# A truck has overturned and lost its load at the ramp to N12 Eastbound at Gilloolys Interchange in Bedfordview, Gauteng, this morning. The ramp is currently closed while cleanup operations are underway. The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department’s spokesperson, Millicent Kekana, says motorists should avoid the N3 Northbound towards Gilloolys if possible:
# Rethink Your Drink says research showing South Africans are joining a global trend of drinking less, especially among younger adults, is encouraging. According to Worldpanel by Numerator, 30-percent of South African consumers say they intend to reduce their alcohol intake, nearly double the global figure of 17-percent. Rethink Your Drink’s Kashifa Ancer says people […]
# The DA plans to use parliamentary processes to investigate the reasons for the astronomical backlog in reserved judgments. A report by the Office of the Chief Justice reveals are one-thousand-657 outstanding reserved judgments in higher courts. More than 302 have been outstanding for over six months. The DA’s Glynnis Breytenbach says the backlog presents a […]
# Union federation Cosatu has welcomed the Constitutional Court’s decision to deny the North West Transport Investments business rescue practitioner, Thomas Samson, leave to appeal directly to it. In July 2022, NTI entered voluntary business rescue proceedings due to its financial distress. Samson was tasked with stabilising operations and ensuring that creditors, including employees, would be […]
# The South African Social Security Agency has welcomed the Constitutional Court’s ruling against Cash Paymaster Services. The apex court has ordered CPS to pay 81.3-million-rand to Sassa. This relates to the nationwide payment tender awarded to CPS by Sassa, which was formally declared unlawful by the Constitutional Court in 2014. However, to ensure continuity […]
# The Soil of Africa Movement is calling on a newly appointed Tshwane mayoral committee member for Corporate and Shared Services, Flora Monama, to urgently prioritise administrative integrity. She replaces her former colleague in ActionSA, Kholofelo Morodi, who was fired in March due to corruption allegations. The movement’s Bongani Ramontja says Monama must deal decisively […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says the culture of violence in South Africa is not only derailing the country, but also steering it towards anarchy and utter chaos. This follows the recent murder of Reverend Danie Oosthuizen, a retired Dutch Reformed minister from Primrose East in Germiston, Gauteng. FF Plus Jaco Mulder says there needs […]
# Tshwane University of Technology multimedia computing student, Tshepiso Malatjie, has built Noko Entertainment Studio from a residence room into a growing multimedia company advancing digital innovation at TUT. Malatjie has turned a single microphone in a student residence room, into Noko Entertainment Studio. Malatjie founded the company in 2023 after enrolling at TUT, where he […]
# Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya has appointed Flora Monama as mayoral committee member for Corporate and Shared Services following the removal of Khlolofelo Morodi, who was implicated at the Madlanga commission. She allegedly sent internal tender documents to officier Fannie Nkosi, who is also implicated in criminal activities. Spokesperson Samkelo Mgobozi says Monama brings more […]
