# A wanted alleged illegal mining kingpin was killed by the police’s National Intervention Unit during a tracing operation in Carletonville, Gauteng. Members went to a house where the suspect was believed to be hiding. National spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says the suspect started shooting at police, forcing them to open fire. She says an AK-47 rifle […]
# The Tshwane Metro Police Department arrested 358 suspects in a multidisciplinary crime-fighting Operation Shanela in Akasia and Soshanguve over the weekend. The suspects were apprehended for crimes including rape and armed robbery. Police spokesperson Johan van Dyk says 74 undocumented foreign nationals were also detained during the operation and handed over to immigration officials […]
# Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya has appointed Molatelo Mashola as mayoral committee member for Utility Services. He replaces Frans Boshielo. Moya’s spokesperson, Samkelo Mgobozi, says Mashola served as chief whip of council, which required him to provide political leadership and work across the metro’s governance structures. He adds the Utility Services portfolio is critical, as […]
# The City of Cape Town’s Urban Mobility Directorate has achieved its highest ever capital expenditure for the past financial year. Over 2.54-billion-rand has been spent on improving roads and walkways, and improving road capacity. An additional 1.633-billion-rand has been spent on building new infrastructure for the MyCiTi buses that will start operating on routes […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions says government must stop confusing approval from rating agencies with economic success. In June, Fitch Ratings raised South Africa’s credit rating, citing stronger fiscal discipline and lower-than-expected debt, marking its first upgrade of the country in more than two decades. SAFTU’s spokesperson Asive Dyani says rating agencies […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile’s office has rejected speculation and unverified reports about his health, stressing that his medical information is private. He has not made a public appearance since the 18th of July. An article in the Sunday World made several claims about Mashatile’s health, including that he had been admitted to ICU while […]
# The DA in the Western Cape says the successful containment of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in the province is proof of how a whole-of-society approach can rapidly halt biosecurity threats and protect the agricultural economy. The province successfully vaccinated 82-percent of its total bovine herd of almost half-a-million with primary and booster doses. Private veterinarians […]
# The ANC Greater Joburg Region has expressed concern at a Sunday World article headlined “Mbalula halts ANC’s Morero showdown”, which it says is highly misleading. The article claimed that secretary-general Fikile Mbalula instructed the provincial leadership to cancel its planned briefing last week. This follows Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero’s expletive-laden outburst at a resident in […]
# Ford Motor Company of South Africa has announced the recall of two-thousand-275 double-cab bakkies produced for the 2026–2027 production year and sold between May 22nd, and June 23rd this year. This follows the identification of a potential problem with the vehicles’ side-curtain airbag system. Vehicles included in the recall were also exported to Namibia, […]
