# Western Cape Police Commissioner Sizakhele Dyantyi says he is taking a zero-tolerance stance against officers who take bribes or abuse their power. A police officer who attempted to smuggle contraband into the holding cells at Mitchell’s Plain SAPS was arrested on Sunday. Police spokesperson Wesley Twigg says the officer found himself on the wrong […]
# The Makhanda High Court has granted the Hawks in the Eastern Cape and the National Prosecuting Authority a forfeiture order worth over 2.3-million-rand. This is linked to a July 2024 cash-in-transit robbery along the road between Kei Road, Maclean Town, and Stutterheim. Hawks spokesperson Ndiphiwe Mhlakuvana says that during the incident, five suspects were […]
# Food and Allied Workers Union members in the sugar manufacturing and refining industry have resumed strike action, following a deadlock in wage negotiations. Hundreds of workers have stayed away from their posts at mills and related operations, mainly in KwaZulu-Natal and other sugar-growing areas. FAWU, the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union and the […]
# Union federation Cosatu says the National Student Financial Aid Scheme’s governance woes are spilling over to administrative processes, in turn, affecting thousands of students. Last week, a ruling by the High Court in Pretoria reinstated the dissolved NSFAS board and declared the appointment of professor Hlengani Mathebula as administrator irrational. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Nonzuzo Dlamini, […]
# The Tshwane Metro Police Department says it maintains a zero-tolerance approach towards criminality and misconduct within its ranks. This follows the arrest of one of its constables, Peter Nonyane, in connection with a 1.75-million-rand fraud and money-laundering scheme involving funds belonging to a deceased estate. TMPD spokesperson Isaac Mahamba says this case places renewed […]
# Parliament’s Select Committee on Education, Sciences and Creative Industries has called on Minister of Higher Education, Buti Manamela, to speedily allow the National Student Financial Aid Scheme board to start with its duties. Last week, the High Court in Pretoria suspended the appointment of professor Hlengani Mathebula as NSFAS administrator and ordered the reinstatement […]
# Four suspects aged between 23 and 53 were arrested for extortion in Bellville, Cape Town. Police spokesperson Novela Potelwa says the four are three family members from Nyanga, one of whom is a police constable, and a Somalian businessman who allegedly collected money on behalf of the extortion ring. She says the suspects allegedly extorted […]
# The Forum for South Africa is calling for the immediate stabilisation of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme operations and greater transparency in its governance. The 54.3-billion-rand scheme is under increased scrutiny, as it still needs to address funding issues in ten-thousand cases, with over four-thousand students awaiting resolution. Forum leader Tebogo Mashilompane says […]
# The City of Cape Town says it is pleased that deputy minister of Water and Sanitation, Jack Bloom, has shown interest in the investment that the metro is making in its infrastructure. The deputy minister visited several major projects, including the off-grid sanitation solution piloted at the OR Tambo Informal Settlement in Khayelitsha. Mayoral […]
