# Vyf verdagtes is vanoggend doodgeskiet in ‘n skietery met die polisie by die Pump House informele nedersetting in Chatsworth, KwaZulu-Natal. Die polisie het, met behulp van inligting, die groep opgespoor wat gesoek word vir moord, roof, afpersing en onwettige vuurwapens in die Mpumalanga-township, Mariannhill, KwaNdengezi en Umsunduzi. ‘n Polisiewoordvoerder, Robert Netshiunda, sê daar is […]
# The Gauteng Department of Human Settlements has recognised that the housing backlog remains a pressing issue, with over 750-thousand approved beneficiaries in Gauteng still awaiting allocation. The department’s spokesperson, Tahir Sema says over seven-thousand-200 RDP units were delivered in the last financial year. He says in the current 2025/2026 financial year, 5-billion-rand has been […]
# A fugitive father who had been hiding with his three children in the dense New Zealand wilderness was shot dead by police. Thomas Phillips and the children, between nine and 12, had been evading police in a remote part of North Island since December 2021, triggering a manhunt that gripped the nation. Their time […]
# The Bureau for Economic Research says South Africa’s economy has suffered a sharp decline, with growth falling from over four-percent two decades ago to near zero today. Its new report blames state capture, load-shedding, poor logistics, and wasteful government spending. It warns that unemployment remains high as the labour force contributes less to growth. […]
# The National Prosecuting Authority has welcomed approval by Justice and Constitutional Development minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi, for an inquest into the 1993 killing of five children by the apartheid-era South African Defence Force in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape. Victims, aged 12 to 17, were gunned down at the home of PAC activist, Sigqibo Mpendulo. The NPA’s […]
# Die Departement van Kultuursake en Sport sê hulle is vebind tot die bevordering van ‘n leeskultuur vir alle ouderdomme. Met die viering van Internasionale Geletterdheidsdag, het LUR Ricardo Mackenzie die rol van openbare biblioteke met die voorsiening van boeke, digitale hulpmiddels en veilige leerspasies beklemtoon. Hy bevestig dat met 375 dienspunte, plattelandse internettoegang, en […]
# Die nasionale polisiekommissaris, Fannie Masemola het die polisie se taakspan vir politieke moorde geprys vir die vinnige inhegtenisneming van verdagtes wat gesoek word vir die moord op ‘n verklikker, Xolani Ntombela. Ntombela se moorddossier was een van die 121 wat teruggestuur is na die taakspan om te ondersoek. Die polisiewoordvoerder, Athlenda Mathe, sê ‘n […]
# Business Leadership South Africa says the government must urgently act on Business 20 recommendations to protect jobs and boost growth. In her weekly newsletter, the organisation’s CEO, Busi Mavuso warns that 250-thousand jobs could be lost across supply chains, worsened by US trade pressures. Mavuso said South Africa should use special economic zones, improve […]
# Five suspects were shot and killed in a shootout with police at Pump House informal settlement in Chatsworth, KwaZulu-Natal this morning. Acting on intelligence, police tracked the group wanted for murder, robberies, extortion, and illegal firearms in Mpumalanga township, Mariannhill, KwaNdengezi, and Umsunduzi. Police spokesperson Robert Netshiunda says various firearms were also recovered:
