# The City of Johannesburg Emergency Management Services has urged residents to exercise caution as severe weather conditions are expected in parts of Gauteng today. The South African Weather Service has issued a yellow level 4 warning for severe thunderstorms and possible heavy downpours that could lead to flooding and damage to infrastructure. Emergency Services […]
# ActionSA is asking for an independent and transparent investigation into allegations made by suspended Mpumalanga police commissioner, Daphney Manamela. During a media briefing on Sunday, Manamela made serious allegations against several individuals, including National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola and former Police minister Bheki Cele. These include bribery, corruption and political interference. ActionSA’s Thoko Mashiane […]
# The DA has requested that Parliament’s portfolio committee on Social Development establish an inquiry into the allegations involving minister of Social Development Sisisi Tolashe. She falsely told Parliament she accepted two luxury vehicles from Chinese officials as donations to the ANC Women’s League, but in reality, the cars appear to have been given to […]
# The Public Servants Association says the Special Investigating Unit needs to be sufficiently capacitated to strengthen the battle against corruption, maladministration, and the illicit accumulation of wealth in the public sector. PSA’s Claude Naicker says the SIU’s work has revealed systemic corruption that often involves complex networks, senior officials, and politically connected people. He […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says it is unacceptable that Johannesburg residents have to pay even more for the same poor service as of July 1st. The party says the proposed tariff increases of 12.5-percent for water, 11-percent for sanitation and sewerage, and 9.01-perecent for electricity far exceed the current inflation rate of approximately four-percent. […]
# Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, has emphasised that the transformation of the legal sector remains integral to sustaining South Africa’s democracy. She addressed legal practitioners during a high-level stakeholder engagement in Pretoria yesterday, as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen collaboration and advance transformation within the legal sector. Kubayi underscored that […]
# The City of Cape Town says mopping operations are continuing following heavy rain and localised flooding over the weekend. Approximately 480 flooding-related complaints were received since Friday until yesterday morning. Areas that have been most affected include Dunoon, Philippi East and Khayelitsha. Mayoral committee member for Urban Mobility, Rob Quintas, says while much of […]
# The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry has moved to clarify that the so-called ‘Madlanga Task Team’ is not a structure of the commission. National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola established the special investigations task team to follow up on referrals made in the commission’s first interim report submitted to president Cyril Ramaphosa in December last year. […]
# Gauteng police’s crime-fighting efforts continue to yield positive results through Operation Shanela aimed at reducing crime while maximizing police visibility and stamping the authority of the State. Police spokesperson Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi says the operation was conducted over the weekend across all five districts in the province, that is Johannesburg, Tshwane, Ekurhuleni, West Rand and […]
