# Tshwane Metro Police arrested 25 illegal immigrants in Nellmapius, Pretoria East, Bronkhorstspruit and Ezithobeni yesterday. This was part of intensified operations aimed at curbing illegal immigration and related crimes. Twelve were arrested for being in the country without the required documentation, while 13 were apprehended for contravening the Immigration Act. TMPD spokesperson Isaac Mahamba says […]
# Cosatu has welcomed the government’s intervention in resolving the stipend payments for education assistants under the Basic Education Employment Initiative. The delay in payments was caused by administrative challenges related to the uploading and verification of attendance registers. This is a mandatory process designed to ensure accountability and prevent payments to ghost employees. Cosatu’s […]
# Johannesburg Water has strongly condemned the assault of one of its illegal connections investigators, who was attacked by a customer during the execution of his duties in Tulisa Park. The investigator was at the property to investigate a suspected illegal reconnection after the customer was disconnected by Credit Management Disconnection. Johannesburg Water spokesperson, Nombuso […]
# Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero says they have successfully secured a substantial grant of approximately 548-million-rand from Invest International Public Programmes, a prominent Dutch development finance institution. The funding is a step forward in the metro’s commitment to sustainable waste management and environmental leadership. The mayor’s acting spokesperson, Khathutshelo Mulaudzi, says Johannesburg’s objectives are clear […]
# Deputy minister of Electricity and Energy Samantha Graham-Maré says the renewable energy industry presents a defining opportunity for African countries to leverage their vast resources to re-industrialise and create dignified employment opportunities. The continent holds 60-percent of the world’s best solar resources, vast wind potential, and many of the critical minerals that underpin the […]
# The City of Cape Town’s Urban Waste Management Directorate has strongly condemned the ongoing hijackings and violent attacks targeting its staff and vehicles across the metro. A total of 57 cases were reported between the July 2024 and June 2025 financial year, with a significant concentration in the Cape Flats areas and certain parts […]
# The Department of International Relations and Cooperation has denied claims that the government funded the repatriation of South African Global Sumud Flotilla activists who were detained in Israel. Six South Africans, together with over 500 other activists from 45 countries, were abducted last week by Israeli forces in international waters from 41 vessels sailing towards […]
# Basic Education minister, Siviwe Gwarube says her department together with its partners, is reviewing the Basic Education Employment Initiative programme’s internal governance to ensure that the programme is adequately resourced, properly supervised, and supported by reliable systems. Gwarube briefed the media in Pretoria on the resolution of delayed payments to school assistants. The minister says […]
# Basic Education minister, Siviwe Gwarube says government has commenced with payments of Education Assistants and General School Assistants employed under the Basic Education Employment Initiative. Gwarube was speaking during a joint press briefing by her department and the Department of Employment And Labour on the resolution of delayed BEEI payments in Pretoria today. The […]
