# AfriForum has accused the City of Johannesburg of obstructing meaningful public participation in the budget process. This is over the metro’s refusal to disclose the basis for the proposed 65.6-percent increase in the water demand management levy charged to households. Currently, domestic users pay 65-rand-8-cents, but the proposed increase will see households pay 107-rand-74-cents […]
# Die DA in die Wes-Kaap het die vlaag skietvoorvalle die naweek regoor die provinsie waarin 13 mense dood is, ten sterkste veroordeel. Die polisie ondersoek twee afsonderlike skietvoorvalle in Makaza, Endlovini en Harare op die Kaapse Vlakte waar ses mense binne enkele ure doodgeskiet is. Nog sewe is by Kayamandi in Stellenbosch doodgeskiet. Benedicta […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare verwelkom die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag se besluit om te appelleer teen die lasbrief vir inhegtenisname van staatsaanklaer, Mkhuseli Ntaba in Mpumalanga. Kwaggafontein se hooflanddros, Tuletu Tonjeni, het die lasbrief uitgereik nadat Ntaba versuim het om voor die hof te verskyn in die afpersingsaak teen Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni. Die vakbond-woordvoerder, Claude Naicker, […]
# The City of Tshwane has welcomed the ruling handed down by the High Court in Pretoria relating to property developer George Asaba’s illegal Pretoria West building. The court has granted the metro the authority to demolish the unlawfully constructed multi-storey building in Proclamation Hill. Mayoral committee member for Corporate and Shared Services, Flora Monama, […]
# The DA in the Western Cape has strongly condemned the wave of gun violence that claimed the lives of 13 people across the province over the weekend. Police are investigating two separate shooting incidents in Makhaza and Endlovini, Harare, in which six men were killed within hours of each other. Seven were killed in […]
# The Public Servants Association has welcomed the National Prosecuting Authority’s decision to appeal the warrant of arrest issued against state prosecutor Mkhuseli Ntaba in Mpumalanga. Kwaggafontein Chief Magistrate Tuletu Tonjeni issued the warrant after Ntaba failed to appear before the court in the Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni extortion case. PSA’s Claude Naicker says Ntaba reportedly […]
# Vrystaat Landbou sê die jongste bevel van die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria is ʼn bepalende keerpunt in die voortgesette stryd om Suid-Afrika se vee-bedryf teen bek-en-klouseer te beskerm. Die hof het bevind boere mag sonder die staat se toestemming entstof aankoop en toedien. Vrystaat Landbou se president, Francois Wilken, sê die uitspraak is ʼn reusestap […]
# Free State Agriculture says the latest order of the High Court in Pretoria marks a decisive turning point in the ongoing fight to protect South Africa’s livestock industry against foot-and-mouth disease. The court confirmed that farmers may procure and administer foot-and-mouth disease vaccines without state permission. Free State Agriculture president, Francois Wilken, says the order […]
# Corruption Watch has urged government to urgently strengthen accountability and public participation in the fight against corruption. In its 2025 annual report, the organisation received more than two-thousand-200 complaints last year, with fraud, bribery and maladministration among the top cases reported. Policing remained the most complained-about sector, while Gauteng recorded the highest number of […]
