# Operation Shanela led to the arrest of 328 suspects for various criminal offences in Atteridgeville and Laudium in Tshwane yesterday. The suspects were apprehended for crimes ranging from murder, attempted murder, rape and armed robbery. Police spokesperson, Johan van Dyk, says during the operation, 34 undocumented foreign nationals were detained and charged for contravening section […]
# The City of Cape Town’s Disaster Risk Management Centre says 211 refugees were affected by yesterday’s fire off Voortrekker Road, opposite the Maitland cemetery. The marquee tent where the refugees were housed, was destroyed, along with several other structures used as kitchens. Disaster Risk Management’s spokesperson, Sonica Lategan, says the South African Social Security […]
# Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, deputy minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Sihle Zikalala, and Jozi My Jozi, will sign a historic agreement today. This is to revitalise the Johannesburg High Court precinct. The department’s spokesperson, Terrence Manase, says this landmark agreement seeks to address longstanding maintenance, safety, and urban-environment challenges […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad gaan van vandag tot Sondag temperature van laag tot meer as 30 grade Celsius beleef. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens het ‘n waarskuwing van hittegolfomstandighede uitgereik vir die Weskus, Kaapstad en die westelike deel van die Kaapse Wynland-distrik. Die woordvoerder van Rampbestuur, Sonica Lategan, sê inwoners moet die veiligheidsprotokol nakom om die moontlikheid […]
# ActionSA has condemned what it says is the DA’s latest attempt to mislead Tshwane residents about the metro’s handling of reported typhoid cases. The DA criticised mayor Nasiphi Moya’s silence on the outbreak, saying it undermines trust in the metro’s ability to manage the situation effectively. ActionSA says since the first reports, the metro […]
# Deputy minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, doctor Nomalungelo Gina, has welcomed the opening of a new product development laboratory at the Biologicals and Vaccines Institute of Southern Africa in Cape Town. The new laboratory will strengthen Biovac’s vaccine product development capabilities, enabling it to produce vaccines for Africa from start to finish. Gina […]
# The Cape Winelands District Municipality says firefighters managed to successfully contain all five fires attended to yesterday evening. The fires were reported in Waterval outside Tulbagh, near the landfill site outside Wellington, Paarl Valley, outside Pniël, and in the mountains above Zolani outside Ashton. The municipality’s spokesperson, Jo-Anne Otto, says the fire outside Wellington […]
# Die DA in Gauteng het sy kommer uitgespreek oor Merafong Stad se plaaslike munisipaliteit wat Rand Water en Eskom meer as drie-miljard-rand skuld. Skuld aan Rand Water het meer as verdubbel van 655-miljoen-rand in Junie 2023 tot 1,4-miljard-rand hierdie maand. Net so het skuld aan Eskom ook uitgeskiet van 858-miljoen-rand in April 2024 tot […]
# The Public Servants Association says it is concerned about the systemic and prolonged neglect of conditions of service, remuneration, and the institutional status of lower court presiding officials. Western Cape magistrates embarked on a protest last week, demanding recognition as part of a single judiciary, significant salary reforms, and better working conditions. PSA’s Claude Naiker […]
