SA Police Service badge. The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) has called for a proper vetting process for SAPS officers who are responsible for training recruits. This comes amid reports that several senior officers at police academies have sexually exploited police trainees. Today, the union will lead a march to the Shorburg Building…
Power lines. 2 minutes Minister of Electricity and Energy Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says the government is taking steps to eliminate load reduction nationwide. Ramokgopa has been meeting with the mayors of Limpopo municipalities in Polokwane. He encouraged municipalities to explore electricity generation, as a means to reduce load shedding and create revenue streams. Although the country…
NSFAS branding seen at an Application Outreach Drive The uMkhonto we Sizwe Party (MKP) has cautioned Higher Education Minister, Buti Manamela, against any political interference in leadership appointments at the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). This follows the recent wave of board resignations, which has once again cast uncertainty over the stability of the student funding…
Lesotho Highlands Water Tunnel 1 minute The Lesotho Highlands Water Tunnel has finally been reopened after being two months behind schedule. The maintenance, repair and refurbishment work started in October last year and was initially scheduled to be completed within six months. The tunnel channels water from Lesotho to South Africa delivering about 700 million…
A candle lit at a memorial service. 1 minute Former Umgungundlovu District Mayor, Yusuf Bhamjee has passed away at the age of 74. Bhamjee was redeployed by the ANC from the KwaZulu-Natal legislature to the district in 2008, to turn the local government’s affairs around. He served as mayor until 2016. Expressing their condolences, the…
Pretoria Magistrate’s Court 1 minute The case against a police captain accused of raping a 20-year-old police trainee has been postponed. This is to allow the police watchdog – IPID to conduct further investigation into other alleged sexual assault incidents against the police officer. He made his second appearance in the Pretoria Magistrate’s court today…
Water droplet coming out of a tap. The Gauteng Health Department says it is closely monitoring health facilities across Johannesburg that are affected by Rand Water’s ongoing maintenance work. Some of the impacted health facilities include Charlotte Maxeke, Johannesburg Academic and Helen Joseph hospitals and the Hillbrow Community Health Centre. Head of Communication, @SamuelModiba says,…
police badge 1 minute The Hawk’s Serious Organised Crime Investigation has charged two men with the murder of their accomplice and a police officer. Joseph Mjozi Makhubele and Bongani Wilson Mabena appeared in the Ga-Rankuwa Magistrate Court for the October 2022 murder of the police officer. And now they face additional charges for killing their…
Herman Mashaba and Dr Nasiphi Moya ActionSA leader, Herman Mashaba, has emphasised that his party is unapologetically against the mushrooming of illegal immigrants in the country. Mashaba was speaking ahead of the announcement of the party’s senior member, Dr Nasiphi Moya, as the party’s mayoral candidate for the City of Tshwane. Mashaba warned political parties…
Members of the media seen outside the Zanzou nightclub in Pretoria. 2 minutes Prominent lawyer, Advocate Zola Majavu, has questioned why the Zanzou nightclub matter was not reported at the time it occurred. Majavu is the legal representative of one of the nightclub’s directors, Neo Moela. He addressed the media in Johannesburg today. A video…
