# Deputy Water and Sanitation minister Jack Bloom says the new Strategic Framework for Water and Sanitation Services shifts from basic access to reliable service. Speaking in eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal, he cited 13-thousand leaks, 58.7-percent non-revenue water, and two-million households using unventilated pit toilets nationally. He says the 2026 Framework mandates climate adaptation, smart meters and […]
# Self-proclaimed political fixer Brown Mogotsi has been denied bail for a fourth time by the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court. He faces charges including defeating the ends of justice and perjury for allegedly staging a fake assassination attempt on himself in Vosloorus, Gauteng. Magistrate Anneline Tlhapi found Mogotsi failed to provide a reliable and verifiable residential […]
# The Special Investigating Unit has raided the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority’s premises in Centurion today. The Special Tribunal granted a search and seizure warrant last Thursday to obtain documents for an ongoing probe into a 130-million-rand Unemployment Insurance Fund training contract for over seven-thousand learners nationwide. SIU spokesperson Selby Makgotho says PSIRA only […]
# Moriel Infrastructure Group has cut ties with executive chairperson Lawrence Mudzinganyama after a video allegedly showing him threatening women at a Sandton, Johannesburg, restaurant went viral. Luxury estate Steyn City has also terminated his lease. Mudzinganyama threatened to murder the women who had rejected him. Moriel says the behaviour is inconsistent with its values, […]
# Suspended national police commissioner Fannie Masemola says he is eager to return to work after the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court withdrew charges against him. These were linked to a 360-million-rand police tender awarded to alleged crime boss Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala. Masemola describes the past few months as challenging, saying the experience was a lesson. He […]
# Die Departement van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing sê die tydelike voorsorgmaatreël wat ingestel is om die buitengewone sardynvrektes te bestuur, bly van krag. Dit volg al is geen nuwe grootskaalse sardynvrektes aangemeld nie, buiten ‘n afsonderlike voorval toe vars sardyne verlede week naby Mbotyi aan die Noordelike Wildekus uitgespoel het. ‘n Woordvoerder, Zolile […]
# Gauteng Human Settlements MEC Tasneem Motara says residents who build illegal informal settlements will no longer be prioritised for housing. She was speaking at the sod-turning of the Mabopane Extension 1 project, north of Pretoria, which will yield one-thousand-576 units by June 2027 after two previous contractors were terminated. Motara says the department will […]
# Standard Bank and Stellenbosch University’s School for Data Science and Computational Thinking have partnered to develop a framework for responsible artificial intelligence use in business. The collaboration combines the bank’s financial expertise with the university’s data science and ethics capabilities. The institutions have developed the Standard Bank Responsible AI Approach, covering safe, secure and […]
# Nasionale polisie-woordvoerder Athlenda Mathe sê dis moontlik dat nog slagoffers na vore kan kom ná die inhegtenisneming van ‘n senior offisier in Sandton, Johannesburg, op aanklagte van seksuele misdrywe. Sy het buite die Randburgse Landdroshof gepraat tydens die beskuldigde se eerste verskyning. Mathe het enigiemand wat geraak is of oor inligting beskik, aangemoedig om […]
