# The DA in the Western Cape has expressed concern that the police delayed releasing the names of the four detainees, who escaped from custody at the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court on Monday. Six inmates, facing charges including illegal possession of firearms and housebreaking, escaped police custody at the court. Two were rearrested while four are still at […]
# The case of a man linked to the tavern shooting in Zithobeni, Bronkhorstspruit, earlier this month, has been postponed until next month for a formal bail hearing. He appeared in the Bronkhorstspruit Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Five people were killed and six were wounded during the shooting incident at the tavern. The National Prosecuting Authority’s spokesperson, […]
# The Freedom Front Plus has criticised the Ekurhuleni Municipality Department of Water and Sanitation’s slow response to the massive sewage pollution crisis at Boksburg Lake. The metro only became officially aware of the crisis when the party reported it on October 9th. The FF Plus’ Denise Janse van Rensburg says they will report this […]
# Global insurance company Coface says that without deep and sustained reforms, South Africa’s growth potential will remain permanently constrained. It forecast growth of 0.8-percent in 2025 and 1.3-percent in 2026. Coface economist for Africa, Aroni Chaudhuri, says South Africa has been hampered by two major structural constraints: the failure of the energy system and […]
# The Public Servants Association has welcomed the Labour Court’s ruling on the contract of Local Government Sector Education and Training Authority CEO, Ineeleng Molete. The court ruled that the extension of Molete’s contract has lawfully come to an end owing to effluxion of time. The PSA’s Claude Naicker says the minister of Higher Education […]
# Aluma economist Frederick Mitchell says South Africa’s future depends on decisive action rooted in economic freedom, property rights, and limited government intervention. Rating agency Moody’s has warned that the current initiatives are insufficient to propel the country towards the government’s ambitious target of 3.5-percent annual growth by 2030. Mitchell says unlocking the country’s 1.8-trillion-rand in […]
# The Western Cape Department of Infrastructure has overhauled 488 kilometres of the provincial road network in 2024/25, surpassing targets. The chair of the Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Dirk Wessels, says the work included resealing four million square metres, rehabilitating 503-thousand square metres, and blading 46-thousand kilometres of gravel roads. Wessels says projects like this […]
# Pick’n Pay’s Feed the Nation initiative, born out of the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, has distributed more than 215-million-rand worth of food over the past five years. This has provided over 45 million meals to individuals and families across South Africa. The initiative has focused on supporting child-headed households and has assisted nearly 600 schools […]
# Community activist, Zolani Zondani, successfully walked nearly 800-kilometres from Gqeberha to Cape Town, to raise awareness on a campaign which focuses on mental health issues affecting men. He called the walk, Broski-The Living Experience, saying the walk was not just a test of endurance but a mission of purpose. This initiative was also to […]
