# The South African Police Service uncovered a suspected drug laboratory on a farm near Koster in the North West, where drugs worth more than 100-million-rand were seized this morning. Police say the operation revealed sophisticated industrial machinery allegedly used to manufacture narcotics. Images released by authorities show what appears to be a large-scale production […]
# The Motor Industry Staff Association is hosting more than one-thousand-200 Grade 11 learners nationwide through its annual Child@Work initiative aimed at exposing young people to careers in the retail motor industry. Learners are being introduced to technical, artisan, administrative, and management opportunities within the sector. MISA spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola says the programme seeks to […]
# Mayor of Johannesburg Dada Morero says the demolition of illegal structures in the CBD continues as the city intensifies efforts to reclaim the city from criminal activity. More than a dozen illegally built structures on Small Street have been demolished since Monday. The mayor says authorities needed careful planning to avoid violent resistance and […]
# ActionSA welcomes a ruling by the Constitutional Court of South Africa affirming that rejected asylum seekers cannot remain in South Africa indefinitely through repeated legal applications. The party’s Lerato Ngobeni says the judgment reinforces existing immigration laws and highlights failures in enforcement and administration. Ngobeni called on the Department of Home Affairs to urgently […]
# Residents of Westbury in Gauteng are questioning whether Operation Prosper is making any real impact in the fight against gang violence. The year-long deployment by the South African National Defence Force was launched to stabilise crime-ridden communities across Gauteng. However, locals say shootings continue almost daily, with children still caught in the crossfire. Grade […]
# Twenty-three farmworkers and their families were rescued on a farm along the old N1 roadway between Worcester and Rawsonville in the Western Cape. It is believed they had been trapped on the rooftops of farm structures due to the rising floodwaters since Monday. The National Sea Rescue Institute’s Craig Lambinon says the bodies of […]
# The Gauteng government has defended premier Panyaza Lesufi’s job creation efforts. This comes as the DA stated that the premier’s employment initiatives are failing, as the unemployment rate has increased by 1.1-percent from the fourth quarter of 2025 to 34.1-percent. The provincial government’s spokesperson, Elijah Mhlanga, says initiatives such as Nasi iSpani and investment […]
# North West University Business School economist professor Raymond Parsons says South Africa’s latest unemployment figures are a warning signal of the emerging shock that the global energy crisis is beginning to have. The official unemployment rate in the country increased by 1.3-percent to 32.7-percent in the first quarter of 2026. Parsons says The longer […]
# The South African Social Security Agency has reassured beneficiaries that social grants will continue despite the ongoing legal dispute with Postbank. Postbank is seeking interim relief to stop SASSA from terminating the master services agreement, arguing that millions of grant beneficiaries could face banking charges and lose protection against unauthorised deductions if the agreement […]
