# Union federation COSATU says it commends the South African Municipal Workers’ Union for standing firm for workers in the Msunduzi Local Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal and Kannaland Local Municipality in the Western Cape. The union pushed back against exploitative practices of retaining personnel in contracts for years and the non-payment of outstanding overtime. COSATU’s spokesperson, […]
Tshwane police arrested 343 suspects during a multidisciplinary crime prevention operation in Lyttelton yesterday. The suspects were apprehended for various criminal charges, including murder, attempted murder, rape, armed robbery and assault. Police spokesperson Johan van Dyk says compliance inspections were also conducted, focusing on immigration and business-related matters. He says 50 illegal immigrants were detained […]
# The South African Communist Party is calling on the government to take urgent steps towards locating and rescuing the six South African citizens who are missing in Nepal. They are among the over one-thousand foreigners who are still unaccounted for following the devastating flash floods near the Nepal-Tibet border. Nearly 500 people have died. […]
# The City of Tshwane Council has resolved not to institute disciplinary proceedings against the City Manager, Johann Mettler, following an investigation into allegations of misconduct. He was accused of maladministration, making irregular appointments, and failing to conduct the mandatory vetting of some officials appointed to the Tshwane Metro Police Department. The metro says an […]
# The EFF in Gauteng has condemned the conduct of Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero, who was captured insulting a residentduring a City Power community imbizo in Tshepisong. The imbizo was held amid concerns raised by residents and local councillors following the initial withdrawal of electricity services in the area. The mayor was caught on camera […]
# Parliament’s Select Committee on Security and Justice has welcomed the Department of Home Affairs’ progress in addressing visa-related backlogs, while emphasising that clearing overdue applications must be accompanied by reforms to prevent backlogs from recurring. The department reported 21-thousand-847 pending appeals as of July 28, of which 13-thousand-148 were overdue. Committee chairperson Jane Mananiso […]
# The Health Department says the recall of Enalapril ten-milligram tablets supplied by Arya Pharma does not affect the same product packaged at five-milligram, which is currently being supplied to public sector health facilities to treat high blood pressure and heart failure. Spokesperson Foster Mohale says the affected tablets were only approved as temporary alternative […]
# The GOOD Party says a study on free basic service provision commissioned by the Western Cape Department of Local Government, which claims that the province is broadly compliant with national guidelines, does not stand up to scrutiny. According to the study, Cape Town provides sixty kilowatt-hours of free electricity to indigent households per month. […]
# Six suspects have been arrested following the recovery of seven electricity transformers valued at approximately 1.5-million-rand in Tembisa, Ekurhuleni. This was part of an operation by Gauteng Traffic Police, Gauteng Traffic Wardens Infrastructure Unit and TDP Security Services. The suspects face charges of theft and unlawful possession of critical electricity infrastructure. Gauteng Department of […]
