EPISODE · Nov 13, 2025 · 28 MIN
Lawless lawmen? Inside the AmaPanyaza saga, with Khaya Koko
from The Lead · host News24
They’re called the AmaPanyaza. Meaning: Panyaza’s boys. These are the more than 6 000 anti-crime wardens appointed as a task force in the name of the premier of Gauteng, Panyaza Lesufi, back in 2023. But Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka, just this October, found in a report that the establishment of the force was illegal and unconstitutional. She ordered the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC), working with Panyaza’s administration, to retrain the force as traffic wardens specifically. But with the RTMC’s books squarely in the red, a massive training effort doesn’t look likely anytime soon. Investigative journalist, Khaya Koko, colours in the lines in this edition of The Lead. Finally, before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, there was the Harms Commission, with On This Day in SA History at the end of the show. You can send our host, broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer, a voice note with your questions or thoughts on the show: 072 562 3179. To advertise in the show: [email protected]. Full editions drop Monday through Thursday at 19:00 on Spotify, Apple and YouTube. The Lead is currently sponsored by 10X Investments.
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They’re called the AmaPanyaza. Meaning: Panyaza’s boys. These are the more than 6 000 anti-crime wardens appointed as a task force in the name of the premier of Gauteng, Panyaza Lesufi, back in 2023. But Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka, just this October, found in a report that the establishment of the force was illegal and unconstitutional. She ordered the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC), working with Panyaza’s administration, to retrain the force as traffic wardens specifically. But with the RTMC’s books squarely in the red, a massive training effort doesn’t look likely anytime soon. Investigative journalist, Khaya Koko, colours in the lines in this edition of The Lead. Finally, before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, there was the Harms Commission, with On This Day in SA History at the end of the show. You can send our host, broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer, a voice note with your questions or thoughts on the show: 072 562 3179. To advertise in the show: [email protected]. Full editions drop Monday through Thursday at 19:00 on Spotify, Apple and YouTube. The Lead is currently sponsored by 10X Investments.
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