# Public Works and Infrastructure minister Dean Macpherson and UK minister of State at the Department for Business and Trade, Chris Bryant, signed a Memorandum of Understanding in London to strengthen South Africa’s infrastructure delivery. The partnership provides ten- million-rand in technical expertise for Project Capstone, Project Speed, and Infrastructure South Africa’s Adopt-a-Municipality programme. Macpherson says the […]
# Statistics South Africa says mining production fell slightly by 0.2-percent in August. The biggest declines were seen in platinum group metals, gold, and manganese ore, while coal was the only major positive performer, rising by just over four-percent. Stats SA’s Juan-Pierre Terblanche says despite lower output, mineral sales surged by 23-percent year-on-year, driven mainly […]
# The Kroonstad Regional Court in the Free State has sentenced Mandau Sejani and Daniel Mosiuwa Motaung, to life imprisonment for the murder of farmer Eric David Wessels. The men attacked Wessels on 24 October 2020, suffocating him with a plastic bag and stealing property. The NPA’s Mojalefa Senokoatsane, hailed the ruling as a firm […]
# Suspended National Deputy Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya says political killings in South Africa have declined due to the Political Killings Task Team’s efforts. Speaking under oath, Sibiya argued its expertise will now be absorbed into the Murder and Robbery Unit for nationwide deployment. Sibiya emphasised resources should target broader serious and violent crimes, ensuring […]
# Lede van die parlementêre ad hoc-komitee het die geskorste nasionale adjunkkommissaris van polisie, Shadrack Sibiya, in-diepte ondervra oor sy verhouding met die omstrede sakeman, Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala. Sibiya het sy optrede verdedig en gesê dit was logies dat Matlala die nasionale kommissaris sou nader nadat hy ‘n polisietender bekom het. Hy het ook informele […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Kamer van Handel en Nywerheid sê sakesentiment het in September 2025 versterk. Die SACCI Handelsvertroue-indeks het maand-tot-maand met 1,1-punte gestyg en jaar-tot-jaar met 10,9-punte tot 121,1. Die uitvoerende hoof van die Kamer, Alan Mukoki sê winste is gedryf deur hoër toeriste-aankomste, stygende goud- en platinumpryse, verhoogde voertuigverkope en die groei van aandele […]
# Getuie X het aan die Madlanga-kommissie in Pretoria beweerde korrupsie en geheime bande tussen senior polisiebeamptes en sakefigure onthul. Getuie X het aanlyn getuig en omvattende WhatsApp-boodskappe verskaf wat op noue bande dui tussen die sakeman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala en die KwaZulu-Natalse Valke-hoof, generaal Lesetja Senona, sowel as sy seun, Thato Senona. Die tussenganger, […]
# The United Democratic Movement Youth Vanguard is demanding that government creates a plan to address the continuing rise in teenage and child pregnancies across South Africa. Spokesperson Zintombi Sododile says according to recent reports, 31-thousand girls aged 10 to 19 gave birth in KwaZulu-Natal in the past year and over 23-thousand teenage pregnancies were recorded […]
# Members of Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee have grilled suspended national deputy police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya about his relationship with controversial businessman Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala, linked to supply chain investigations. Sibiya defended his actions, saying it was logical for Matlala to approach the national commissioner after securing a police tender. He also confirmed informal interactions […]
