# Eastern Cape have launched a manhunt for suspects following the killing of four men in Kwazakhele, Gqeberha, yesterday afternoon. The men were shot and killed while sitting in a car at Thanduxolo Mbete Street. Police spokesperson, Andre Beetge, says when they arrived on the scene, they discovered the bodies with multiple gunshot wounds in […]
# University of Pretoria third-year LLB student, Kiara Ramluckun, has been awarded the Abe Bailey Travel Bursary. This is for an all-expenses-paid educational tour of England and Scotland later this year. The travel bursary aims to broaden the horizons of young South Africans by exposing them to the UK and its universities, where they participate […]
# The Congress of South African Trade Unions says the passing of the 2025/2026 Budget’s Appropriation Bill brings budgetary certainty to government. The total government expenditure for the year will amount to 2.3-trillion-rand. Of this 1.17-trillion-rand is allocated directly to national departments. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Matthew Parks, says they remain concerned that the budget’s overall thrust […]
# ActionSA in Gauteng says it notes with outrage the latest attempt by Ekurhuleni mayor, Nkosindiphile Xhakaza, to shift the blame for the punitive 126-rand fixed electricity surcharge onto the National Energy Regulator of South Africa. The mayor claims NERSA prescribed the surcharge. ActionSA’s Zwelithini Mtshali says NERSA does not prescribe municipal tariffs; it approves what […]
# The Congress of South African Trade Unions says it has presented its submission in support of the African Growth and Opportunities Act’s renewal to the United States’ Trade Representative. With relations between the South African and US governments at a low point, it seems likely that South Africa’s inclusion in the AGOA will not […]
# Five cash-in-transit robbery suspects were killed during a shootout with police in Crown Mines, Johannesburg, yesterday afternoon. Police spokesperson Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi stated that they acted on intelligence about an imminent cash-in-transit heist, and the suspects’ vehicle was identified near the M1/M2 highway split. She says that upon seeing the police, the suspects sped off, […]
# The DA says restoring the National Prosecuting Authority’s capacity to send criminals to jail is central to making South Africa safe for its citizens and eradicating gender-based violence. Earlier this week, the Eastern Cape High Court ruled that the NPA is not entitled to clarification on the court’s acquittal of Nigerian televangelist Timothy Omotoso […]
# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa says it demands the immediate withdrawal of the Passenger Railway Agency of South Africa’s fare hikes for Metrorail commuters. GIWUSA president, Mametlwe Sebei says Prasa announced that ticket prices will rise by up to 2-rand-50-cents for single, 6-rand for return and over 100-rand per month for […]
# RISE Mzansi has welcomed the progress made in empowering both the Parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee and the Madlanga Judicial Commission of Inquiry established to thoroughly probe the corruption allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal provincial police commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. RISE Mzansi’s, Makashule Gana says now that both bodies have been legally empowered, they must waste no time in […]
