# Two Zimbabwean nationals were arrested after explosives were found in a Toyota Quantum during a stop-and-search operation on the N1 near Kranskop in Limpopo yesterday. The suspects were travelling from Zimbabwe towards Gauteng. Limpopo Transport and Community Safety MEC Nakedi Kekana has commended provincial traffic officers for the work done throughout the October Transport Month […]
# The Western Cape Mobility Department has welcomed the Western Cape High Court’s interim interdict against taxi associations CATA and CODETA. This follows renewed taxi violence this week, which claimed the lives of at least three people at the Palm taxi rank in Delft. Shootings were also reported at taxi ranks in Mfuleni, Khayelitsha and […]
# The EFF says it is confident that it has resonated with the people on the ground throughout its election campaign. The party is holding its final election rally at the Orlando Stadium in Soweto today, as it makes its final push ahead of the local government elections. The EFF’s secretary-general Marshall Dlamini says they […]
# Die ANC se sekretaris-generaal Fikile Mbalula erken dat watervoorsiening steeds ʼn groot probleem in die Makana plaaslike munisipaliteit in die Oos-Kaap is. Die munisipaliteit loop deur onder ʼn ernstige, sistemiese water- en sanitasie-krisis wat veroorsaak word deur erge droogte, vervalle infrastruktuur, swak bestuur en gesondheidsgevare. Mbalula erken dat die krisis onder die ANC-geleide munisipaliteit […]
# Forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan has threatened to take legal action to block the appointment of KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, as the new national head of the Hawks. Acting Police minister Firoz Cachalia has submitted a Cabinet memorandum seeking concurrence for the appointment, as required by the SAPS Act. O’Sullivan argues that Mkhwanazi is not […]
# ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa’s political liberation must be matched by economic transformation. He addressed young people, professionals, entrepreneurs and creatives at an ANC Youth League engagement in Pretoria yesterday. Ramaphosa said achieving genuine economic equality remains a work in progress. He stressed the need to expand access to land, businesses, factories […]
# Die nasionale polisiekommissaris, Fannie Masemola, sê die polisie sal die grondwetlike reg op vreedsame betogings beskerm, maar ook teen wetteloosheid optree. Dit volg nadat die Hooggeregshof in Durban voorwaardes gestel het vir die March and March-beweging se betogings in KwaZulu-Natal. Dit sluit in beperkings op optog-tye, aangewese roetes en die dra van moontlik gevaarlike […]
# ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has conceded that water provision remains a major challenge in the Makana Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape. The municipality faces a severe, systemic water and sanitation crisis driven by severe drought, failing infrastructure, governance breakdowns, and health hazards. Mbalula has acknowledged criticism directed at the ANC-led municipality over the crisis; […]
# Die ANC-president Cyril Ramaphosa het weer vertroue uitgespreek dat die party goed sal vaar in die plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing. Die party se ondersteuning het gedaal van 65-persent in die 2006 munisipale verkiesing tot 40,2-persent in die 2024 nasionale verkiesing. Projeksies dui daarop dat die ANC minstens nog ses persentasiepunte van sy 2024-uitslag kan verloor. Ramaphosa het […]
