[File photo] A man looks at an item before buying at a spaza shop in Thembisa, on the East Rand Global youth empowerment movement ‘Count Me In’ has called for an urgent and complete overhaul of the country’s current spaza shop regulatory framework. The movement advocates for reforms in the spaza shops industry. It has…
Suspected drug smuggler A 25-year-old alleged drug trafficker has been arrested at OR Tambo International Airport. The suspect was arrested on arrival from São Paulo, Brazil, via Doha and was found with cocaine bullets worth over R4.5 million. Police spokesperson Amanda van Wyk says the suspect was also examined to check if any drug-filled pellets…
FILE | Burning tyres during a protest The Sol Plaatje Municipality in Northern Cape says it is committed to addressing the concerns of protesting residents. The response follows the barricading of roads by residents from a number of informal settlements in Kimberley who burned tyres and used rocks to close off roads. Residents are complaining…
Signage welcoming the passers by to North West Province. Six municipalities in the North West have had their equitable share withheld by National Treasury. The affected municipalities have been instructed to furnish National Treasury with proof of payment or payment arrangements with third party service providers, before their equitable share could be paid. Equitable share…
Tiffany Meek at court The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says it’s confident of a successful prosecution in the Tiffany Meek murder case. The 31-year-old woman is accused of the murder of her 11-year-old son Jayden-Lee Meek. She was denied bail in the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court today. Meek faces charges of murder, crimen injuria and defeating…
ACDP MP Steve Swart says more people who were implicated in the state capture must be arrested. The African Christian Democratic Party ( ACDP) says it has taken note of the interim implementation of the State Capture Commission report by President Cyril Ramaphosa. The Presidency released and also submitted to Parliament a progress report on the…
Mayor Dada Morero says that the City is ready to host the upcoming G20 summit that is scheduled to take place later this year. Joburg Mayor Dada Morero says that the City is ready to host the upcoming G20 summit that is scheduled to take place later this year. World leaders will descend onto South…
Minister of Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. The North West Department of Electricity and Energy says South Africa’s G20 Presidency will greatly benefit the country as it plans to expand its nuclear power generation capacity. South Africa’s nuclear energy programme has been in operation since 1984. The department will convene the third G20 Energy Transitions Working…
DJ Sumbody at an event Police say the alleged mastermind behind the murder of Oupa John Sefoka, popularly known as DJ Sumbody, Katiso “KT” Molefe, has been positively linked to the murder of Hector ” DJ Vintos” Buthelezi. Buthelezi was gunned down outside a nightclub in Orlando East, Soweto in 2022. Today Molefe and his…
File image: Classroom with desks and chairs. The Director General of the Department of Basic Education Mathanzima Mweli says the majority of public schools are geared to accommodate learners with minor disabilities and that is where those learners should be enrolled. A team from the Department briefed Parliament’s Committee on Education and Creative Industries on…
