# Parliament is calling on the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment to fully implement its audit action plan to address the financial management and governance weaknesses. This as the department has 829.2-million-rand in unspent funds, despite achieving 49 of its 52 annual performance targets in the 2025/2026 financial year. The largest underspending was in […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has lifted the precautionary suspension of National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola. He was facing Public Finance Management Act-related charges in connection with a 360-million-rand tender awarded to alleged crime boss Vusimuzi “Cat” Matala. The charges were withdrawn last month, after National Prosecuting Authority head Andy Mothibi ordered a review of the […]
# Activists and Citizens Forum is calling on law enforcement to intensify the fight against illegal firearms amid a surge in political killings ahead of the local government elections. Four ANC Youth League members were shot dead while leaving a memorial service in Katlehong, Gauteng, on Tuesday evening. In Umgababa, KwaZulu-Natal, two ANC councillors were […]
# City Power has announced a new date for the restoration of electricity to Marshalltown, Selby, Johannesburg’s inner city and surrounding areas, saying this will happen by next Tuesday. The delay follows an explosion at its Central Substation earlier this week, while crews tried to restore supply through a new feeder board. City Power spokesperson […]
# Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has launched the expanded Haven Night Shelter in Kensington following the metro’s 12-million-rand upgrade project. The expansion has resulted in beds increasing from 80 to 200 at the facility. Cape Town has allocated 100-million-rand in this financial year alone to help more people off the streets. Hill-Lewis says this […]
# The DA in the Western Cape has welcomed the Competition Commission’s application to the Competition Tribunal to revoke its conditional approval of the Premier Foods–Rhodes Food Group merger. This follows concerns over the proposed closure of the Fruit Products Western Cape facility in Tulbagh. The DA’s Noko Masipa says the potential closure threatens hundreds […]
# Forum for South Africa rejects the Constitutional Court’s judgment over the ANC’s candidate list submission for the local government elections. The ANC convinced the court even though it did not click the final submission button, its lists loaded onto the Electoral Commission’s database should be accepted. The IEC was directed to add 181 ANC […]
# Tshwane police arrested 376 suspects for various criminal offences during a major multidisciplinary crime prevention operation in Pretoria West and Erasmia yesterday. They were apprehended for crimes ranging from murder, attempted murder, robbery and rape. Police spokesperson Johan van Dyk says 53 undocumented foreign nationals were also detained during the operation, while two establishments were closed […]
# The City of Tshwane says it is investigating between 140 and 160 reported cases of diarrhoea and other gastrointestinal illnesses in Bronkhorstspruit and surrounding areas. Most patients were treated at Bronkhorstspruit Hospital, while additional cases were reported at Mamelodi Hospital, Steve Biko Academic Hospital and Wilgers Hospital. Mayoral spokesperson Samkelo Mgobozi says investigations are ongoing and […]
