File Image: Members of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) take part in a nationwide strike over issues including corruption and job losses, outside parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, October 7, 2020. COSATU is threatening to approach the Labour Court in a bid to compel the embattled North-West Transport Investment to pay…
Bitou Municipality Deputy mayor and Ikhwezi Political Party Movement leader, Nokuzola Kolwapi. The SACP says the Bitou Deputy Mayor‘s response to criticism over a video showing her allegedly firing a gun in public is arrogant and lacks remorse. In a statement, the party says Councillor Nokuzola Kolwapi’s conduct is unbecoming and irresponsible for a senior…
Some members of the Marula Community Trust in Ga-Kgoete, outside Burgersfort in Limpopo have raised concern about the recent election of trustees. They are alleging that the process was unfair, regulations were flouted and that some elected members have criminal records. The trustees are responsible for managing the trust’s funds from Marula Platinum mine which…
Deputy President Paul Mashatile speaking during the an event. Deputy President Paul Mashatile says South Africa enters the festive season with renewed economic optimism, despite ongoing global and domestic challenges. In his Christmas message, Mashatile reflected on key national milestones in 2025, including hosting the first G20 Leaders’ Summit on African soil and the first…
A person arrested during the festive season road traffic campaign. More than a thousand motorists have been arrested for drunk driving in the Eastern Cape since the start of December. Provincial Transport spokesperson Unathi Binqose says 275 arrests were recorded between December 24 and 28, with the OR Tambo district recording the highest number of…
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Festive season road safety campaign. Deputy Minister of Transport Mkhuleko Hlengwa says they are encouraged by traffic officers who are applying zero tolerance towards motorists attempting to bribe officers after failing to comply with traffic laws. A high number of motorists have been arrested for drunk driving, reckless and negligent driving, and operating unroadworthy vehicles…
Police tape at the scene of a crime. Police have launched a manhunt for suspects in the killing of 16-year-old learner Linomtha Skeyi from Makhanda in the Eastern Cape. Skeyi was reported missing on Christmas Eve after her body was found in an open field behind the provincial Social Development Department’s offices in Makhanda. Police…
File Image: Matric learners in an exam room. The National Investigative Task Team, set up following a matric exam cheating scandal, is set to submit its preliminary report to Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube this week. Twenty-six matric candidates from seven schools in Pretoria were found to have allegedly accessed matric exam papers in English…
An SAPS chopper searchers for missing SANDF member at the Nkomati river in Komatipoort, Mpumalanga. The South African Police Service’s (SAPS) Diving Unit in Mpumalanga says it is getting difficult to search for the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) member who remains missing as the river is again breaking its banks after Saturday night’s…
