# Finance minister Enoch Godongwana says gaps in the enforcement of the Political Party Funding Act continue to undermine the democratic system. Speaking during day two at the Electoral Commission’s first political funding symposium in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, Godongwana revealed the current system forces parties to rely too much on private donors, which opens the door […]
# The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport says its PotholeFixGP app has helped fix almost 39-thousand potholes since 2022. The app, downloaded over 19-thousand times, allows motorists to report potholes and broken traffic lights. In Krugersdorp, more than two-thousand-100 potholes were reported, and over one-thousand-700 were fixed. Tshwane’s Derdepoort area has the most potholes […]
# ActionSA will today lead a protest outside the Justice minister’s office in Pretoria, demanding the removal of National Prosecuting Authority head, Shamila Batohi. They call for urgent government intervention to start the process of removing Batohi under the NPA Act. During Parliament’s standing committee on Public Accounts engagement, ActionSA’s Athol Trollip said the NPA […]
# Statistics South Africa says retail trade sales rose by five-percent in April compared to the same month last year. The biggest growth came from general dealers, up 5.3-percent, and retailers of textiles, clothing, footwear, and leather goods, which jumped 12.5-percent. Stats SA’s Raquel Floris says sales dipped 0.5-percent compared to the previous three months, […]
# Rise Mzansi is demanding the urgent deployment of crime intelligence and visible policing units to the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, affected by recent floods. This comes after threats to disaster relief workers, including reports of extortion by a group known as the ‘water tank mafia’ in Mthatha. The party’s Makashule Gana also expressed sorrow […]
# Civic movement Soil of Africa demands the immediate deployment of Gauteng crime wardens to conduct daily searches at township schools following the fatal stabbing of a grade eleven learner at Lesedi Secondary School in Lethabong, east of Pretoria. They claim gangsterism is rising due to the lack of sports and skills development programmes. The […]
# Kwanobuhle police in the Eastern Cape have launched a double murder investigation following the discovery of two burnt female bodies in Khayelitsha this morning. Police spokesperson André Beetge says the remains were found in bushes near 4th Avenue in Khayelitsha, and early findings suggest the victims were aged between 17- and 19-years-old:
# Metrorail in the Western Cape says an investigation is underway after a vehicle collided with a train at the Philippi level crossing in Cape Town this morning. The driver reportedly ignored warning signals from Train 9904, which was travelling to Nyanga. Services on the Central Line were briefly disrupted but have since resumed. Metrorail […]
# The Western Cape government urges residents to take extra care as cold and wet winter weather continues across the province. MEC for Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning, Anton Bredell, says disaster teams are on high alert, and local municipalities are ready to respond. Bredell warns that flooding poses a serious risk, especially […]
