City of Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero 1 minute City of Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero says they will need about R200 billion to fix the deteriorating infrastructure of the City as a whole. This backlog includes among others, potholes, water and electricity. Morero has also revealed that the city is on a campaign to raise another…
The three accused in the murder case of Joslin Smith. 3 minutes Video recordings of statements made by two of the accused in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human trafficking trial took center stage in the Western Cape High Court this week. Jacquen Appollis and Steveno Van Rhyn gave these statements between the 4th and…
Wallet, cash, pocket image. 1 minute Over four municipalities in the Northern Cape are contravening Section 13A of the Pension Fund Act 24 of 1956 by withholding third-party payments to various municipal pension funds. MEC of Finance, Economic Development and Tourism, Venus Blennies-Magage, last month warned implicated Chief Financial Officers and senior officials that they…
[FILE PHOTO] Shack fire. 1 minute Two people have died in a fire that swept through the New Rest Informal Settlement in Wellington early on Sunday morning. The fire has destroyed nearly 200 structures, leaving over 800 people displaced. The Drakenstein Municipality’s fire and rescue service is still on-site battling flare-ups, while the police and…
Handcuffs used to effect an arrest. 1 minute Six people, arrested for alleged manufacturing and dealing in illicit drugs, are expected to appear at the Standerton Court in Mpumalanga on Monday. The Hawks pounced on the suspects at a warehouse and a farm in the area. Chemicals and machinery found at both locations were confiscated….
Blitzboks team 2 minutes South Africa, winners of the Cape Town Sevens in December, have failed to advance to the Cup semifinals of the Singapore leg of World Rugby’s Sevens series. The Blitzboks finished a disappointing ninth at the Hong Kong Sevens last weekend and were dealt an early blow in Singapore. Great Britain, eighth…
Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson speaking in Parliament. 2 minutes The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure has confirmed it’s taking legal action to evict former Members of Parliament who are refusing to move out of their subsidised accommodation. Three former uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party MPs and one former African National Congress…
[File photo] Prince Simakade Zulu 2 minutes A faction of the AmaZulu Royal Family supporting Prince Simakade is optimistic about the upcoming case aimed at unseating the AmaZulu monarch. They are confident that the Supreme Court of Appeal will uphold a judgment by the High Court in Pretoria that set aside President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recognition…
A tap with running water. 1 minute UMngeni-uThukela Water will conduct a 24-hour shutdown of its Wiggins Water Treatment Works from 4 am on Tuesday. The service will resume on Wednesday at the same time. eThekwini Municipality spokesperson Siyabonga Maphumulo says the shutdown aims to replace a gravity sales meter and check pipeline meters for…
Cash in Transit vehicles parked 2 minutes Police in KwaZulu-Natal have expressed concern over the spate of cash-in-transit heists in the province. There have been at least three reported heists in the past three weeks. Crime statistics released in February showed an increase in cash-in-transit heists and truck hijackings in the period between October and…
