# Joburg residents may wait three months for relief from dry taps, Joburg Water CEO Ntshavheni Mukwevho said at a community meeting in Crown Gardens yesterday. Residents have endured days of outages and low pressure. Mukwevho says short-term interventions, including pressure management stations and improved response protocols, should be completed in three months. He says […]
# The University of Johannesburg says operations, including classes and examinations, have resumed. This follows protests at the Auckland Park campus on Monday over proposed fee increases in 2027. Videos shared show protesters disrupting exam proceedings, damaging property, including the destruction of the university’s mini model. UJ management says it is engaging with student representatives to […]
# The South African National Blood Service has warned that national blood stocks have dropped to 3.9 days’ cover, below the five-day target. SANBS needs three-thousand-500 units daily, but collections are falling short, with some regions below three days and Group O stocks under severe pressure. With the festive season approaching, demand for surgery, childbirth, […]
# Eleven deteriorating bus shelters in Melkbosstrand, on the West Coast in the Western Cape are at risk of sudden collapse, an independent engineer has warned. This prompted demands for urgent action from more than 450 residents. CAPEXIT’s Karl Bodin says the DA has been formally alerted but decisive intervention is still outstanding. Bodin is […]
# The murder case against alleged underworld kingpin Katiso Molefe and co-accused Michael Pule Tau, Tiego Floyd Mabusela and Musa Kekana has been postponed to the 19th of July next year. The Johannesburg High court says the postponement is to allow Kekana and Mabusela’s separate matter involving Vusimusi ‘Cat’ Matlala to conclude, as both cases […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the deployment of 510 Defence Force soldiers to KwaZulu-Natal amid anti-immigration protests in Durban. The deployment, at a cost of 34-million-rand, is part of Operation Prosper and will run until 30 November. Ramaphosa notified Parliament in writing on 21 October, as required by the Constitution. He says misinformation about […]
# The Nigerian government has confirmed that a 42-year-old Ugandan-born national who tested positive for Ebola this morning in Abuja, is set for medical evacuation. The case triggered immediate containment protocols, including contact tracing and isolation of close contacts. Health authorities have not disclosed where the patient will be evacuated to but said all necessary […]
# Parliament’s Health Committee says suspending one official over the Bronkhorstspruit water crisis in Gauteng is not enough. Chairperson Faith Muthambi told eNCA accountability must include City of Tshwane’s management and political leadership. The city admitted residents drank untreated water without warning. Over 400 gastrointestinal cases, mostly children under four, have been reported. Muthambi says […]
# The SACP condemns the brutal assassination of its Ward 10 councillor candidate Ernest Fipaza in Mbhashe, Eastern Cape, saying threats in other areas render elections unfree and unfair. Addressing the Red October Campaign rally, the party said it will contest local government elections independently for the first time since 1994 on 4 November under […]
