# The Transport Department is set to amend road traffic regulations to prevent traffic register certificates, learner’s licences and driver’s licences from being used as general identity documents. The move follows a 2023 investigation that uncovered widespread abuse of Traffic Register Numbers and other road traffic documents. The department’s spokesperson, Collen Msibi says the amendments […]
# Forum for South Africa has welcomed the withdrawal of the asylum directive by the Department of Home Affairs, while calling for a national referendum on immigration and asylum policy. Forum leader Tebogo Mashilompane says South Africans must have a say in the future of the country’s immigration system and border management. He is urging […]
# Standard Bank Group has signed a subscription agreement to invest in OPay, a digital financial services platform operating primarily in Nigeria and other markets. OPay has filed a registration statement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and has applied to list its American Depositary Shares on the New York Stock Exchange. Standard […]
# Eight Cape Town beaches have retained full Blue Flag status for the 2026/27 season, with four more selected as pilot sites. Mayoral committee member for Community Services and Health, Francine Higham, says this marks the fifth consecutive season that eight City beaches have achieved full status, continuing Cape Town’s 25-year participation in the international […]
# Acting National Police Commissioner Puleng Dimpane says police have intensified deployments across the country following unrest linked to a Constitutional Court judgment on asylum seeker applications. Twenty-four vehicles and properties have been damaged since Thursday. Dimpane says additional resources have been deployed in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, while maximum operational deployments are in place across […]
# COSATU has welcomed Home Affairs’ decision to pause the processing of refugee applications at its offices. Spokesperson Matthew Parks says the move is necessary to protect staff, applicants and members of the public. He condemns both violations of immigration laws and xenophobic violence, stressing that law enforcement is the responsibility of the state, not […]
# Acting National Police Commissioner Puleng Dimpane says 30 suspects have been arrested in connection with public violence and unlawful protests in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal since Thursday. Addressing a NATJOINTS briefing, Dimpane says 25 suspects were arrested in KZN and five in Gauteng. The charges include public violence, malicious damage to property, illegal gathering, obstruction […]
# Three suspected cash-in-transit robbers have been shot and killed in a shootout with police in Johannesburg, with three civilians injured. Police Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi says officers acted on crime intelligence about suspects allegedly planning a robbery in Roodepoort. A white Mercedes-Benz was spotted on Kliprivier Road. When police attempted to stop the vehicle, the suspects […]
# A total of 268 Grade 12 candidates from the Department of Correctional Services are ready to commence their 2026 National Senior Certificate examinations, which are scheduled to begin on Tuesday and conclude on 26 November. The candidates are enrolled at 18 correctional services schools across the country. National Commissioner of Correctional Services, Samuel Thobakgale, […]
