# The South African Weather Service is warning Gauteng residents to take precautions as the province experiences its first official heatwave of the 2026/27 summer season. The heatwave, which began on Friday, is expected to intensify, with scorching conditions forecast to persist until Monday. Pretoria is expected to reach 35-degrees-Celsius, while Johannesburg could hit 33 […]
# Police are urging community members to exercise caution when withdrawing, transporting and distributing their savings as the festive season approaches. Police spokesperson Nomthandazo Mnisi says increased cash withdrawals and the movement of large sums of money during this period create opportunities for criminals to target unsuspecting members of the public. She warns that stokvel […]
# The DA has given the South African Broadcasting Corporation 43 hours to confirm in writing its commitments to fair and equitable terrestrial television coverage of major political parties’ closing election campaign rallies. The party’s demand follows from what it called contradictory messages from senior SABC executives this week about whether election rallies will be […]
# The memory of Sky, a five-year-old Belgian Malinois who served as an arson detection dog with the South African Police Service, will live on at a memorial in Pretoria. The chairperson of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Police, Ian Cameron, says a granite memorial dedicated to Sky has been completed and will be placed at […]
# Inkatha Freedom Party president Velenkosini Hlabisa has welcomed what he described as the overall peaceful conduct of political parties during local government election campaigns across the country. Hlabisa was campaigning in Esikhawini, near Richards Bay in KwaZulu-Natal. He says peaceful campaigning is important as political parties engage voters and encouraging South Africans to go […]
# The City of Tshwane has lifted the boil-water advisory affecting the Pretoria CBD and surrounding areas supplied by the Findlay Reservoir. Mayor Nasiphi Moya confirmed the decision after water-quality monitoring and laboratory tests found no detectable E. coli or total coliform bacteria in the latest samples taken from the reservoir:
# Education activist Hendrick Makaneta says Sector Education and Training Authorities should measure success by how many learners secure jobs or start businesses, rather than simply counting those trained or certificates issued. The Statistics South Africa’s second-quarter 2026 figures show that the official unemployment rate at 33.6-percent, rising to 47.4-percent among young people aged 15 […]
# COSATU says a new municipal funding model is needed to ensure the Revised White Paper on Local Government succeeds in stabilising and rebuilding municipalities. The document proposes interventions to improve local government and ensure communities receive municipal services, including free basic services for indigent households. COSATU spokesperson Matthew Parks says competent and qualified managers […]
# Suspended South African Police Service Sergeant Fannie Nkosi has resigned from the police service amid serious misconduct allegations and pending disciplinary proceedings. Nkosi, who was attached to the Gauteng Organised Crime Unit, faces criminal charges including theft, fraud and defeating the ends of justice. The charges follow a police raid at his Pretoria North […]
