# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê die land is gereed vir volgende maand se plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing en operasionele voorbereiding is in plek. Altesaam 142-duisend-en-72 kandidate is genomineer om tien-duisend-526 raadsetels by munisipaliteite te betwis. Dit sluit in 636 onafhanklike kandidate, 97-duisend-815 wykskandidate en 38-duisend-679 kandidate vir proporsionele verteenwoordiging. Ramaphosa sê hy het vertroue in die Nasionale Gesamentlike […]
# Die Spoorwegveiligheidsreguleerder sê sterftes is die bedryf se grootste uitdaging. Die jongste data toon die publiek was verantwoordelik vir 95,4-persent van alle sterftes. Ten spyte van ‘n algehele afname in spoorwegvoorvalle, het sterftes met 25,9-persent toegeneem, van 139 tot 175 in 2025/2026. Sekuriteitsvoorvalle het tot vyf-duisend-710 gedaal, wat ‘n jaar-tot-jaar-afname van 11,2-persent verteenwoordig. Diefstal […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the country is ready for next month’s local government elections, with operational preparations in place. A total of 142-thousand-and-72 candidates have been nominated to contest ten-thousand-526 council seats across municipalities. These include 636 independent candidates, 97-thousand-815 ward candidates and 38-thousand-679 proportional representation candidates. Ramaphosa says he has confidence in the […]
# The Railway Safety Regulator says fatalities are the industry’s greatest safety challenge. Its latest data shows the public accounted for 95.4-percent of all fatalities. Despite the overall decline in railway occurrences, fatalities increased by 25.9-percent, rising from 139 to 175 in 2025/2026. Security-related occurrences fell to five-thousand-710, representing an 11.2-percent year-on-year decrease. Theft of […]
# Self-proclaimed political fixer Brown Mogotsi’s firearm and perjury case has been postponed to October 23 for arguments in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court. The postponement follows a request by his legal team for further particulars from the State. Mogotsi’s lawyer, Makau Sekgatja, says the defence is dissatisfied with the State’s response. The defence is seeking […]
# The GOOD Party says the DA is taking a harder stance on undocumented immigrants ahead of the local government elections next month. The party has criticised DA Tshwane mayoral candidate Cilliers Brink for leading an armed raid with private security officers targeting people allegedly living in the country illegally. GOOD’s Brett Herron says immigration […]
# The National Consumer Commission has launched a free national opt-out registry to help South Africans block unwanted direct marketing. Commissioner Hardin Ratshisusu told the media consumers can pre-emptively block direct marketers, while marketers must register and regularly remove blocked consumers from their lists. Ratshisusu added the system will be phased in, with consumers able […]
# The Department of International Relations and Cooperation says a South African man who went missing in Mozambique in September has been released unharmed. The department did not disclose whether any arrests had been made or whether an investigation into the incident was underway. The department’s Nelson Kgwete says the man, from Phalaborwa in Limpopo, […]
# Die Nasionale Verbruikerskommissie het ‘n gratis nasionale register bekendgestel waar verbruikers kan aandui as hul nie direkte bemarkingsboodskappe wil ontvang nie. Kommissaris Hardin Ratshisusu het op ‘n nuuskonferensie gesê verbruikers kan regstreekse bemarkers vooraf blok, terwyl bemarkers verbruikers gereeld van hulle lys moet verwyder. Ratshisusu voeg by dit sal geleidelik ingestel word, met verbruikers […]
