Group Forensics News Today

The Sheriff of the Gauteng high court aimed to effect a 30-day warrant of arrest on City of Johannesburg municipal manager Floyd Brink.

Advocate Ishmael Semenya implicates City of Joburg's GFIS in the Usindiso Building fire tragedy at Commission of Inquiry.

A DA court challenge against Floyd Brink’s reappointment as city manager was struck off the roll due to a lack of urgency.

The ANC/EFF/PA coalition in the City of Johannesburg council has reappointed city manager Floyd Brink in defiance of a high court ruling.

Brink ascended to the position during a chaotic council meeting in February, despite having been censured in a forensic investigation commissioned by the city’s Group Forensics and Investigation Services (GFIS) into the Department of Public Safety’s procurement of handheld devices and CCTV equi...

The Commission of Inquiry into the Usindiso Building fire is expected to hold

In the aftermath of the devastating Marshalltown fire, there is a growing need to rethink Johannesburg’s future. Daily Maverick’s Ferial Haffajee, together with human rights activist Andy Chinnah and architect Heather Dodd, discussed the challenges facing the inner city and some steps required...

The 80 Albert Street fire has led to more commitments from the City of Johannesburg and Gauteng government, but no tangible, plans.

When I became mayor of Johannesburg in August 2016, 643 hijacked buildings while the city had a housing backlog of 300,000 units.

Nearly five years ago, a bogus landlord was jailed for illegally collecting rent from tenants at the City of Johannesburg’s building at 80 Albert Street where more than 140 undocumented foreign nationals lived.