# Johannesburg ombud Siduduzo Gumede is urging residents to support the Poortjie community in Region G by donating new or used books and brand-new socks. Under the theme, It is in your hands, the campaign aims to bring warmth, dignity, and hope to a community facing hardship. Gumede says each donation offers more than material […]
# Western Cape MEC of Infrastructure, Tertuis Simmers, handed over housing units at the Eendekuil housing project in the Bergrivier Municipality on Wednesday, well ahead of schedule. This eleven-million-rand project, which was projected to be completed in September, has delivered 45 Breaking New Ground housing units. Simmers says the Eendekuil project forms part of the Piketberg […]
# The Gauteng Provincial Legislature says it stands firmly against human trafficking, calling it a modern-day slavery that thrives in silence, in shadows, and in systemic neglect. The Legislature, through its oversight mechanisms and strategic partnerships, is intensifying efforts to expose, disrupt, and dismantle trafficking networks. Chairperson of Committees Dulton Adams says they are holding […]
# The National Prosecuting Authority has welcomed the life imprisonment sentence imposed by the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on a 64-year-old father from Mamelodi, for the repeated rape of his daughter. The abuse began when the victim was nine-years-old in 2010, and continued until she was 19-years-old in 2020, occurring during weekends and school holidays when […]
# 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Riaz Moolla, Fatima Moolla and company director Suliman Ismail Moolla, were arrested; however, the court has now withdrawn […]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 […]
