# 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 […]
# The DA has expressed concern about Aviation Co-ordination Services’ allegations regarding obstruction by the Airports Company South Africa. ACS claims the grenade incident at OR Tambo International Airport in May could have been prevented if ACSA hadn’t blocked efforts to replace outdated baggage screening equipment. A deactivated training grenade were mistakenly cleared during screening. […]
# The South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee’s reduction of interest rates by another 25 basis points is the right decision given the low inflation and sluggish gross domestic product growth. This is according to North West University Business School economist, professor Raymond Parsons. He says the lower borrowing costs are positive at a […]
# Eskom says it welcomes the accelerated energy market reforms, with the opening of the pre-qualification tender for the procurement of Independent Transmission Projects. The initiative aims to expand the country’s transmission infrastructure, with a target of building over 14-thousand-kilometres of new transmission lines by 2032. The National Transmission Company of South Africa is expected […]
# The Congress of the People has slammed the Health Ombud’s report, revealing that three psychiatric patients died after a year-long power outage, with some reportedly freezing to death. COPE’s Pakes Dikgetsi blames the tragedy on negligence, corruption, and failed leadership, calling it state-sponsored murder. The party demands the Health MEC’s resignation and plans to […]
# The DA in Mpumalanga has welcomed the provincial government’s plan of building its own forensic laboratory, to help address DNA testing backlogs and improve the efficiency of criminal investigations. Currently, DNA samples from the province are being sent to the National Forensic Laboratory in Pretoria for processing. South Africa currently has over 140-thousand DNA testing backlog […]
