# The Department of International Relations and Cooperation cleared South Africa’s high commissioner to India, Anil Sooklal, following former president Jacob Zuma’s reported visit to the Gupta family in the Asian country in June. The investigation was launched after reports suggested Sooklal had assisted in arranging the meeting between Zuma and the Gupta brothers. The […]
# FF Plus in Gauteng says the Ekurhuleni Metro’s failure to ensure accountability for irregular expenditure is unacceptable. During a council meeting on 31 August, recommendations to write off over 140-million-rand in historical irregular expenditure were tabled, with one report noting 53-million-rand is irrecoverable as documents and staff are no longer available. The party’s Karl […]
# As Tourism Month begins, the City of Cape Town says smarter marketing and connectivity will drive tourism growth. At a Learning Lounge with Meta at City Hall, the Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Growth, James Vos, says marketing must convert interest into bookings. He says the This Is Cape Town campaign reached 55 cities […]
# The DA says Gauteng public schools owe municipalities 117.2-million-rand, threatening electricity and water disconnections. Education MEC Lebogang Maile disclosed this in reply to DA questions in the legislature. The party’s Michael Waters calls on Maile to conduct a province-wide assessment of municipal costs and explain how the debt will be settled without cutting learning […]
# ActionSA is calling for measures to prevent future outages of the SAPS 10111 emergency line in Cape Town. Provincial Commissioner Sizakhele Dyantyi revealed a technical failure since yesterday afternoon with no restoration timeline. ActionSA’s Dereleen James calls it unacceptable amid one-thousand-71 murders in the first quarter in the Western Cape. She urged SAPS to […]
# The Special Investigating Unit has welcomed the arrest of syndicate kingpin Joel Govindraju in connection with its probe of more than two-billion-rand looted through Tembisa Hospital tenders. He faces multiple charges arising from allegations of the procurement of medical supplies and equipment at the hospital. The SIU says the Govindraju Syndicate siphoned approximately 600-million-rand […]
# Soccer: The Afrika Mayibuye Movement has welcomed the appointment of Pitso Mosimane as the new Bafana Bafana head coach. The 62-year-old, who replaces Hugo Broos, previously served as the national coach between July 2010 and June 2012. The movement says Mosimane is one of Africa’s most accomplished coaches, and his return to Bafana Bafana represents […]
# The SA Weather Service warns the current El Niño weather pattern which may become the strongest on record, will probably cause below-normal rainfall from October to January, with above-normal temperatures. Spokesperson Hannelee Doubell says the combination with global warming could make 2027 the warmest year ever. Heatwaves may be severe if dry conditions occur. […]
# The sentencing of convicted serial murderer Rosemary Ndlovu and her co-accused, Nomsa Mudau, has been postponed to 15 September in the Kempton Park Regional Court in Gauteng. They were in May found guilty of incitement to commit murder in connection with the 2018 plot to murder Mudau’s then husband, Justice. The court heard the […]
