# The death toll from the 2026 winter initiation season has risen to 48, with Mpumalanga recording 18 deaths and the Eastern Cape 14. Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs deputy minister Zolile Burns-Ncamashe says authorities are also concerned about rising fatalities in North West, reports of initiation-related abductions in Gauteng, and the spread of illegal […]
# The Freedom Front Plus in Tshwane says the metro’s latest progress report on grants and subsidies for the period ending 30 June exposes serious failures in the spending of development funds. Spokesperson Nick Pascoe says the metro’s failure to complete basic processes on time has resulted in National Treasury reclaiming 155,4-million-rand’s development funds. He […]
# Gauteng police are investigating two separate fatal shootings in the De Deur policing precinct in the Sedibeng District. Four men were shot dead at a tavern in Thulamtwana yesterday, while a woman was wounded and taken to hospital. In a separate incident in Weilersfarm, two men were found fatally shot. Police spokesperson Brenda Muridili […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Federasie van Vakbonde sê hy ondersteun die Voedsel- en Geallieerde Werkersunie se beskermde staking vandag by Heineken Beverages Suid-Afrika se hoofkwartier in Gauteng ten volle. Dit volg na ‘n dooiepunt in loononderhandelinge. Die werkers eis onder meer ‘n algehele loonverhoging van sewe-persent, ‘n verhoging in die maaltydtoelaag van 74-rand tot 80-rand, en […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions says it fully supports the Food and Allied Workers’ Union’s protected strike action at Heineken Beverages South Africa’s headquarters in Gauteng today. This follows a deadlock in wage negotiations. The workers, amongst other things, are demanding seven-percent across-the-board wage increase, an increase in the meal allowance from […]
# Die Gautengse Gesondheidsdepartement doen ʼn beroep op ouers en voogde om die skoolgebaseerde inentingsveldtog teen die menslike papilloom-virus te ondersteun deur toestemmingsvorms te onderteken en terug te stuur. Die veldtog teiken negejarige meisies in graad 5, 6 en 7. Die departement se woordvoerder, Steve Mabona, sê die MPV is ʼn algemene virus wat mans […]
# The Gauteng Health Department is calling on parents and guardians to support the school-based human papillomavirus vaccination drive by signing and returning consent forms. The drive targets Grades 5, 6 and 7 girls aged around nine years old. Spokesperson Steve Mabona says HPV is a common virus which can infect both boys and girls […]
# Tshwane-burgemeester Nasiphi Moya sê die stadsbestuurder, Johann Mettler, het sy pligte hervat. Die Gautengse Hooggeregshof het beslis die raad-speaker, Mncedi Ndzwanana, het verkeerdelik 13 stemme verwerp voor hy verklaar het Mettler word volgens ʼn raadsbesluit geskors. Die hof het bevind die speaker het nie gesag om te besluit watter raadslede se stemme tel nie. […]
# Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya says City Manager Johann Mettler has resumed his duties. The Gauteng High Court ruled that Council Speaker Mncedi Ndzwanana wrongly discarded 13 votes before declaring a council decision to suspend Mettler. It ruled that the Speaker lacked the authority to determine which councillors’ votes counted. Mettler returns to work while […]
