# ActionSA has condemned eThekwini Municipality’s decision to appeal a Pietermaritzburg High Court judgment ordering it to meet its constitutional obligation to provide residents with clean and safe water. ActionSA eThekwini mayoral candidate Zwakele Mncwango says the municipality is wasting residents’ money defending its failures instead of fixing collapsing sewage infrastructure. Mncwango says communities continue […]
# National Coloured Congress leader Fadiel Adams does not understand why he was arrested instead of being asked to provide a warning statement. He stands accused of fraud and defeating the ends of justice in the Pinetown Magistrate’s Court in KwaZulu Natal. The case has been postponed to 11 September, while he will testify before […]
# South African airline Airlink and Qatar Airways are expanding their codeshare partnership from 31 August, with Airlink adding its 4Z code to Qatar-operated flights. The agreement will allow Airlink to market Doha as its first long-haul destination, with codeshared flights from Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban. The partnership will later extend to more destinations […]
# Gregory Loftus, the father of slain KwaZulu-Natal taxi and towing owner Bevan Loftus, has told the Madlanga Commission that several cases against his son were fabricated. Loftus said Bevan faced matters including traffic offences and an attempted murder allegation. He claims the attempted murder case was never placed on the court roll due to […]
# Tourism minister Patricia de Lille has officially launched Tourism Month in KwaZulu-Natal, urging South Africans to explore their own country. De Lille says domestic tourism remains a key pillar of economic growth, supporting jobs, entrepreneurs and communities. She says South Africans made 21-point-two million overnight trips in the first half of the year, with […]
# The trial of seven men accused of the murder of rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and chef Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane is set to begin in October at the High Court in Durban. The proceedings will run in two phases from 5 October to 6 November, and from 12 April to 14 May 2027. The State […]
# The DA will lay criminal charges against what they call the least wanted terrible ten municipal managers. The six managers from the Free State, two from the Eastern Cape, and one each from North West and the Western Cape are accused of failing to submit financial statements. DA spokesperson Marina van Zyl says they […]
# Forum for South Africa is calling for urgent government intervention after Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela announced an estimated 15-billion-rand National Student Financial Aid Scheme funding shortfall across universities and TVET colleges. The forum’s spokesperson Tebogo Mashilompane says qualifying students should not be denied access to education because of financial or governance failures. He […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the metals and engineering sector has shown extraordinary resilience despite mounting challenges. He was speaking at a presidential business breakfast of the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. Ramaphosa points to weak domestic demand, logistics constraints, high electricity costs, infrastructure bottlenecks, rising import competition, fragile […]
