# Gauteng Social Development MEC, Faith Mazibuko says her department and Department of Home Affairs will continue to roll out operations aimed at removing children from begging on the streets of Gauteng. The department spokesperson, Motsamai Motlhaolwa says this weekend the coordinated operation in Johannesburg North and South, has resulted in the removal of 19 children and ten mothers […]
# KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs has confirmed that Councillor Bongani Hadebe is the duly elected and lawfully recognised Mayor of the Dannhauser Local Municipality. The department’s spokesperson, Senzo Mzila says any claims or actions by any other individual purporting to hold this office are considered to be without legal standing and […]
# The DA says it will continue to demand accountability and support robust investigations following the resignation of the deputy director general for Real Estate Management Services in the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure, Nyeleti Mthetwa. The DA’s Edwin Macrae Bath says this follows minister Dean Macpherson’s decision to launch a wide-ranging investigation into state leases, and allegations of […]
# The National Prosecuting Authority in the Eastern Cape has welcomed the sentencing of three men to life imprisonment for the calculated assassination of police detective, warrant officer, Phumlani Dastile who was murdered in Zwelitsha in August 2021. The NPA’s spokesperson, Luxolo Tyali says Thando Mangolwane, Siyabonga Zimela, and Siphelo Bebe killed Dastile in revenge […]
# The City of Tshwane’s Forensic Services Division, and Tshwane Metro Police has discovered and exposed an individual posing as a legitimate employee at the city’s Rietvlei Water Treatment Plant. This followed a request from the Office of the Chief Operations Officer to investigate suspicions of identity fraud involving a staff member, under the name Prince. […]
# The City of Cape Town says over the past 12 months, there was a reduction in the number of residential fires and related fatalities. Residential fire statistics for the 2024/2025 financial year, recorded three-thousand-773 informal residential fires and formal residential fires and 166 fatalities across Cape Town. Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, JP Smith says the overall […]
# The Western Cape Education Department says parents of learners who wish to apply for a school transfer for the 2026 school year have until midnight today to apply. Spokesperson Bronagh Hammond says this applies to learners already attending school in Grades 2 to 7, and Grades 9 to 12. She says transfer applications can also be […]
# The University of the Western Cape says doctor Chontrelle Willemse is involved in additional research to outwit cancer. Her latest research involves developing a 3D lab-grown model of the blood-brain barrier. Willemse says they tested how well certain drugs can get through to the brain, and how signals released by spreading cancer cells might weaken or […]
# The Department of Social Development and the Human Sciences Research Council research highlighted compelling evidence that early child support grant access can transform the lives of South Africa’s most vulnerable groups and also children of adolescent mothers. The department’s spokesperson, Bathembu Futshane says the research identified a range of structural and social barriers to timely grant access, […]
