# The Eastern Cape police have launched a manhunt for suspects responsible for a shooting that claimed the lives of two women and a nine-year-old girl in Gqeberha last night. Police spokesperson, Siphokazi Mawisa says police were summoned to a shooting incident at Malibale Street, Soweto on Sea in Kwazakele. Community members said they heard […]
# Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, says the promotion of human rights is inseparable from economic and social rights. She addressed the 63rd Annual Session of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organisation Conference in Uganda on Monday. Kubayi says South Africa remains firmly committed to supporting AALCO’s unique role in amplifying the collective […]
# Cosatu says it supports the demand by the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union for an increase in the death grant for police officers. Twenty-seven officers died in the line of duty between 1st April 2024 and 31st March this year. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Zanele Sabela, says it is unacceptable that the death grant of […]
# The City of Tshwane is inviting investors to help develop the Bon Accord Quarry. The quarry was established in 1904 to assist the metro in producing and providing material for the building and maintenance of roads. Mayoral committee member for Roads and Transport, Tlangi Mogale, says the quarry has the capacity to produce 300 […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says the City of Ekurhuleni’s flawed power tariff system is characterised by inconsistencies, poor planning and inadequate public consultation. The National Energy Regulator of South Africa recently approved the metro’s 2025/2026 financial year tariffs. The FF Plus is demanding the disclosure of Nersa’s formal letter approving the tariffs and the […]
# Western Cape Finance MEC, Deidré Baartman, says the Kannaland Municipality’s financial recovery plan can help bring stability and improve service delivery. The plan provides a roadmap for addressing the financial management challenges that have undermined the municipality’s ability to serve its residents effectively. The department’s spokesperson, Marshalle Frederiks, says if the municipality remains committed […]
# Tshwane University of Technology Public Affairs student, Khomanani Makamu, says representing South Africa at the World Student Games in Germany earlier this year was a career-defining milestone. The Games, one of the biggest multi-sport events in the world, saw 150 nations competing for medals across 18 sports. Twenty-two-year-old Makamu, a Limpopo-born basketball player, says […]
# Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says historic progress has been made in the environmental protection of the metro’s recreational vleis. The dredging at Zeekoevlei is well underway, as well as the delivery of a second weed harvester for Zandvlei, the third specialised vehicle of its kind delivered this term. Hill-Lewis says these vessels will […]
# The Forum for South Africa has welcomed the breakthrough made by the KwaZulu-Natal Political Killings Task Team linked to the 121 political killings dockets. Two murder suspects linked to the killing of a land activist, Xolani Ndlovu-Ntombela, in 2022 have been arrested. They have been charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and possession of […]
