# Tshwane police arrested 359 suspects in Garsfontein and Boschkop during Operation Shanela yesterday. The suspects were apprehended for criminal offences including murder, attempted murder, rape and assault. Police spokesperson, Johan van Dyk, says 65 undocumented foreign nationals were also detained and handed over to the immigration authorities:
# The City of Tshwane council has approved the strategic precinct plan for the Tshwane Fresh Product Market and its surrounding neighbourhoods. The precinct will include housing and mixed-use developments. Mayoral committee member for Economic Development and Spatial Planning, Sarah Mabotsa, says enhancing and revitalising the inner city of Pretoria will allow the metro to […]
# City Power says it is stepping up the fight against criminals sabotaging essential infrastructure and crippling the electricity supply to residents. Six suspects were recently arrested for cable theft and tampering with electricity infrastructure in three separate incidents in the Johannesburg CBD, Bramley View, and Alexandra. City Power’s spokesperson, Isaac Mangena, says cable theft and […]
# The Tshwane University of Technology’s Solar Car Project Team has been awarded the prestigious International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences Communication Prize for 2025 in Australia. The university’s entry titled, Sustainable Automotive Technologies: a TUT Case Study, beat finalists from China, India, the US, the Netherlands, the UK, Australia, Poland, Mexico […]
# The EFF has welcomed minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau’s decision to withdraw the controversial draft amendments to the National Credit Act of 2005. The amendments proposed listing educational institutions as originators of credit information, which could have allowed unpaid student fees to be reported to credit bureaus. The EFF says this […]
# Eastern Cape premier, Oscar Mabuyane, has hailed the province’s positive 2024/2025 audit outcomes as a step towards cleaner governance. The Auditor-General of South Africa’s Provincial Financial Management Act audit outcomes show all 12 provincial departments achieved unqualified audit opinions for the first time. Six departments even earned clean audits. Mabuyane says this achievement reflects better […]
# Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis welcomes acting national Police minister Firoz Cachalia’s willingness to consider the extension of investigative powers to metro police and law enforcement. The metro has been fighting to assume a degree of control over the police directly, with enhanced abilities to shape policy and accountability. Hill-Lewis says with the call for […]
# Public Works and Infrastructure minister, Dean Macpherson, has dismissed ActionSA’s allegations that he is withholding the Telkom Towers forensic report. The complex, purchased in 2016 for nearly 700-million-rand to serve as the headquarters for the police service in Pretoria, was evacuated in February last year and has been vacant ever since. The minister launched […]
# Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen says the G20’s emphasis on science-based measures, transparency and cooperation on standards is good news for exporters, from fruit and wine to grains and animal products. He participated in the FNB round-table in Cape Town yesterday, where he outlined how this year’s G20 outcomes can deliver tangible benefits for local […]
