# Prominent figures within the MK Party are reportedly backing former DA mayor of Midvaal, Bongani Baloyi, to be the party’s mayoral candidate in Johannesburg. He was elected to the Midvaal mayoral seat in 2013. According to the Sunday Times, sources within the MK Party believe Baloyi’s experience and success as mayor make him the […]
# Gauteng se polisiekommissaris, Tommy Mthombeni, het erken dat die vlaag ontvoerings in die provinsie ʼn groot probleem is. Dit volg nadat die spazawinkel-eienaar, Mazwi Kubheka, ʼn maand gelede ontvoer is terwyl hy op pad was bank toe. Hy is Saterdag uiteindelik vrygelaat en het by die Vosloorus-polisiekantoor aangemeld. Niemand is in hegtenis geneem nie. […]
# National Coloured Congress leader, Fadiel Adams, says he believes he is being targeted for speaking out against KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi and members of the Political Killings Task Team. This follows Saturday’s raid at his former residence in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town. Mkhwanazi testified before the Madlanga Commission, where he accused Adams of improperly […]
# Three people, including a couple from the Netherlands, have died after a suspected hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius, which was travelling between Argentina and Cape Verde. A British man, who became ill on the ship, was taken to a private health facility in Johannesburg. The World Health Organisation says one hantavirus […]
# Gauteng Police Commissioner, Tommy Mthombeni, has admitted that the scourge of kidnappings is a major challenge in the province. This follows the kidnapping of spaza shop owner Mazwi Kubheka while on his way to the bank a month ago. He was finally released on Saturday and made his way to the Vosloorus Police Station. No […]
# ‘n Ondersoek na die geskorste polisiekommissaris van Mpumalanga, Daphney Manamela, begin hierdie week en ondersoek bewerings van wangedrag, insluitend nepotisme, magsmisbruik en misbruik van staatshulpbronne. Die ondersoek volg na haar omstrede media-inligtingsessie waartydens sy senior polisieleierskap, insluitend die geskorste Nasionale Polisiekommissaris Fannie Masemola en die voormalige polisieminister Bheki Cele, van korrupsie beskuldig het. Manamela […]
# Inwoners in Kaapstad word versoek om gereed te maak vir wateronderbrekings van vandag tot 11 Mei, met grootskaalse instandhouding wat voortduur. Die Faure-watersuiweringsaanleg se pyplyn sal eers van Dinsdag af herlaai word, terwyl die Blackheath-aanleg se afsluitings tot Sondag-middernag sal duur. Dit sal die algehele waterproduksie verminder. Die gebiede wat geraak word, sluit onder […]
# Die woordvoerder van die Activists and Citizens Forum, Dennis Bloem, sê die Pretoriase voorstad Sunnyside is skynbaar oorgeneem deur buitelandse burgers, met bewerings van wydverspreide wetteloosheid en dwelmaktiwiteite. Inwoners beweer geboue is gekaap en misdade, insluitend uitbuiting en dwelmaktiwiteite, word gepleeg sonder polisie-optrede. Bloem doen ‘n beroep op die dringende herstel van orde en […]
# Die Departement van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling het Kinderbeskermingsmaand 2026 in eDumbe, KwaZulu-Natal, bekend gestel, onder die tema “Werk saam om geweld teen kinders te beëindig”. Die inisiatief is by die Prince Mangosuthu-sportveld van stapel gestuur, en bevestig en herbevestig die gedeelde verantwoordelikheid om kinders se regte te beskerm, hul welstand te prioritiseer en hul ontwikkeling […]
