# The Western Cape Education Department says it is looking to the Department of Home Affairs’ successful digital transformation reform programme as a model for improving efficiency and delivering better services. The success of the Home Affairs @ home reforms includes expanding access to over one-thousand service points and processing more than one million Smart […]
# More than 100 dogs have fallen ill after drinking contaminated water at the SPCA in Centurion, Gauteng. The dogs showed symptoms of vomiting and diarrhoea. The metro is experiencing several water-related challenges simultaneously, which include the ongoing contamination crisis in Bronkhorstspruit and water quality concerns in parts of Hammanskraal. Tshwane SPCA chairperson Jeanine Niemann-Greatorex […]
# The Construction Industry Development Board has permanently deregistered and blacklisted 75 contractors for breaching registration requirements. Board chair Khulile Nzo told a media briefing in Pretoria the contractors were removed from the National Register for life for misrepresentation, including fraudulent bank statements and falsified project histories. He says the action, which started in 2024, […]
# The death toll from the Kula boat tragedy in Rivers State in Nigeria has risen to seven. Authorities confirm the recovery of the last two bodies has ended a four-day search and rescue operation. The boat reportedly capsized while conveying passengers in the Kula waterways of Akuku-Toru Local Government Area. Search teams had been […]
# Government urges vigilance as the El Niño weather pattern brings heat and below-normal rainfall between this month and December. The South African Weather Service has warned of above-normal temperatures and below-normal rainfall. Government advised citizens to limit outdoor activities to early morning or late afternoon, stay in the shade, wear wide-brimmed hats, sunglasses and […]
# Actress Asavela Mngqithi has been arrested for allegedly driving at 198-kilometre-per hour in a 120-kilometre-hour zone on the N2 near Ellingham, Kwa-Zulu Natal. The KZN Department of Transport spokesperson Ndabezinhle Sibiya says Mngqithi, known for the TV series Isibaya and Abomama, was driving a BMW X3. She is expected to appear in Scottburgh Magistrate’s […]
# BOSA leader Mmusi Maimane lodged a complaint with Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka over the death of a 10-year-old girl electrocuted by exposed wiring in Meriting Phase 2, Lenasia South in Gauteng. Maimane visited the settlement on last Friday. He says residents have lived without formal electricity for years despite a 2019 electrification project for […]
# The Electoral Commission aims to have all ballot papers ready by Friday ahead of next week’s local government elections. Chief electoral offical Sy Mamabolo told eNCA the reprinting of millions of ballots follows a Constitutional Court ruling in favour of the ANC. The party challenged the exclusion of its candidates whose lists were not […]
# The DA is taking the ANC-led City of Ekurhuleni to the Human Rights Commission over 659-million-rand in infrastructure listed as “completed but unopened”. Facilities include three reservoirs: the 123-million-rand Selcourt, 115-million-rand Modder East and 107-million-rand Masechba reservoirs, plus a 46-million-rand Early Childhood Development centre closed since 2018 and a 108-million-rand Reiger Park Enterprise Hub. […]
