# The City of Tshwane says several areas in Hammanskraal will be facing a water supply interruption today until midnight. This is due to an urgent 15-hour planned shutdown of the water outflow from the Klipdrift Water Treatment Works by Magalies Water for the installation of an isolation valve on the bulk water supply pipeline. The […]
# ActionSA verwelkom die Gautengse Departement van Menslike Nedersettings se besluit om onwettige besetters uit regering-befondste behuising te verwyder. Die departement het tans vier hofbevele in sy guns en agt uitsettingsake in verskillende stadiums. ActionSA se woordvoerder, Omogolo Taunyane, sê onwettige besetting van regeringsbehuising ondermyn wet en orde deur staatsvoordele te gee aan individue wat […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse polisie het ʼn 27-jarige man aangekeer in verband met Sondag se massaskietvoorval in Wesbank, Malmesbury. Volgens voorlopige aanduidings het ʼn groep mense Sondag in die vroeë oggendure buite ʼn woning gestaan toe onbekende verdagtes op hulle losgebrand het. ʼn Twee-en-twintigjarige man en 21-jarige vrou is dood, en ʼn kleuter en sewe volwassenes […]
# ActionSA has welcomed the Gauteng Department of Human Settlements’ decision to evict unlawful occupants from government-funded housing. The department currently has four court orders in its favour and eight eviction cases at various stages. ActionSA’s spokesperson, Omogolo Taunyane, says illegal occupation of government housing undermines law and order by affording public benefit to individuals […]
# Western Cape police have arrested a 27-year-old man in connection with the mass shooting in Westbank, Malmesbury, in the early hours of Sunday morning. Preliminary investigations indicate that a group of people were gathered outside a residence when unknown suspects opened fire on them. A 22-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman were killed, while […]
# Die Stad Ekurhuleni sê hy bly verbind tot bestuur en aanspreeklikheid. Die geskorste adjunkhoof van die Metropolisie, Julius Mkhwanazi, en die munisipale bestuurder, Kagiso Lerutla, het gister in die hof verskyn. Hulle staan tereg op aanklagte van bedrog, korrupsie en regsverydeling oor bewerings van identiteitsbedrog in ʼn hof. Mkhwanazi word ook beskuldig dat hy […]
# The City of Ekurhuleni says it remains committed to governance and accountability. Suspended Metro Police Department deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi and municipal manager Kagiso Lerutla appeared in court yesterday. They face charges of fraud, corruption, and defeating the ends of justice over allegations of a court impersonation scheme. Mkhwanazi is also accused of unlawfully fitting […]
# Trade union Solidarity has instructed its legal team to finalise court papers challenging the City of Tshwane’s suspension of city manager Johann Mettler. The union argues the decision is unlawful, irrational and unconstitutional, and claims the suspension is politically motivated. Solidarity’s Anton van der Bijl says the union is seeking to have the suspension […]
# The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs is coordinating emergency relief for residents affected by the devastating fire at the Jika Joe informal settlement in Pietermaritzburg. The weekend blaze has affected an estimated 427 households, with four people injured and one person missing. The department’s spokesperson, Senzelwe Mzila, says the cause of […]
