# The DA claims whistleblower tests have detected cholera bacteria at the Bronkhorstspruit wastewater treatment works. The party’s Cilliers Brink calls on Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya to release water-quality results, saying residents have a right to know if water is safe. More than 160 people have reportedly been hospitalised. Brink says the city failed to […]
# The ANC has welcomed the Electoral Commission’s confirmaton of the inclusion of all 181 candidates previously excluded from the ballot in six municipalities in the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State. This follows the Constitutional Court’s ruling which upheld the ANC’s appeal of the Electoral Court’s decision to exclude the candidates after the […]
# KwaZulu-Natal authorities are searching for the driver and the owner of a truck that crashed into seven homes in Umlazi, south of Durban. The truck rolled down the Prince Mcwayizeni Road in V Section without the driver behind the wheel, leaving a trail of destruction on Sunday evening. Provincial Transport Department spokesperson Ndabezinhle Sibiya […]
# The Johannesburg Metro Police Department says the N12 in the Lenasia area has been reopened. The freeway between Abu Baker Asvat Drive and K43 Klipspruit Valley Road was closed in both directions earlier this morning due to a service delivery-related protest. This caused major traffic disruptions, with motorists having to be diverted away from […]
# The Gauteng Provincial Government condemns shootings in Katlehong and Vosloorus last night. In Katlehong, four young men were killed and three others injured, including a 12-year-old, when a gunman opened fire on people returning from a memorial service. In Vosloorus, one person died and in Kempton Park, a man was shot in a suspected […]
# Build One South Africa marched to the Department of Justice in Tshwane this morning to demand the National Register for Sex Offenders be made publicly accessible. Spokesperson Nobuntu Webster says they handed over a petition signed by almost 20-thousand people. She says the register has thousands of convicted offenders, but public access requires 150-rand […]
# The Afrika Mayibuye Movement demands urgent action after the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources acknowledged Simmer Deep Gold Mining in Gauteng failed to comply with a directive. Mayibuye says residents near mine dumps in Slovoville have not been given a definite rehabilitation date. The movement’s Sydney Baloyi demands independent testing of air, dust, […]
# SANParks confirmed a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak among kudu in Addo Elephant National Park in the Eastern Cape. Spokesperson JP Louw says surveillance detected lameness among the animals. Initial tests were negative, but a second set of tests returned positive. No other wildlife species is showing clinical signs. Louw says the positive result does not […]
# The DA calls on the City of Tshwane to urgently fix sewage leaks in Chantelle in The Orchards. The party’s Leanne De Jager says raw sewage is overflowing into a wetland next to a creche and homes, despite repeated reports from residents. She says residents complain of an overpowering stench, and snakes and rodents […]
