# The Soil of Africa Civic Movement is expanding its community support across South Africa and the African continent. The movement’s president, Bongani Ramontja says they are currently operating two Skills Development Academies in Mamelodi and Rustenburg to equip young people with practical skills, education, and entrepreneurial training. Ramontja says they are planning to undertake […]
# Education activist Hendrick Makaneta is calling for stronger collaboration between government and traditional leaders to eliminate illegal initiation schools. His plea follows a report by Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs minister Velenkosini Hlabisa that 35 initiates have died sience the start of the 2026 winter initiation season and 58 illegal initiation schools have bene […]
# ActionSA says the collapse of the City of Johannesburg’s municipal billing system is not merely an administrative inconvenience, but represents a fundamental breakdown in the relationship between a city and the people it serves. Residents are increasingly being hit with confusing municipal bills, unexplained arrears, disputed charges and the threat of disconnection. ActionSA’s Mpumi […]
# The City of Cape Town says its partnership with a local non-profit organisation, Environmental Monitoring Group, is equipping locals interested in environmental stewardship with knowledge, skills and opportunities to tackle pollution for healthier rivers. EMG has more than three decades of experience advancing environmental and social justice. Mayoral committee member for Water and Sanitation, […]
# The Forum for South Africa says organised crime figure Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala’s decision to withdraw from his plea and sentence agreement is a setback for transparency and accountability. After pleading guilty to charges of fraud, corruption and money laundering, in the plea deal Matlala was handed 15-years’ imprisonment, with seven years suspended, in connection […]
# Tshwane mayoral committee member for Community Safety, Hannes Coetzee, has welcomed the official launch of the Emergency Services Department Urban Search and Rescue Training Programme at the Erasmuskloof Fire Station Training Academy. A total of 25 firefighters have been selected to form part of the Urban Search and Rescue team and will undergo training […]
# The City of Tshwane says several areas in Hammanskraal will be facing a water supply interruption today until midnight. This is due to an urgent 15-hour planned shutdown of the water outflow from the Klipdrift Water Treatment Works by Magalies Water for the installation of an isolation valve on the bulk water supply pipeline. The […]
# Higher Education and Training deputy minister, Yusuf Cassim, has called for a review of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme’s payment schedule to institutions. He handed over written complaints from students at the University of South Africa to the institution’s management yesterday. The complaints are over delayed July’s Personal Care Allowance payments and ongoing […]
# Police arrested 13-thousand-and-20 suspects for various criminal offences during nationwide Shanela operations carried out last week. Among those arrested are one-thousand-886 individuals wanted for serious and violent crimes, including murder, rape, armed robbery, and hijacking. Police spokesperson, Amanda van Wyk, says two-thousand-and-89 illegal immigrants were also arrested for contravening the Immigration Act, of which […]
