# Operation Shanela in Rietgat and Soshanguve in Pretoria resulted in the arrest of 343 suspects for various criminal offences over the weekend. The suspects were arrested for crimes ranging from murder, attempted murder, rape, assault, armed robbery and impersonating a police officer. Police spokesperson, Johan van Dyk, says 29 undocumented foreign nationals were also […]
# The Gauteng Agriculture Department has allocated its Veterinary Services 104-million-rand to bolster support for animal health and biosecurity in the province. This is in the wake of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in the country. At least 32 active cases have been reported in Gauteng. Agriculture MEC Vuyiswa Ramogopa says the province’s foot-and-mouth disease vaccination […]
# National Treasury says it is concerned at the comments made by Navy Chief, Admiral Monde Lobese, on the budget of the South African National Defence Force. He accused Treasury of sabotaging the SANDF by holding back funds, and thereby risking the country’s national security. The Department of Defence has been allocated 57.2-billion-rand for the […]
# Die onderwysaktivis, Hendrick Makaneta, doen ʼn beroep op Gauteng se Onderwys-LUR, Matome Chiloane, om dringend uitsluitsel te gee of ongedokumenteerde leerders deur die provinsie se aanlyn toelatingsproses vir 2026 aanvaar sal word. Aanlyn aansoeke vir graad 1 en graad 8 open Donderdag. Makaneta sê die boodskap oor dokumentasieprobleme skep verwarring en paniek onder duisende […]
# Cosatu has welcomed the conviction of former Enoch Mgijima municipal manager Nokuthula Zondani in the Eastern Cape. The matter relates to a yellow fleet machinery contract that was in place for a period of 36-months. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Zanele Sabela, says the court found Zondani guilty of contravening the Municipal Financial Management Act:
# Education activist, Hendrick Makaneta, is calling on Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane to urgently clarify whether undocumented learners will be accommodated in the province’s online admissions process for the 2026 academic year. Online applications for Grade 1 and Grade 8 admissions will open on Thursday. Makaneta says the message about documentation risks creating confusion […]
# Die ANC beskuldig ‘n parlementslid van die DA, Emma Louise Powell, dat sy ‘n waninligtings-veldtog lei wat beoog om Suid-Afrika se reputasie te skaad te midde van nuwe Amerikaanse tariewe. Volgens die party het Powell Amerikaanse amptenare beïnvloed en vals bewerings soos wit volksmoord en gedwonge grondonteiening aangevoer om Amerikaanse beleid teen Suid-Afrika te […]
# Rand Water sê geen antiretrovirale middels is in sy drinkwatervoorraad gevind nie, nadat die media die teendeel berig het. Rand Water bevestig hy monitor sedert 2015 die water vir antiretrovirale middels en het spore wat stroomaf kom, vanaf afvalwateraanlegte opgespoor, maar nie in die Vaaldam waar hy sy water verkry nie. Die entiteit verseker […]
# Drie mense is dood en 17 ander is beseer in ‘n botsing reg van voor vanoggend tussen twee minibus-taxis op die R555 naby Mandela-rylaan in Middelburg, Mpumalanga. Die taxi’s het mynwerkers van Mhluzi af vervoer. Die woordvoerder van die Departement van Gemeenskapsveiligheid, Sekerheid en Skakeling, Moeti Mmusi, sê die oorsaak word ondersoek met roekelose […]
