# The City of Tshwane says progress is being made in its longstanding commitment to insourcing one-thousand-283 security guards, who are currently serving within the metro’s security structures. Mayoral committee member for Corporate and Shared Services, Kholofelo Morodi, says a detailed report presented to council has outlined a financially viable, multi-year roadmap to phase in […]
# Free State police have confirmed that a Grade 11 learner from Martie du Plessis School in Bloemfontein, Kamogelo Baukudi, has been found alive in Wepener this morning. He was abducted by two men who purported to be policemen when he was driving home from school on Vereeniging Drive on the fifth of this month. […]
# A total of 92-percent of surveyed Johannesburg residents have expressed concern about air pollution, and 78-percent believe it negatively affects their health. This is according to new data from the metro’s Environment and Infrastructure Services Department, in collaboration with Breathe Cities and the Clean Air Fund. The metro’s spokesperson, Virgil James, says the survey confirmed fossil […]
# The civil organisation Soil of Africa says the Gauteng Education Department has demonstrated alarming inconsistency and incompetence in dealing with serious challenges affecting both learners and educators. The organisation has expressed concern at the over 200 schools currently classified as high-risk, plagued by issues ranging from safety to educator misconduct and ill-discipline. Soil of […]
# The DA says it is alarmed that Armscor and Denel are pushing ahead with grand defence plans while ignoring the law, the budget, and basic accountability. Armscor’s latest corporate plan leans heavily on a strategy inspired by president Cyril Ramaphosa’s call for more defence spending and a target of 1.5-percent of gross domestic product. […]
# The Cape Town Council has adopted the City’s Invested in Hope Budget for 2025/2026. It includes various rate relief measures and a South African-record 40-billion-rand infrastructure programme over three years. It also includes a major safety investment for dedicated neighbourhood policing in every ward, and expanded cleaning services for highways and CBDs. Mayor Geordin […]
# The EFF has strongly rejected the appointment of the Industrial Development Corporation board, calling it a clear case of patronage and a sign of ongoing corruption. The party has slammed the appointments of Ayanda Dlodlo, Nomusa Dube-Ncube, and Sydney Mufamadi, saying they demonstrate how the ANC continues to hijack state institutions to reward political […]
# The GOOD Party has welcomed the arrest of Crime Intelligence boss Dumisani Khumalo, saying senior members of law enforcement must be held to the highest standards of integrity and accountability. Khumalo was arrested in connection with alleged unlawful senior appointments within the SAPS Crime Intelligence division. GOOD’s secretary general, Brett Herron, says corruption and criminality […]
# A veteran labour lawyer, Micheal Bagraim, is proposing that the National Economic Development and Labour Council must lead the National Dialogue, rather than spending 700-million-rand on just another talk shop. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the national dialogue will commence in August to find collective solutions to the country’s various challenges. Bagraim says the reality is that solutions after discussions […]
