# ActionSA has slammed the DA in Ekurhuleni for spreading false claims about electricity tariffs. This follows a council meeting where the DA accused the party of backing tariff hikes as part of an ANC-EFF coalition. ActionSA’s Ekurhuleni Caucus leader, Phillip Dolo, says the party supported suspending fixed charges on A2 residential users. He says […]
# The ANC says the quality of some of its deployees, especially in municipalities, leaves a lot to be desired. Only 41 out of 257 councils received a clean audit in the 2023/2024 financial year. According to the Auditor General, 99 municipalities had an unqualified audit opinion with findings on performance information and compliance. Speaking […]
# Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has given Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero two weeks to devise a plan to curb the metro’s wasteful, irregular and unauthorised expenditure. The metro incurred over 24-billion-rand in irregular, fruitless, wasteful and unauthorised spending in the 2023/24 financial year. The minister has warned that failure to act may lead to the […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Justice and Constitutional Development has welcomed the appointment of Justice Dunstan Mlambo as Deputy Chief Justice. His appointment follows the recommendations from the Judicial Service Commission last month. Mlambo has served as Gauteng Judge President since November 2012. Committee chairperson, Xola Nqola, says Mlambo brings with him a wealth of […]
# KwaZulu-Natal Transport and Human Settlements MEC, Siboniso Duma, says his department will never turn a blind eye to complaints against the alleged use of RDP houses for illegal activities. This follows complaints about individuals who are illegally selling RDP houses built by the department. The MEC’s spokesperson, Ndabezinhle Sibiya, says in particular, there has […]
# The National Prosecuting Authority has expressed concern at the live streaming of court proceedings of a case involving a mother and three co-accused in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court. The case relates to a viral video in which a four-year-old child was allegedly seen smoking a substance with the accused. The NPA’s regional spokesperson, Phindi […]
# Cape Town Metro Police officers arrested six suspects in separate drug busts yesterday, and recovered contraband with an estimated street value of R186-thousand-rand. Metro Police spokesperson, Ruth Solomons, says in Ravesmead, a tip-off about firearms and drugs being transported led officers to recover approximately six-thousand Mandrax tablets. Five suspects were arrested. Solomons says a […]
# The City of Cape Town’s famous City Hall clock is chiming once again after being fully restored. The clock, which was installed in 1905, was removed in March this year for repairs to restore its bells and chime mechanisms. The clock has become an iconic backdrop to events on the Grand Parade, such as […]
# The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department arrested three suspects for tampering with the electricity infrastructure in Lenasia yesterday. JPMD’s spokesperson, Xolani Fihla, says officers arrived at Tugela Drive, Lenasia Extension 9, and found the suspects in the act of reconnecting electricity illegally at an electricity box. Fihla says the trio was subsequently arrested for tampering with […]