# Gauteng police have arrested a 19-year-old suspect in connection with the murder of an 18-year-old Grade 10 learner from Mokgome Secondary School in Meadowlands, Soweto. Preliminary investigations reveal that the deceased was attacked and assaulted by unknown suspects with a panga in Braamfischerville. Police spokesperson, Tintswalo Sibeko, says more arrests are possible:
# The DA says former Social Development minister Sisisi Tolashe may have been removed as an ANC cabinet minister, but that does not take away from criminal accountability. Two reports allege Tolashe’s possible culpability in irregular appointments. The DA’s Nazley Sharif says cabinet didn’t permit Tolashe to appoint her director-general for five years, and a […]
# The African Christian Democratic Party says Zama Zamas are threatening law and order in the City of Johannesburg. This as illegal miners are tunnelling under Johannesburg, forcing businesses and residents to spend money on emergency repairs and temporary infrastructure to keep operating. ACDP’s Chris Rohlssen says it is clear that the South African National […]
# The GOOD Party says government at all its levels must take responsibility for mismanaging the crisis of poverty, under-delivery, exclusion and its own immigration policies. Anti-foreigner protests have spread across the country in recent days, with flare-ups in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape. GOOD’s secretary-general, Brett Herron, says South Africans are justifiably angry about […]
# Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa, says government is committed to strengthening collaboration between municipalities and traditional leadership institutions. He led a consultation between his department and the National House of Traditional and Khoi-San Leaders on the Reviewed Draft White Paper on Local Government. Hlabisa says the review provides the chance […]
# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa is calling on organised labour, community organisations and youth movements to immediately mobilise against ongoing xenophobic attacks and the so-called June 30 deadline. GIWUSA president Mametlwe Sebei, says campaigns to evict people out of country or certain regions are incitement to violence and must be condemned:
# The City of Tshwane says it has withdrawn the additional external water tankers deployed during Rand Water’s planned maintenance period, as its water distribution network is showing signs of recovery. Technicians are closely monitoring the Mabopane and Kruisfontein systems and sections of the Soshanguve L and Soshanguve DD systems, which remain at lower operating […]
# Eskom says it has advanced its forensic investigations backlog project by issuing a tender for specialist investigators for commencement from the first of September. This comes amid irregular diesel procurement contracts worth billions, and ghost vending losses that cost the power utility more than 20-billion-rand over three years. Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says its forensic […]
# The South African National Editors’ Forum has expressed concern at reports of journalists experiencing harassment, intimidation and abuse while covering recent protests across the country, including the March and March demonstrations. SANEF is calling on any journalist, editor, photographer, videographer, producer or media worker who has experienced harassment in any form to come forward. […]
