# Education MEC Jaco Londt says with the third school term ending today, the Western Cape Education Department urges matriculants to use the break wisely ahead of exams 20 days away. Over 71-thousand full-time Nationals Senior Certificate candidates are expected to write in the province. He encouraged use of matric support resources on its website […]
# Civic organisation Forum for South Africa has expressed concern at the allegations levelled against suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya. The 59-year-old is accused of raping an 18-year-old woman at a hotel in Sandton in May. He also faces allegations of sexually grooming a 16-year-old girl between July and August this year. FORUM4SA […]
# Acting national police commissioner Puleng Dimpane has directed KwaZulu-Natal police to activate a 72-hour tracking operation after eleven people were shot dead at KwaMakhutha, Durban. Three others were injured when armed suspects entered a house in the Ziko area and opened fire last night. Spokesperson Nonkululeko Phokane says Dimpane expresses deep concern and says […]
# Taxi boss Oupa ‘Bafana’ Sindane has approached the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria to interdict his scheduled appearance before the Madlanga Commission today. He also wants the court to block the inquiry from using cellphone material seized in his pending two-million-rand extortion and money-laundering case. Sindane argues the phone material was unlawfully obtained and […]
# Deputy Water and Sanitation minister Jack Bloom says the new Strategic Framework for Water and Sanitation Services shifts from basic access to reliable service. Speaking in eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal, he cited 13-thousand leaks, 58.7-percent non-revenue water, and two-million households using unventilated pit toilets nationally. He says the 2026 Framework mandates climate adaptation, smart meters and […]
# The Special Investigating Unit has raided the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority’s premises in Centurion today. The Special Tribunal granted a search and seizure warrant last Thursday to obtain documents for an ongoing probe into a 130-million-rand Unemployment Insurance Fund training contract for over seven-thousand learners nationwide. SIU spokesperson Selby Makgotho says PSIRA only […]
# RISE Mzansi says corruption steals from those in need, robbing communities of public services and economic growth. Parliamentary data shows 103 corruption cases enrolled against public officials in 2025/26, with National Prosecuting Authority conviction rate above 86-percent, but average finalisation time jumped from 195 days to 562 days, and 962 days for legislative cases. […]
# Gauteng Human Settlements MEC Tasneem Motara says residents who build illegal informal settlements will no longer be prioritised for housing. She was speaking at the sod-turning of the Mabopane Extension 1 project, north of Pretoria, which will yield one-thousand-576 units by June 2027 after two previous contractors were terminated. Motara says the department will […]
# Agriculture minister Willie Aucamp says qualifying private companies will be allowed to use the Agricultural Research Council’s intellectual property to manufacture its foot-and-mouth disease vaccine at scale. The council’s board unanimously agreed to the permission. It says its vaccine is effective against local strains with one annual dose, but cannot manufacture at scale. Aucamp […]
