# The Public Servants Association has expressed outrage at the Gauteng government’s exorbitant expenditure on renting office space for provincial departments. MEC for Infrastructure Development Jacob Mamabolo recently revealed that 34-million-rand per month was being spent on renting office space, despite the provincial government owning 41 vacant buildings. The association’s Claude Naiker says this wasteful […]
# The DA in the Western Cape is reiterating its call for a wide-ranging investigation into the broader pattern of suspected wildfire arson in the province. Between November 2024 and February 2025, there were eleven-thousand-149 wildfires reported across the province. Of these, 68 are currently still being investigated as suspected arson. Over the last few […]
# Die nasionale polisiekommissaris, Fannie Masemola, het bevestig dat drie van die vyf liggame wat uit die Hennopsrivier in Centurion, Pretoria, gehaal is, dié van die konstabels is wat verlede Woensdag vermis geraak het. Konstabels Linda Cebekhulu, Keamogetswe Buys en Boipelo Senoge het verdwyn terwyl hulle van Bloemfontein na hul ontplooiingsgebied in Limpopo gereis het. […]
# National Police Commissioner, Fannie Masemola, has confirmed that three of the five bodies retrieved from the Hennops River in Centurion, Pretoria, are those of the constables who were reported missing last Wednesday. Constables Linda Cebekhulu, Keamogetswe Buys, and Boipelo Senoge went missing while travelling from Bloemfontein to their deployment area in Limpopo. Masemola says […]
# Staatsaanklaer Zelda Swanepoel het die Joslin Smith-verhoor as die eerste van sy soort in Suid-Afrika beskryf. In haar slotbetoë het sy aan die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof gesê dat Joslin se verdwyning die saak bemoeilik. Joslin se ma en twee ander staan tereg op aanklagte van mensehandel. Swanepoel beweer die kind is vir muthi verkoop, en […]
# State prosecutor Zelda Swanepoel has called the Joslin Smith trial the first of its kind in South Africa. In closing arguments, she told the Western Cape High Court that Joslin’s continued disappearance complicates the case. Joslin’s mother and two others face trafficking charges. Swanepoel alleges the child was sold for muthi, with no effort […]
# The DA in Johannesburg will lay criminal charges of fraud, corruption, and possible money laundering against five senior City officials. The DA’s Belinda Kayser-Echeozonjoku says the case, linked to over 18-million-rand in missing funds, highlights ongoing financial mismanagement in the metro. She reiterated the importance of accountability:
# Die DA sê hy gaan die minister van Indiensneming en Arbeid, Nomakhosazana Meth, hof toe vat oor die nuut-ingestelde rasgebaseerde kwotas in die Wysigingswet op Gelyke Indiensneming. Die party voer aan dit skend grondwetlike regte en gee Meth te veel onbeheerde mag. Die saak sal volgende week in die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria aangehoor word. […]
# The DA says it is taking Employment and Labour minister Nomakhosazana Meth to court over the newly introduced race-based quotas under the Employment Equity Amendment Act. The party argues this violates constitutional rights and gives Meth too much unchecked power. The matter is set to be heard in the High Court in Pretoria next […]
