# The South African Police Service’s anti-kidnapping task team believes it has broken the back of a syndicate involved in the trafficking of unlicensed firearms. This follows the arrest of two suspects in Meyersdal, Johannesburg, who are believed to have been involved in the moving of unlicensed firearms across the country. National Police spokesperson, Athlenda […]
# The catastrophic floods of April 2022 in Durban, which claimed 544 lives, were made significantly worse by climate change, according to a study led by the University of Witwatersrand. A kilometre-scale climate attribution model was used, which simulated the storm in both today’s warmed climate and a counterfactual world without human-induced global warming. Three key drivers behind […]
# The Forum for South Africa has criticised Public Works minister, Dean Macpherson’s suspension of all Expanded Public Works Programme fund transfers to the Free State’s Matjhabeng Municipality. This follows reports that the municipality’s EPWP payroll is allegedly being used to pay inflated salaries. FOSA leader, Tebogo Mashilompane, says the minister should have dealt with only […]
# The ANC Youth League has welcomed the arrest of a former municipal manager of the Umzimkhulu Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, in connection with the murder of Sindiso Magaqa. The former ANCYL secretary general, who was a councillor in the municipality, was shot dead in 2017. The hitman, Sibusiso Ncengwa, was convicted to 25-years imprisonment earlier […]
# ActionSA says South Africa’s empowerment agenda must remain focused on the needs of South Africans and not benefit foreign nationals. The party says the Polokwane Local Municipality in Limpopo awarded tenders totaling approximately 200-million-rand in the past two financial years to foreign-owned companies. ActionSA’s Tshepo Magoma says the foundational purpose of Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment is to remedy […]
# Johannesburg Metro Police has confirmed that the M1 Highway in Booysens has now been reopened to traffic following a serious accident earlier this morning. Police spokesperson, Xolani Fihla says the M1 North was closed at Booysens Road due to a collision involving a bus and six other vehicles. The incident, which occurred near the […]
# The Public Servants Association is calling on the new National Development Youth Agency board to immediately address alleged poor governance, nepotism and abuse of power, financial mismanagement, as well as ensuring consequence management. President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed the new board last week. PSA’s spokesperson, Claude Naiker, says the board must also ensure that the […]
# The United Nations Environment Programme’s latest report highlights four critical areas where environmental degradation intersects with human vulnerability. The Frontiers Report 2025 says legacy pollution, melting glacier microbes, undamming rivers, and climate risks could reshape life for millions unless urgent action is taken. UNEP executive director, Inger Andersen, says the report paints a vivid […]
# Experts are warning that alga from south-east Asia are becoming a major threat to biodiversity. Since May, local authorities in Cádiz, Spain, have removed one-thousand-200 tonnes of the alga Rugulopteryx okamurae from La Caleta, the city’s most popular beach. The alga attaches itself to rocks and other surfaces and is also free-floating, wiping out native […]
