# The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department has seized illicit drugs worth an estimated street value of 279-thousand-500-rand in a major bust in Hillbrow. Acting on a tip-off, the JMPD’s Tactical Response Unit raided a known drug den and confiscated crack rock and nyaope. JMPD’s spokesperson, Xolani Fihla, says the intelligence-led operation yielded a considerable haul […]
# The Evander Regional Court in Mpumalanga has fined Uptown Superstore 600-thousand-rand for dealing with counterfeit cigarettes. In September last year, four-thousand-710 packets of illicit cigarettes valued at around 107-thousand-700-rand were seized from the business. Three accused, Riaz Moolla, Fatima Moolla and company director Suliman Ismail Moolla, were arrested; however, the court has now withdrawn […]
# The Public Servants Association says that with inflation currently within the South African Reserve Bank’s target range and economic growth remaining sluggish, a rate cut is justified and necessary. Some economists expect the Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee to cut the repo rate by 25 basis points. PSA says a reduction in interest rates […]
# Economists are expecting the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee to cut the repo rate by 25 basis points or keep it steady. This is amid domestic and international economic uncertainties. Inflation increased by only 0.2-percent in June to three-percent from 2.8-percent in May and April. Aluma Capital chief economist, Frederick Mitchell, says […]
# An explosion at a Jan Kempdorp shebeen on Sunday left one dead and 13 injured, including children. The DA’s Lisa Schickerling says the incident highlights the police’s failure to curb violence at liquor outlets in the Northern Cape. Schickerling says the DA is calling for a crime prevention strategy at shebeens and will question […]
# Bain and Company is closing its consulting business in South Africa due to the lasting stigma from its role in the state capture scandal during Jacob Zuma’s presidency. After controversial work at the South African Revenue Service and a government ban, Bain struggled to regain trust and retain clients and talent. Its Johannesburg office […]
# Western Cape MEC of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning, Anton Bredell, says the Franco Three Fountains Nature Reserve protects unique ecosystems and threatened species. The 20-hectare nature reserve, located in the Klein Dassenberg smallholdings area near Cape Town, has been declared a protected area. It is the first protected area dedicated to […]
# The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department says three suspects involved in a video that went viral on Tuesday have been arrested. The video depicted a young boy lighting drugs in a bottle neck for his mother, who then encouraged him to smoke, all in the presence of other adults. JMPD’s spokesperson, Xolani Fihla, says officers […]
# ActionSA says they will not support the ANC’s attempt to remove Tshwane city manager Johan Mettler, warning it would cause unnecessary instability. The ANC in Tshwane wants Mettler removed, claiming that there were discrepancies with his appointment. ActionSA national chairperson, Michael Beaumont, says they believe in the separation between political and administrative issues in […]
