# The Freedom Front Plus says it is deeply concerned with the number of woman killed in the Kempton Park area in Gauteng. The party’s Jaco Mulder says over the last two months, the women believed to have been murdered were found partially undressed with chilling similarities. He says they welcome the police multidisciplinary task […]
# Home Affairs officials say 278 people camping outside the Durban refugee reception centre in KwaZulu-Natal will be transported to the Lindela repatriation centre in Krugersdorp, Gauteng, today. The group has been stranded on Che Guevara Road for three months after fleeing anti-immigration protests. The relocation comes after a tense standoff with the March and […]
# The DA says Social Development minister Dina Pule must be held accountable after ignoring the Public Protector’s remedial action. Communications and Digital Technologies minister Solly Malatsi has ordered the recovery of over 15-thousand-rand from businessman Phosane Mngqibisa, who accompanied Pule overseas in 2013 when she was Communications minister. The DA’s Nazley Sharif says Pule […]
# The National Prosecuting Authority maintains it still has a strong case against seven accused in a multimillion-rand electricity fraud scheme involving the Emfuleni Local Municipality in Gauteng. Despite the state opposing bail, they were granted 20-thousand-rand bail each by the Vanderbijlpark Magistrate’s Court. The NPA says the accused face charges including fraud, theft of […]
# Build One South Africa calls for the immediate escalation of the investigation into the deaths of five women whose bodies were discovered in and around Kempton Park in Gauteng in the last two months. BOSA spokesperson Graham Charters says SAPS must apply its policy on serial murder and review all five cases for forensic […]
# Western Cape Transport MEC Isaac Sileku sent condolences to the families of 21 people killed in a collision on the N1 between Prince Albert Road and Leeu-Gamka. Health and Wellness MEC Mireille Wenger also says her thoughts are with the bereaved families. Sileku, who visited the scene this morning, says it is a devastating […]
# A South African study linked air pollution to a higher risk of pneumonia, sepsis and meningitis. The study analysed 59-thousand cases of invasive pneumo-coccal disease, a serious bacterial infection that can cause pneumonia, meningitis and blood infections. Thee study was conducted by the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases and other […]
# Citizens and Activists Forum calls for the dismissal of Water and Sanitation minister Pemmy Majodina and Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero following allegations of abusive conduct at community meetings. Spokesperson Dennis Bloem says Morero reportedly insulted a Soweto resident, while Majodina is accused of shouting and using vulgar language towards a disabled resident. He says […]
# The South African Weather Service issued a Yellow Level 4 warning for disruptive rainfall over parts of the Western Cape and Northern Cape. A cut-off low pressure system is expected to bring scattered showers and thundershowers, with rainfall of between 25- and 80-millimetres. The Weather Service warns of possible flooding of roads and settlements, […]
