# The Gauteng Education Department has suspended two Infrastructure Unit inspectors linked to the Noordgesig Secondary School repair project. This follows a fire at the Soweto school on 27 June 2024. The Department’s spokesperson Steve Mabona says despite funds being allocated for urgent repairs, some upgrades were allegedly left incomplete or not done:
# Protests in Kenya have escalated in Nairobi as today marks the first anniversary of the deadly anti-tax demonstrations which resulted in over 60 deaths. Police have sealed off all access to Parliament as tensions have also intensified following the death of political blogger, Albert Ojwang. He was arrested and killed in police custody after […]
# A Gqeberha woman has been rescued and reunited with her family in the early hours of this morning after being abducted on Saturday morning from the Markman Fresh Produce Market in Nelson Mandela Bay. During the ordeal, Lindsay Knowlden’s husband was assaulted with a pistol leaving him with a laceration to his eye. She […]
# Namibia’s ministry of Agriculture has lifted the temporary ban on importing and transporting maize seeds from South Africa. The ban was imposed after the detection of Goss’s wilt, caused by a bacterial pathogen, in previous imports. The ministry’s spokesperson, Simon Nghipandulwa says new phytosanitary guidelines have been introduced to prevent plant diseases. Importers must now follow […]
# The Kruger Street Bridge has re-opened a month ahead of schedule today as the 1.3-billion-rand upgrade of the N4 between Buffelspoort and Dr. Moroka interchanges progresses in North West. The 30-kilometre expansion to two lanes in each direction aims to ease congestion and boost safety. Helen Joseph Interchange Bridge will close from 2 July […]
# Transport minister Barbara Creecy says Treasury’s Budget Facility for Infrastructure is key to Transnet’s rail and port upgrades. It is aimed at a 250-million-ton annual freight target by 2030. Private sector buy-in may take two years, but 160 responses signal strong interest. Nine projects worth 55.5-billion-rand are approved for 2025, with 15.3-billion-rand from the […]
# Former Zambian president Edgar Lungu is expected to be laid to rest today in South Africa, but legal uncertainty clouds the ceremony. Zambia’s Attorney General, Mulilo Kabesha, has filed urgent court papers in the High Court in Pretoria to halt the burial, stating that Lungu’s burial must follow national protocols and not be treated […]
# 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 […]
