# One person was killed following violent anti-illegal immigration protests in Alexandra in the north of Johannesburg. Police say community members were looting foreign-owned spaza shops when shots were fired, fatally wounding the victim. The person has not yet been identified, and no arrests have been made. Violence escalated in Alexandra last night after nationwide […]
# The Department of Correctional Services has officially assumed full operational responsibility for the Mangaung Correctional Centre in Bloemfontein in the Free State. It made headlines following the escape of rape and murder convict Thabo Bester in May 2022. It has been renamed the Grootvlei Maximum Correctional Centre, covering the Free State and the Northern […]
# One person has died and eleven have been injured when a bus transporting passengers from KwaZulu-Natal to the repatriation camp in Musina, Limpopo, overturned on the N1, approximately four kilometres south of the Beitbridge border post. The driver apparently lost control of the vehicle due to fatigue. The spokesperson of Limpopo’s Department of Transport, […]
City of Tshwane’s mayoral committee member for Human Settlements, Aaron Maluleka, has appealed to residents to refrain from illegally occupying abandoned buildings and land. He met with the leadership of the Central Hostel in Block H, Soshanguve yesterday, to discuss the housing challenges affecting residents occupying the facility and to outline the metro’s proposed interventions. […]
# City Power se waarnemende hoof, Charles Tlouane, sê regeringsinstellings moet ʼn voorbeeld stel en hul munisipale rekeninge betaal. Regeringsinstellings skuld die nutsdiens meer as 270-miljoen-rand, terwyl klante se skuld 13,3-miljard-rand beloop. Die staat se gesondheidsdienste skuld die grootste deel van die uitstaande bedrag. Tlouane sê City Power bly verbind om wettige rekening- en rekening-verwante […]
# City Power acting CEO, Charles Tlouane, says government institutions need to lead by example and honour their municipal payment obligations. Government institutions owe the power utility more than 270-million-rand, while total customer debt sits at 13.3-billion-rand. Public healthcare facilities account for a big chunk of the outstanding debt. Tlouane says City Power remains committed […]
# Die Oos-Kaapse polisie het gister 229 mense in hegtenis geneem tydens 28 betogings teen immigrante regoor die provinsie. Die arrestasies sluit in 208 ongedokumenteerde buitelandse burgers en 21 strafregtelke arrestasies wat verband hou met die betogings. Polisiewoordvoerder Nobuntu Gantana sê die grootste betogings was in Bizana, Lusikisiki, Flagstaff en Mthatha, met al die byeenkomste […]
# City Power sê uitstaande rekeningnavrae het aansienlik afgeneem sedert die rekeningstelsel van die Stad Johannesburg verskuif is. Die kragverskaffer het in Maart altesaam 136-miljoen-rand se krediet aan 86 klante gegee wat te veel betaal het. City Power se handelshoof, Thamsanqa Mathiso, sê sedert die oorname in Julie verlede jaar, het navrae afgeneem van sowat […]
# Eastern Cape police recorded 229 arrests as 28 anti-immigrant marches took place across the province yesterday. The arrests comprise 208 undocumented foreign nationals and 21 criminal arrests related to the protests. Police spokesperson, Nobuntu Gantana, says the largest demonstrations were in Bizana, Lusikisiki, Flagstaff, and Mthatha, with all gatherings remaining largely peaceful:
