CONCOURT to hear Magudumana's extradition challenge
According to reports, the Constitutional Court is set to hear Nandipha Magudumana's challenge over the legality of his return to South Africa from Tanzania in April 2023. EWN. Magudumana was arrested in April 2023 while on the run in Arusha with her boyfriend and partner, Thabo Bester. What followed was Bester's dramatic escape from Mangaung Correctional Centre. Magudumana took his extradition fight to the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in 2025. The court rejected her application, ruling that she failed to show that the police acted unlawfully. The court also accepted the South African authorities' statement that he was arrested by Tanzanian authorities for violating immigration laws, not by the South African Police Service (SAPS). Magudumana is now asking South Africa's Constitutional Court to declare his arrest and transfer unlawful.
Parties given deadline to nominate members to Ramaphosa impeachment committee
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According to reports, political parties represented in the Parliament of South Africa have until Friday, May 22, 2026, to submit the names of their members who will serve on the impeachment committee. sabc news. The 31-member impeachment committee will investigate President Cyril Ramaphosa over the so-and-so scandal. The committee follows a landmark ruling by the Constitutional Court of South Africa directing Parliament to establish an impeachment inquiry based on prima facie evidence linking Ramaphosa to the 2020 theft of foreign currency from his Phala Phala farm. National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza has met with chief whips of various political parties regarding the composition of the 31-member committee.
Teen left traumatized after witnessing murder of family on N1 near Bela-Bela
Concerns have been raised about the mental health of a 14-year-old boy who crushed both his parents and one-year-old brother to death on the N1 highway near Bela-Bela, according to reports. EWN. The tragedy began when the boy's father was hit while crossing the highway. His mother, Beauty Shoperaai, reached the spot on a Zimbabwe-bound bus carrying her one-year-old son on her back. However, a vehicle carrying Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi fatally hit the two. Shoprai and his son died at the accident site. Family members say the teenager is in deep shock and needs immediate psychological help. The Independent Police Investigative Directorate is investigating both incidents as the drivers involved are members of the South African Police Service. The family's focus is on raising funds to bring their loved ones back to Zimbabwe and bury them.