibi, Hama Abaho, and Williams Aine at the campus police station.
Officials said 302 applicants qualified to sit for the tests that allow Ugandans...
Alliance for National Transformation presidential candidate Mugisha Muntu promised to rebuild the tea industry if voters elect him in the upcoming national polls. The retired major general told supporters in Kyenjojo district on Friday that Ugandan tea should fetch prices comparable to those of products from Kenya and Rwanda at East African auctions. He blamed the government for ignoring farmers while factories face payment delays and outdated equipment that force growers to quit the sector.
Muntu called corruption the main barrier to progress and said officials protect wrongdoers while money meant for roads, teachers and hospitals disappears. He pledged transparent leadership that supports agriculture and balanced growth. Residents...
Authorities seized more than 150,000 anti-retroviral drug doses and arrested a military officer and nurse accused of stealing medicine from a government health center in Mubende district. The National Drug Authority recovered the supplies at a private home in Sembabule district, where officials also found 3,000 anti-malaria treatments and 12,500 testing kits marked as property not meant for sale.
Lance Corporal Jimmy Kisembo worked as a laboratory technician at Kabamba health center and was taken into custody with Mayi Musoke, who managed Makore health center. Spokesman Abiaz Rwamwiri said enforcement operations since 2019 led to 60 arrests and recovered stolen drugs worth more than 13 billion shillings.
The suspects face charges of...
A Kampala court awarded 10 million shillings to a man who was held for 10 days without being brought before a judge. Frank Byansi was arrested on January 28, 2024, along Bulenga road and spent time at facilities in Kireka and Nateete before officers released him after he deposited a land sale agreement as bond. He claimed authorities tortured him and broke his arm while demanding he return disputed money tied to fraud allegations.
Justice Bernard Nahamya ruled the extended custody violated constitutional protections requiring suspects to appear in court within 48 hours of arrest. The judge ordered the Attorney General to pay damages and legal costs, but rejected claims of torture after hospital records showed no doctor by the name...
