# Western Cape Mobility MEC Isaac Sileku has praised provincial traffic officers after a major drug bust at the Tsitsikamma Toll Plaza on the N2. Officers found about 15 bags of compressed dagga during a routine vehicle check and arrested the driver, while a passenger escaped and remains on the run. Sileku says near Grabouw, […]
# Four Mexican nationals are among eleven suspects arrested in a major drug bust on a farm in Swartruggens in North West. Police say the intelligence-led operation uncovered a multimillion-rand drug manufacturing laboratory, which has since been dismantled. The suspects also include a woman. Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says the arrests send a strong warning […]
# ActionSA has laid criminal charges against president Cyril Ramaphosa at the Bela-Bela police station in Limpopo over the Phala Phala scandal. The charges include violations of the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, as well as fraud and perjury linked to declarations about the amount of money stolen from Ramaphosa’s farm in the […]
# The Cape Winelands District Municipality says rescue operations are underway for eight families trapped by flooding along the Kleinberg River in Gouda. The National Sea Rescue Institute, police, and local municipalities have reached the 49 stranded people after days of heavy rain and icy weather caused rivers to rise sharply. The municipality’s Jo-Anne Otto […]
# ActionSA says president Cyril Ramaphosa must dismiss all government of national unity ministers responsible for economic policy following the latest Statistics South Africa labour force survey. The report for January to March shows over 300-thousand were lost, pushing the expanded unemployment rate to 43.7-percent. The party’s Alan Beesley warns that millions of South Africans […]
# The South African Communist Party says president Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to take the section 89 panel report on the Phala Phala matter for review will delay any impeachment process. The party argues that this prolongs uncertainty around allegations of serious misconduct and leaves the matter unresolved for longer. It warns the delay deepens concerns […]
# The South African Electricity Traders Association says electricity reforms in South Africa are now less about policy direction and more about execution. The group, working with Krutham, states the government has broadly agreed on a multi-market electricity system, but progress remains uneven, and timelines are shifting in several areas. Key reforms still to be […]
# The National Consumer Commission welcomes new regulations aimed at curbing spam calls and protecting consumers from unwanted direct marketing. The updated rules, gazetted by the minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, introduce an opt-out registry system that will allow consumers to block marketing calls from individual companies or the entire industry. The […]
# The National Consumer Commission says it has added 20 more suppliers to its list of untraceable businesses, bringing the total to 113. The suppliers are accused of taking orders and payments but failing to deliver goods before disappearing or shutting down their websites. The commission’s Phetho Ntaba says the cases involve companies based in […]
