# The ANC Study Group on Communications and Digital Technologies has welcomed the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa’s response to the policy direction on Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment. ICASA has formally signalled that it cannot give full effect to Communications minister Solly Malatsi’s December 2025 policy direction on B-BBEE without an amendment to the […]
# The Tshwane Metro Police Department has launched an internal investigation into allegations that its members accepted a bribe from one of six undocumented immigrants, who were arrested during a recent operation in Winterveldt. TMPD says preliminary findings show that one-thousand-rand was voluntarily handed over to officers for safekeeping and was properly recorded in official […]
# Former president Jacob Zuma has instructed his legal team to appeal the ruling by the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg, which ordered his long-delayed arms deal corruption trial to proceed. Zuma and French arms manufacturer Thales face corruption charges linked to the multibillion-dollar 1999 arms deal. Judge Nkosinathi Chilli stated that it is in […]
# The National Youth Unemployment Movement has demanded that unemployment be declared a National Disaster in South Africa. Stats SA announced that between January and March this year unemployment has risen to 32.7-percent, and 8.1 million people are now without work. Movement leader Lindokuhle Yende says a disaster is declared when ordinary systems fail and […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed two deputy national directors of Public Prosecutions. Advocate Chuma Mtengwane has been appointed at the Asset Forfeiture Unit, while advocate Nicolette Astraid Bell is the new deputy for National Prosecutions Services. Ramaphosa says these appointments are part of ensuring that the National Prosecuting Authority remains effective in the fight […]
# The Gauteng Department of Health says it is implementing infrastructure, staffing and operational interventions at Dr Yusuf Dadoo Hospital. The hospital is facing mounting debt, failing infrastructure, and severe staff shortages, which are placing immense pressure on healthcare services and patient care. The facility has reportedly accumulated debt of more than 18.4-million-rand from the […]
# The Western Cape government says the N1 in the Cape Winelands was reopened after storm disruptions, facilitating one direction at a time, while heavy delays are expected. Spokesperson Regan Thaw says roads agency SANRAL has worked tirelessly to reopen the route between Worcester and Paarl, with traffic controls and a stop-and-go system in operation […]
# The City of Cape Town’s electricity teams have attended to more than six-thousand service requests over the deadly storm that hit the metro since Monday. Over 10-thousand-800 service requests were received about storm damage to electrical infrastructure. Mayoral committee member for Energy, Xanthea Limberg, says with the storm over, teams remain on the ground […]
# The Kalafong Hospital in Pretoria West is currently experiencing low water pressure, after a burst pipe near a railway station was repaired, affecting operations since Saturday. The hospital is currently relying on backup water systems, including storage tanks and boreholes, to maintain services. The Gauteng Health Department spokesperson, Steve Mabona, says the disruption has […]
