# ActionSA in Gauteng is demanding the immediate deployment of specialised crime intelligence teams to Olievenhoutbosch. This follows the killing of six people at a tavern in Choba informal settlement on Friday night. The shooting is believed to have stemmed from a gang turf war between Lesotho and Mozambican nationals. ActionSA’s spokesperson, Zwelithini Mtshali, says […]
# Cosatu has welcomed the conviction of former Enoch Mgijima municipal manager Nokuthula Zondani in the Eastern Cape. The matter relates to a yellow fleet machinery contract that was in place for a period of 36-months. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Zanele Sabela, says the court found Zondani guilty of contravening the Municipal Financial Management Act:
# Education activist, Hendrick Makaneta, is calling on Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane to urgently clarify whether undocumented learners will be accommodated in the province’s online admissions process for the 2026 academic year. Online applications for Grade 1 and Grade 8 admissions will open on Thursday. Makaneta says the message about documentation risks creating confusion […]
# The Gauteng Health Department says a Sunday Times newspaper article titled “Young lions get their share”, about hospital board appointments, is misleading and is riddled with inaccuracies. The article claims that at least eight ANC Youth League leaders have been appointed to the boards of public hospitals in the province. The department’s spokesperson, Motalatale […]
# Western Cape police are offering a 50-thousand-rand reward to anyone with information that can lead to the arrest of a gunman who allegedly entered a Cape Town school, looking for the child of a police officer. The unidentified man allegedly entered a school in Bellville while armed. Police spokesperson, Joseph Swartbooi, says the man allegedly approached […]
# Eskom says in a bid to further strengthen grid stability, it is planning to return a total of three-thousand-330-megawatts of generation capacity to service ahead of this evening peak, and throughout the coming week. Between 1st April and 17 July, the Unplanned Capability Loss Factor, which indicates the percentage of generation capacity lost due to unexpected […]
# The GOOD Party has welcomed the decision by Public Works and Infrastructure minister, Dean Macpherson to publicly release the Council for the Built Environment’s investigation report into the George building collapse. The party says with the report now in the public domain, there is no longer any justification for withholding it from the George […]
# The social movement Abahlali baseMjondolo has condemned the assassination threats from Operation Dudula supporters. The movement’s Thapelo Mohapi says the threats come after they protected the offices of the Socio-Economic Rights Institute in Braamfontein, Johannesburg during a planned march by Operation Dudula on Thursday. He says for a year, Operation Dudula has perpetrated violence in […]
# The MK Party is calling on the minister of Transport, Barbara Creecy, to immediate reinstatement Collins Letsoalo as CEO of the Road Accident Fund. The MK Party lost confidence in the Board and called for its immediate dismissal after it suspended Letsoalo. Spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela says they demand that the minister allows the independent parliamentary inquiry into the RAF under […]
