# The Alliance of Citizens for Change has welcomed the arrest of former Knysna mayor Thando Matika and acting municipal manager Boy Ngubo and acting chief financial officer Busisiwe Lubelwana over alleged kickbacks linked to a security contract. The alliance’s Masizole Mnqasela calls for an independent investigation, the protection of witnesses and the preservation of […]
# The DA says some of Tshwane’s water and power infrastructure is without security after municipal security contracts ended yesterday. The party calls on the city to urgently protect these sites, especially as the city continues to deal with power problems following damage to the Njala infeed station. The DA’s Cilliers Brink says residents and […]
# The ANC says the DA and ActionSA blocked the City of Johannesburg’s funding plan for its capital programme. It says the plan would help fund infrastructure projects in electricity, water, roads and transport, as part of an estimated 25-billion-rand programme. The ANC’s Mantombi Nkosi says the DA and ActionSA cannot complain about power cuts, […]
# Retired Constitutional Court Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga has hailed universities’ role in shaping future leaders and promoting public service. He was speaking at the University of Fort Hare’s spring graduation ceremony in Alice in the Eastern Cape, where he was honoured with an honorary Doctorate of Laws. Madlanga described the recognition as a privilege accepted […]
# Water and Sanitation minister Pemmy Majodina says significant progress has been made on the construction of the Ntabelanga Dam in the Eastern Cape. The dam forms part of the multi-billion-rand Umzimvubu Water Project, alongside Laleni and Mbokazi dams. Majodina says government could initially afford about nine-billion-rand, requiring a redesign of the project. She says […]
# The University of Fort Hare has honoured retired Constitutional Court Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree during its Spring Graduation ceremony in Alice. Madlanga served on the Constitutional Court until his retirement in July 2025. He now chairs the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry into alleged criminal justice system infiltration by […]
# Die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria het ‘n lasbrief gemagtig vir die inhegtenisneming van die oudminister van Verdediging en voormalige speaker van die Nasionale Vergadering, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, nadat sy nie opgedaag het vir haar korrupsie- en geldwassery-saak nie. Haar regsverteenwoordigers sê sy is steeds ongesteld, maar geen mediese sertifikaat is voorgelê nie. Mapisa-Nqakula word daarvan beskuldig […]
# The High Court in Pretoria has authorised a warrant for the arrest of former Defence minister and National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula after she failed to appear in court in her corruption and money-laundering case. Her lawyers say she remains unwell, but no medical certificate was provided. Mapisa-Nqakula stands accused of soliciting corrupt payments […]
# Die Stad Tshwane se Sake-eenheid vir Energie en Elektrisiteit sê die noodsaaklike kragoordrag en tussen-verbindingsproses is 95-persent afgehandel. Dit volg na ʼn ontploffing by die Waltloo-substasie wat ʼn transformator by die Njala-toevoersubstasie beskadig het. Dinsdag se voorval het dele van die metro sonder krag gelaat. Woordvoerder Selby Bokaba sê tegniese spanne hou die oordrag […]
