# The Electoral Commission has published the official timetable for this year’s local government elections following the proclamation of 4 November as election day. The timetable marks the start of the formal election process, with candidate nominations opening immediately and closing on 28 August. IEC chairperson Mosotho Moepya told the media the timetable provides clear […]
# The National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure says the country’s security forces are fully prepared to ensure safety during the 4 November local government elections and the 46th Southern African Development Community summit this month. The security cluster’s co-chairperson, Tebello Mosikili, says law enforcement agencies remain on high alert, while border security, Operation Shanela […]
# The City of Cape Town has reaffirmed its commitment to investing in women leaders as a way of strengthening public service delivery. Speaking at the second annual Women in Government Conference, mayoral committee member for Corporate Services, Theresa Uys, said inclusive leadership, digital innovation and skills development are key to improving service delivery. Uys […]
# Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says Acting Police minister Firoz Cachalia’s willingness to consider granting metro police investigative powers is a positive step in the fight against crime. According to Hill-Lewis, expanding these powers would allow metro police to work more effectively with the South African Police Service to tackle gang violence, illegal firearms […]
# A Johannesburg lawyer who was allegedly kidnapped outside her Northcliff apartment has been found safe, shaken but unharmed. Police spokesperson Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi says Alex van Heerden was rescued in Vosloorus yesterday after being abducted while getting out of an e-hailing vehicle the previous evening. Nevhuhulwi adds one suspect has been arrested in Sebokeng and […]
# The Brakpan Magistrate’s Court has postponed the murder case against suspended Ekurhuleni Metro Police deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi and four others to 13 August. Mkhwanazi will remain in custody after the state opposed bail. The five are accused of murdering businessman Emmanuel Mbense, whose body was found in a dam near Nigel. Mkhwanazi’s lawyer, […]
# The state has told the Brakpan Magistrate’s Court that suspended Ekurhuleni Metro Police deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi and four co-accused agreed to keep silent after the alleged murder of businessman Emmanuel Mbense, and that anyone who spoke out would be killed. Mbense was assaulted, tortured and his body dumped in a dam near Nigel […]
# Construction has officially begun on the Western Cape government’s 1.2-billion-rand Welmoed Estate housing development in Eerste River. The project is expected to deliver eight-thousand housing opportunities by 2040, with the first phase providing more than three-thousand-200 homes by 2030. Infrastructure MEC Tertuis Simmers says the mixed-use development will also include schools, a clinic, retail […]
# The DA says the Western Cape government’s sanitary dignity project will receive nearly 13-million-rand in the 2026/2027 financial year to support almost 190-thousand girl learners at 715 public schools. The party’s Wendy Kaizer-Philander says the programme provides free sanitary products, helping to keep girls in school, protect their dignity and improve their health and […]
