# The City of Cape Town’s Safety and Security Directorate has recovered 22 firearms in just over a week, as part of ongoing crime-prevention operations across the metro. During the week of 19 to 25 October, officers recovered firearms in areas including Steenberg, Hanover Park, Delft, Nyanga, Philippi, Atlantis, Milnerton and Bonteheuwel. The weapons included […]
# Union federation COSATU says it is intensifying its election campaign and mobilisation efforts in support of both the ANC and the SACP ahead of the local government elections. It is supporting both political formations at the polls, in line with a resolution adopted at its 15th National Congress. COSATU’s general secretary Zingiswa Losi says […]
# ActionSA has written to Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya requesting that the independent investigation into the Bronkhorstspruit water contamination crisis also examine whether actions or inactions of officials were politically motivated. The crisis linked to a lack of chlorine at the Bronkhorstspruit wastewater treatment plant has left over 800 people affected by gastrointestinal illnesses. ActionSA says […]
# The Department of Home Affairs will extend operational hours at all its front offices leading up to the local government elections next Wednesday. The extended hours are intended to allow South Africans to apply for or collect their IDs or temporary identity certificates before casting their ballots. The department’s spokesperson, Ndileka Cola, says citizens […]
# The Human Sciences Research Council is calling on all voters to participate in the countrywide Election Satisfaction Survey. The survey will be conducted by interviewers stationed at selected voting stations across the country on behalf of the Electoral Commission on the day of the local government elections next Wednesday. HSRC’s spokesperson Alfred Thutloa says […]
# Union federation SAFTU says the re-election of Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is a victory for workers, poor people, indigenous communities, and all those who mobilised to defend their democratic and social gains. Left-wing leader Lula took 51.79-percent of the vote, becoming the first president since Brazil’s return to civilian rule in 1985 […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has received the panel report into the naval exercise known as Exercise Will of Peace. He established the panel in February to investigate the circumstances surrounding the Chinese-led exercise held at False Bay in the Western Cape. This followed concerns Ramaphosa’s instruction for the Iranian Navy to withdraw was not followed. […]
# Cape Town police have arrested two men for a suspected scam involving the sale of a camera advertised on Facebook Marketplace. The incident reportedly occurred at Riverlands Mall in Observatory, where the complainant had arranged to hand over the camera to prospective buyers after receiving notification of an immediate payment of 29-thousand-rand. Police spokesperson […]
# Forum for South Africa has welcomed progress in Home Affairs’ digital services rollout. This follows the announcement that more than one million South Africans have used the bank-based service channel to obtain smart ID cards in just over seven months. According to the department, the system is currently available at 669 participating bank branches nationwide. […]
