President Cyril Ramaphosa responded to questions today in the National Council of Provinces(NCOP) in Parliament. He said the insufficient expenditure by municipalities and provinces of their budgets destroys public trust in government. “It also erodes public trust in the state’s ability to improve the livelihood of our citizens and exacerbates service delivery protests. The inability…
The Johannesburg City Council is without a speaker after Nobuhle Mthembu was axed from her position through an Al-Jamah sponsored motion of no confidence. The speaker has been accused of being biased and failing to maintain the integrity of the council. Some parties in the council maintained that the Action SA councilor has been compromised…
Orbit College, who finished second in the National First Division last season, will play premiership football next season. The team from the North West Province booked their spot in the Betway Premiership with a 1-0 victory over Cape Town City in Rustenburg this afternoon. Striker Letsie Loapeng scored the all important goal in the 47th…
[FILE IMAGE]: Workers at the Leeuwkuil Waste Water Works. Rand Water says its planned water infrastructure maintenance project is progressing well. The project, which began last month, involved connecting a new pipeline at the Zuikerbosch Water Treatment Plant and cleaning Sasolburg Reservoir 1. The next phase of the project will start on June 30 and…
Missing Kamogelo Baukudi. The EFF in the Free State has called on Bloemfontein residents to continue supporting Kamogelo Baukudi‘s family as investigations into his alleged abduction continue. The party’s provincial secretary, Bosanku Msimanga says they are concerned about the safety of the 19-year-old who has been missing for 19 days. The grade 11 learner from…
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Dada Morero. Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero has survived a vote of no confidence against him during a council sitting in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. The Democratic Alliance brought the motion, accusing the mayor of leading a dysfunctional and deteriorating city during his more than ten months in office. Action SA abstained and did not…
Prison cell. The Durban High Court has sentenced two men to life imprisonment for the murder of ANC member, Siduduzo Magwaza, who was gunned down in January 2021 at Cornubia in Durban. Magwaza had just been nominated to become the chairperson of the organisation in Ward 102 in the 2021 elections at that time. The…
[FILE IMAGE]: Severe storms battering parts of the Western Cape. The City of Cape Town’s Disaster Risk Management Centre (DRMC) is responding to weather related incidents, with reports of flooding and wind damage across several areas. DRMC’s Spokesperson Sonica Lategan says affected areas include Lwandle, Macassar, and Khayelitsha, which have been escalated for assessment. She…
Civil society activists hold placards as they demonstrate against the death of Kenyan blogger Albert Ojwang in police custody, in the city of Mombasa, Kenya June 17, 2025. The Kenyan government has ordered television and radio stations in the country not to broadcast the current protests which are ongoing in the capital, Nairobi. Protestors turned…
Bank notes. National Financial Ombud Scheme South Africa (NFO) says the highest number of complaints they received from consumers in the year 2024 were about fraud identification, car insurance, inflated charges for homes and bank accounts. The scheme released its latest figures, revealing that the country’s biggest banks were the subject of the majority of…
