# Police have arrested a fifth suspect in connection with the theft of a transformer worth seven-million-rand from the Laudium substation in Tshwane. Police spokesperson Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi says among the five apprehended are three municipal workers. Nevhuhulwi says they will continue to work diligently to dismantle syndicates that target essential infrastructure and related crimes:
# Eskom says Unit 4 at Medupi power station in Limpopo is back online, eight months before schedule. The unit had been out of service since 8 August 2021 when it sustained significant damage from the explosion of its generator stator, a key component in the operation of the generation unit. Eskom’s spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena, says the […]
# RISE Mzansi is calling on the Police Ministry to fix forensic laboratories to reduce the backlog of forensic exhibits. The party says DNA delays mean killers roam free in the country. RISE Mzansi spokesperson, Makashule Gana says the detection rate for murder is 10-percent and that means 90-percent of murderers get away with it. […]
# Alexandra Abrahams of the DA says more than two million South African Social Security Agency grant beneficiaries might not receive the grants come October 2025 should the Public Protector’s warning ring true. The Public Protector investigated allegations of undue delay by SASSA and the irregular appointment of the former SASSA CEO, Busisiwe Memela-Khambula. Abrahams says […]
# The DA spokesperson Rikus Badenhorst says Parliament should hold the Minister of Police to account to strengthen policing in the Western Cape. Badehorst says the ANC in the National Council of Provinces has voted against this. The DA wants the SAPS Anti-Gang Unit beefed up to fight gangs and drugs. He says the NCOP […]
# The federal chairperson of the DA, Ivan Meyer says after one year in the government of national unity, the DA stands up to the ANC in the interests of a better South Africa. Meyer says every time the DA does that, they found the ANC buttered up small parties to come to their rescue, […]
# The DA says the wards and corridors of the Livingstone Hospital Complex in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape are hauntingly empty. Seventy-four personnel have left, including 41 medical officials, 15 registrars, and 18 specialists. Those who remain, shoulder an unbearable load while patients wait in fear. DA spokesperson Jane Cowley says the Eastern Cape […]
# Mangaung’s mayor, Gregory Nthatisi, says the reconstruction of the Welbedacht pipeline will ease the difficult water challenges the metro has been facing. Water and Sanitation minister Pemmy Majodina handed over the Welbedacht Pipeline Project to Vaal Central Water. Teams reconstructed the 33-point-seven-kilometre pipeline and replaced its ageing concrete water pipes with steel. Nthatisi thanked […]
# South African Student Congress president Alungile Kamtshe says Higher Education minister Nobuhle Nkabane has failed to deliver on the department’s basic responsibilities. The organisation briefed the media yesterday to discuss the state of the ministry, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme, and the Sector Education and Training Authority. Kamtshe says the current student issue […]
