# ActionSA supports the recommendation by acting Police minister Firoz Cachalia to appoint KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi as the national head of the Hawks. Cachalia has submitted a Cabinet Memorandum seeking Cabinet’s concurrence for the appointment. ActionSA’s Stephan Gerber says this recommendation comes after months of investigations, commissions, parliamentary committees and mounting public pressure over […]
# The Gauteng government has rejected allegations by DA Johannesburg mayoral candidate Helen Zille that premier Panyaza Lesufi is taking undue credit for electricity interventions in the province. The DA released a campaign video about raising funds to buy a new blue transformer and coordinating with Eskom to restore power in areas like Dobsonville, Meadowlands, […]
# Deputy minister of Water and Sanitation Jack Bloom is calling on municipalities to prioritise pollution prevention and clean up contaminated rivers in line with the polluter-pays principle. He says proper maintenance, early warning systems and armed security are needed to prevent sewage spills polluting rivers in Rustenburg and Ventersdorp in North West. Bloom says […]
# The DA says that with just a few days to go before the local government elections, there must be fair and equitable treatment of all political parties. The party has secured a court order requiring radio stations that failed to broadcast its allocated Party Election Broadcasts to make corrective broadcasts. PEBs are free blocks […]
# The Freedom Front Plus in Gauteng is calling for an urgent investigation into several activities in the Lewisham and Krugersdorp areas of Mogale City. Party officials conducted an oversight visit to the site yesterday, where they identified several areas of concern, including a compost manufacturing plant situated on municipal land directly underneath electrical power […]
# City Power in Johannesburg has spent 236-million-rand replacing electricity infrastructure damaged by cable theft and vandalism in the 2025/26 financial year. These account for 20-percent of all power outages across its network in the metro. Acting CEO Charles Tlouane says cable theft and vandalism are not only criminal acts, but directly undermine their ability […]
# The Gauteng Department of Health has urged communities to maintain ongoing conversations around mental health, saying unemployment, financial hardship, gender-based violence and substance abuse can negatively affect mental well-being. October is Mental Health Awareness Month in South Africa. The department’s spokesperson, Steve Mabona, says persistent stigma, discrimination, and harmful stereotypes prevent individuals from seeking […]
# Tshwane Mayor Nasiphi Moya says daily reported gastrointestinal illness cases in Bronkhorstspruit are declining, offering some relief amid concerns over water contamination in the area. So far, 833 people have been affected by the outbreak, with about 40-percent of patients being children under four, after drinking water from the Bronkhorstspruit Water Treatment Plant, which […]
# Civil society group Save Our Sacred Lands says it fully supports the South African Human Rights Commission’s decision to institute proceedings in the Western Cape High Court against the City of Cape Town. The commission is seeking to interdict the transfer of 49 municipal properties sold at a public auction in February, until a […]
