# ActionSA says it fully supports Parliament’s standing committee on Public Accounts’ decision to launch an inquiry into the Road Accident Fund. ActionSA’s Alan Beesley calls the RAF a cesspool of corruption and mismanagement. Beesley has called for the RAF Board’s dismissal and a full parliamentary debate. With the fund having over 50-billion-rand in annual […]
# The High Court in Pretoria has ruled that SAPS must provide legal support to convicted former police colonel Eugene de Kock for his role as a witness in the reopened Cradock Four inquest. The inquest seeks to uncover who ordered the 1985 murders of anti-apartheid activists. De Kock’s testimony is expected to reveal key […]
# The City of Cape Town and Western Cape’s Provincial Regulatory Entity are rolling out a two-phase plan to renew and issue new licences for metered taxis and e-hailing operators. A recent review indicated a demand shortfall of over one-thousand-100 licences. Expired licence holders must reapply by 30 June. From 1 July, 840 new licences […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile is expected to attend Mozambique’s 50th National Independence Anniversary celebrations today at Machava Stadium in Maputo. The event seeks to consolidate national unity, peace and sustainable development. The celebrations will reflect on Mozambique’s achievements and future aspirations for peace, unity, and prosperity. Mashatile is also expected to attend a wreath-laying […]
# The South African National Taxi Council has confirmed the death of its national chairperson, Zola Yolelo, during a police shootout on the R61 between Mthatha and Ngcobo last night. Yolelo was among six men killed in an operation targeting extortion suspects. Police say the men opened fire first. Yolelo who was a respected leader […]
# A construction worker has died and four others were injured after a scaffolding structure collapsed at the Springfield Park shopping centre in Durban. ALS Paramedics spokesperson Garrith Jamieson reported that the team fell about six metres while working atop the scaffold. The deceased, believed to be in his forties, was declared dead at the […]
# Police minister Senzo Mchunu says the Safe Schools Protocol signals a shared, practical commitment between the police and the Department of Basic Education to protect learners. Mchunu stressed the protocol must be felt in every classroom. He called on communities and parents to actively support the initiative, warning that violence, drugs, weapons, and extortion […]
# Basic Education minister Siviwe Gwarube says the newly signed Safe Schools Protocol is a game changer in fighting violence in schools. The protocol, developed with the police, aims to link every school to a police station and establish active safety committees. It follows shocking statistics, including 28 school murders in 2023/24. The minister says […]
# Gauteng Agriculture and Rural Development MEC, Vuyiswa Ramokgopa, has called for tighter control on interprovincial animal movement to halt the spread of foot-and-mouth disease. This comes as around three-thousand cattle infected with the disease were vaccinated at Karan Beef’s Heidelberg feedlot in Gauteng. Ramokgopa told SABC News that more effort is needed to curb […]
