# The Gauteng government has defended its decision to stop funding Emfuleni Municipality’s sanitation programme amid a growing crisis in informal settlements like Ramaphosa in Vereeniging. Portable toilets have reportedly not been serviced since February, leaving residents exposed to severe health risks. The municipality has admitted that it lacks the funds to take over the […]
# Tshwane District Police Commissioner, Samuel Thine, is urging residents to remain vigilant, as social media scams continue to plague the Winterveldt area. Police spokesperson Johan van Dyk says criminals advertise goods at unrealistically low prices to lure unsuspecting victims to isolated locations. Once there, the victims are robbed of their personal belongings and vehicles. […]
# Johannesburg has overtaken Cape Town as South Africa’s top start-up hub. According to StartupBlink’s 2025 Global Start-up Ecosystem Index, Johannesburg climbed 17 spots globally to rank 122nd, with a growth rate of over 42-percent, while Cape Town fell to 138th place with 13-percent growth. South Africa remains 52nd globally and leads Africa’s start-up scene. […]
# Die DA in Gauteng sê dis kommerwekkend dat die getal aktiewe reserviste afgeneem het van ses-duisend in 2010 tot 892 op 1 Januarie vanjaar. Die party het onlangs oorsigbesoeke gebring aan verskeie polisiekantore in Gauteng en aansienlike personeeltekorte veral by ontvangstoonbanke en op patrollies ontdek. Michael Sun van die DA sê reserviste is noodsaaklik […]
# Die burgerlike beweging Soil of Africa veroordeel ‘n lyfstrafvoorval by die Soshanguve South Secondary School. ‘n Video wat wyd op sosiale media versprei is, wys twee mense wat sambokke gebruik om leerders te slaan wat in ‘n ry by die skool staan nadat hulle glo laat gekom het. Volgens die verslag het gemeenskapslede die […]
# The DA in Gauteng says it is concerning that the number of active reservists has decreased from six-thousand in 2010 to 892 as of January 1st this year. The party recently conducted oversight inspections of various police stations across Gauteng, uncovering significant understaffing concerns, especially at front desks and in patrols. The DA’s, Michael Sun, […]
# Die Universiteit van Pretoria het ‘n eredoktorsgraad in Opvoedkunde toegeken aan Suid-Afrika se mees gevierde en veelbekroonde redaksionele spotprenttekenaar, Jonathan Shapiro, beter bekend as Zapiro. Die universiteit sê sy spotprente hou die afgelope vier dekades ‘n boeiende, insiggewende spieël op van gebeure in Suid-Afrika. Shapiro sê dis vir hom uiters aangenaam om te sien […]
# Civic movement Soil of Africa has condemned a corporal punishment incident at Soshanguve South Secondary School. A video, which has gone viral, shows two people using sjamboks to beat pupils standing in line at the school for apparently arriving late. According to reports, community members overpowered scholar patrollers and unlawfully entered the school premises, […]
# The University of Pretoria has conferred an honorary doctorate in Education on South Africa’s most celebrated and multi-award-winning editorial cartoonist, Jonathan Shapiro, better known as Zapiro. The university says over the past four decades, Shapiro’s cartoons have held up a compelling, insightful mirror to events taking place in South Africa. Shapiro says it’s pleasing for […]
