# Former GOOD Party councillor in Tshwane, Sarah Mabotsa, has condemned the continued use of her name and photographs for RISE Mzansi’s election campaign. She was removed as councillor over allegations of breaching GOOD’s constitution. The party’s co-operation agreement with RISE Mzansi means they have withdrawn Mabotsa as their mayoral candidate. Mabotsa says the continued […]
# Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department officers prevented an alleged kidnapping in Tembisa yesterday evening. Officers were executing routine patrols on Link Road, between Esselen and Liliba, when they heard a young woman screaming for help. Police spokesperson Thabiso Makgato says the 27-year-old woman told the officers that four males driving a white Toyota Avanza had […]
# The Gauteng government has condemned the murder of a four-month-old baby and the alleged rape of the mother in Atteridgeville, Tshwane. According to police, a pastor and his wife lured the woman to the Hennops River under the pretext of performing a ritual. The mother was tied up and allegedly raped before the couple fled […]
# The City of Cape Town says it has delivered more than 203-thousand temporary work opportunities through the Expanded Public Works Programme over the past five financial years from 2021/2022 to 2025/2026. The opportunities were delivered across the metro’s departments and directorates, including operational public employment projects and dedicated skills development initiatives. Mayoral committee member […]
# City Power acting CEO Charles Tlouane is urging communities to help protect electricity infrastructure amid widespread cable theft, infrastructure vandalism, and illegal connections across the City of Johannesburg. The power utility recorded more than one-thousand infrastructure-related incidents in the 2025/2026 financial year, with 280 suspects arrested. Tlouane warns that the gap between electricity revenue and the […]
# Western Cape Police Commissioner Sizakhele Dyantyi has urged victims of domestic violence to come forward and speak out so that perpetrators can be prosecuted. The call comes after the provincial High Court sentenced Duncan Hoorn to life imprisonment for kidnapping, murder and defeating the ends of justice. He was found guilty of killing his […]
# Government’s Economic Cluster is urging the public to verify information about the proposed Employment Services Amendment Bill amid social media claims about its impact on refugees and asylum seekers. The bill seeks to legally regulate the employment of foreign nationals, proposing imposing a 100-thousand-rand fine on employers hiring illegal foreign workers as a first […]
# Agricultural organisation TLU SA says it’s time for farm attacks and murders to receive the political and security priority warranted by their scale and persistent nature. This follows the recent murder of 55-year-old Hannetjie van Zyl at her Doornpan farm in North West. TLU SA’s Bennie van Zyl says 26 farm attacks and three farm […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Health resolved not to receive the presentation on the National Health Laboratory Service annual report yesterday. This is after committee members unanimously raised concerns about the entity’s failure to submit audited financial statements, chronic non-compliance with the Public Finance Management Act and a collapse of governance and board oversight. NHLS’ […]
