# Gauteng police have arrested a 24-year-old pastor’s wife in connection with the abduction and murder of a four-month-old baby and the alleged rape of the child’s mother in Atteridgeville, Tshwane. The mother and baby were allegedly lured to Hennops River by a pastor and his wife under the guise of a spiritual practice. Police […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has emphasised the importance of fully adhering to the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan, as a means to advance the peace process. He met with South Sudanese president Salva Kiir Mayardit, who is in South Africa on a working visit. Ramaphosa’s spokesperson Vincent Magwenya says […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Communications and Digital Technologies says it is concerned over the prolonged delays in completing South Africa’s long-delayed Broadcasting Digital Migration programme. Legal proceedings over the programme continue to hold up the analogue television switch-off. Committee chairperson Khusela Sangoni-Diko says it is unfortunate that disagreements around the implementation of the programme […]
# The EFF in Gauteng has welcomed the arrest of a second suspect in the murder of its former Tshwane sub-regional secretary. Monica Dube was shot dead at her home in Wallmannsthal in June. The provincial political killings task team arrested the 39-year-old suspect yesterday evening. The first suspect was apprehended in July. Spokesperson Dumisani […]
# Minister of Higher Education and Training, Buti Manamela, has committed to stronger oversight and accountability across post-school education and training. He says recurring weaknesses identified through oversight and audits must be addressed with concrete action. Manamela says he has taken note of the Auditor General’s recommendations, including the need for stronger oversight of executive […]
# The National Association of Artisanal Miners says it supports efforts by law enforcement against illegal mining and organised crime. A new bill before Parliament proposes to increase penalties for mining without a licence to up to 30 years’ imprisonment and a fine of up to 100-million-rand. NAAM spokesperson Zethu Hlatshwayo says arrests alone will […]
# The shack dwellers’ movement Abahlali baseMjondolo has strongly condemned the record-breaking fuel price increases for this month, warning that it will push vulnerable South Africans even deeper into poverty and suffering. Petrol prices have gone up by between three-rand-12-cents and three-rand-33-cents per litre; and diesel prices by between two-rand-84-cents and three-rand-24-cents a litre. Abahlali […]
# The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union in Limpopo is calling for a thorough investigation into the head-on crash that killed six people, including three police members, on the R524 Levubu Road in the Vhembe district yesterday. A police vehicle taking three awaiting-trial prisoners to jail collided with a white Mahindra bakkie belonging to […]
# The Gauteng government has launched the Gauteng Public Transport Regulatory Information System, which is a new digital platform. The platform aims to transform and fast-track the receipting, processing and issuing of public transport operating licences in the province. MEC for Roads and Transport Kedibone Diale-Tlabela says e-hailing operators have taken priority, with many facing difficulties […]
