# The MK Party is calling for the immediate suspension of two senior police officers, arrested for allegedly being involved in the unlawful trade of precious metals, corruption, and defeating the ends of justice. The two were apprehended in a coordinated anti-corruption operation in Gauteng, while a Durban businessman was also arrested. The MK Party […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions says if government is serious about ending illegal mining and illicit precious metals trading, it must aggressively prosecute corrupt police officers, immigration officials, politicians, and businesspeople linked to syndicates. This follows the arrest of two senior police officials and a civilian in Gauteng, allegedly linked to the […]
# The Gauteng government says the DA’s latest statement, questioning the effectiveness of premier Panyaza Lesufi’s Coordinating Forum on Johannesburg’s financial challenges, is both predictable and revealing. The DA stated that the PCF is not the solution to restore municipal financial sustainability and protect service delivery. The provincial government’s spokesperson, Elijah Mhlanga, says it is […]
# The Congress of the People has joined calls for president Cyril Ramaphosa to fire minister of Social Development Sisisi Tolashe. She is alleged to have redirected a donation of vehicles meant for the ANC Women’s League to her children. It is also alleged that her former household employee was made to pay half her […]
# The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation urges Parliament to approach the impeachment of president Cyril Ramaphosa with the seriousness it deserves, ensuring it does not devolve into a political spectacle or factional battle. On Friday, the Constitutional Court has ruled the National Assembly’s vote on Ramaphosa Phala Phala matter in Parliament was invalid and unconstitutional. The foundation is calling on the Speaker […]
# The National Energy Regulator says it does not issue confirmations, licences, exemptions or any other form of correspondence to wholesale licence applicants who do not own petroleum storage facilities regulated under the Petroleum Pipelines Act. NERSA has received numerous requests from various entities seeking confirmation of storage licences. Spokesperson Charles Hlebela says the regulator will only consider applications […]
#The Gauteng provincial legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Community Safety is calling on provincial police commissioner, Tommy Mthombeni, to address the crisis at the Pretoria West Police Station. The committee chairperson, Bandile Masuku, says during an oversight visit last week, they uncovered serious infrastructure and Information and Communication Technology challenges that are severely undermining effective policing […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions has not held any formal meeting with the South African Communist Party leadership regarding participation in the proposed Conference of the Left. SAFTU’s Asive Dyani says no constitutional structure of the federation has discussed, debated, or resolved whether the federation will participate in or associate itself with […]
# Eskom has announced that average unplanned outages declined last week to eleven-thousand-593-megawatts. Spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says this is a reduction of 964-megawatts compared to the 12-thousand-556-megawatts recorded over the same period last year, contributing to a less constrained power grid. She says over the same period, the Unplanned Capacity Loss Factor was 24.18-percent, representing a […]
