# The Tshwane Metro Police Department has arrested more than 50 pedestrians for endangering themselves and motorists during road safety operations along the N1 and N4 highways. TMPD spokesperson Puleng Motholo says the arrests were made during a clampdown conducted over the past five days. She says the pedestrians were charged with creating a source […]
# The City of Cape Town is reporting a sharp increase in complaints about the illegal sale and discharge of fireworks ahead of the festive season. The Public Emergency Communication Centre recorded three complaints about illegal fireworks sales and six about fireworks being discharged during the first three weeks of September. Mayoral committee member for […]
# The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) has arrested a 49-year-old police sergeant stationed at Honeydew SAPS in Johannesburg, in connection with the alleged sexual violation of a female relative. IPID spokesperson Lizzy Suping says the victim was 14 years old at the time of the alleged offences. She was living with her aunt, who […]
# The City of Cape Town says it has addressed 85-percent of verified outstanding road and pavement projects linked to water and sanitation repairs from the 2025/26 financial year. As of the 15th of October, 2-thousand-335 repairs still need to be done. Mayoral Committee Member for Water and Sanitation, Zahid Badroodien, says progress is also […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions is backing Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as voters go to the polls in the country’s presidential election. SAFTU is urging workers, indigenous communities and landless families to mobilise in defence of social and economic gains made under Lula’s previous two terms, from 2003 to […]
# The EFF is calling for the immediate arrest of Tshwane Mayor Nasiphi Moya, accusing her of failing to act on warnings that water from the Bronkhorstspruit treatment plant was unsafe. Several hundred people have fallen ill, including many children aged four and under. The party says the Department of Water and Sanitation told Parliament […]
# MK Party president Jacob Zuma says local government must play a decisive role in dismantling economic exclusion and expanding economic opportunities for historically disadvantaged communities as South Africa approaches the local government elections. He says the party’s election manifesto sets an ambitious target of working towards creating 400-thousand verified full-time jobs across municipalities governed […]
# The South African Communist Party is calling on the South African government, trade unions and civil society to intensify pressure to end the decades-old US blockade against Cuba. The party’s call comes as the 34th debate on the blockade at the United Nations General Assembly takes place in New York this week. The SACP […]
# The Western Cape police has condemned the mass shooting that claimed five lives and left three people injured in Steenberg on Saturday evening. Police spokesperson, Novela Potelwa, says the victims were drinking at a residence in Blode Street at around eight o’clock when unidentified gunmen entered the property and opened fire indiscriminately. Potelwa says […]
