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News today includes as former head of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (Idac), Andrea Johnson, has struggled to explain certain actions taken by the institution she headed, despite having signed off on their authorisation. Meanwhile, Nigeria has urged South Africa to do more to prevent xenophobic attacks on African migrants, as the two countries meet this week to try to cool tensions. Furthermore, the legal woes surrounding former celebrity attorney Peet Viljoen and his wife, Mel Viljoen, continue to mount.

Weather tomorrow: 29 July, 2026 Disruptive rain and snow have been forecast for parts of the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, with very cold weather expected in southern Free State and along the Lesotho borders on Wednesday, 29 July. Stay up to date with The Citizen – More News, Your Way. ‘Hidden hand?’ Andrea Johnson doesn’t know why Idac was probing PKTT Head of Crime Intelligence General Dumisani Khumalo.

Picture: Nigel Sibanda/The Citizen Former head of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (Idac), Andrea Johnson, has struggled to explain certain actions taken by the institution she headed, despite having signed off on their authorisation. On Tuesday, Johnson returned to the commission to respond to allegations that Idac unlawfully operates outside of its mandate and that it pursued a criminal case against Crime Intelligence head Dumisani Khumalo and other officials at Crime Intelligence. While it was initially said that an affidavit by National Coloured Congress (NCC) leader Fadiel Adams had prompted the investigation into, and subsequent arrest of, Crime Intelligence officials, the commissioners said it appeared there was another force behind the investigations.

This is because Johnson also signed a subpoena pertaining to other Crime Intelligence appointments. CONTINUE READING: ‘Hidden hand?’ Andrea Johnson doesn’t know why Idac was probing PKTT A failed succession project? Zuma’s MK party ‘becoming more and more a one-man show’ Former president Jacob Zuma.

Picture: Gallo Images/Sharon Seretlo The latest shake-up inside the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party has raised questions about democratic processes, accountability, and cronyism within the party. This comes after the party on Monday announced that it has taken away powers from its Presidential Task Team (PTT), which was the highest decision-makin…