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SALGA calls for municipal funding model reform
The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) in the Free State is calling for changes to the funding model used by local municipalities. The association says the current local government structure places pressure on municipalities to collect revenue from residents despite high levels of unemployment. SALGA argues that many municipalities are struggling to sustain themselves…
Suspect killed in Joburg after police shootout following hijacking
Hijacked vehicle One suspect has been killed and five others arrested following a shootout with police on the corner of the N12 and Xavier Road in Winchester hills, south of Johannesburg. This after a bakkie was hijacked in Germiston and the driver kidnapped and forced to accompany the suspects. Gauteng police spokesperson Tintswalo Sibeko says…
Classifying severe weather as national disaster justified: Hlabisa
Classifying severe weather as national disaster justified: Hlabisa
W Cape storms have caused severe damage in agricultural sector
[FILE] Hundreds of people in the Langkloof and Little Karoo regions of the Western Cape remain completely cut off due to inaccessible roads. This, after a Level 8 storm that brought torrential rain, flooding, and gale-force winds, cutting off roads and damaging critical infrastructure. The agriculture sector has emerged as one of the hardest hit…
KZN police detain undocumented foreigners occupying RDP house in Newlands
SAPS vehicles Police in KwaZulu-Natal have detained three people found living in illegally leased RDP houses in Newlands East, north of Durban. The foreign nationals failed to present valid documentation. In a joint operation that the provincial Human Settlements Department led, officials found that at least five RDP houses in the Quarry Heights area were…
Judge to consult Chief Justice over Meyiwa trial interpreter concerns
Goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa of South Africa’s Orlando Pirates is beaten by a goal made by Mohamed Aboutrika of Egypt’s Al Ahli during the first leg of their African Champions League final soccer match at Orlando Stadium in Soweto November 2, 2013. Proceedings in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial at the High Court in Pretoria have…
DA probes alleged meetings between Didiza, Ramaphosa’s legal team
Inside Parliament of the Republic of South Africa. Tensions have emerged at the National Assembly’s Rules Subcommittee meeting after the Democratic Alliance (DA) raised concerns over alleged meetings between Speaker Thoko Didiza and President Cyril Ramaphosa’s legal advisers during discussions on the impeachment process. DA Parliamentary leader, George Michalakis, has questioned whether Didiza should recuse herself from the Phala Phala impeachment process amid reports she met with Ramaphosa’s legal team. “There…
Mashatile warns against violence in immigration protests
Deputy President Paul Mashatile has told the National Assembly that the government will not allow mob violence and that security forces have been asked to deal with criminality that is emerging in protests directed at undocumented foreign nationals. He was answering oral questions in the National Assembly. Mashatile says he condemns violence and urged law…
Most foreign nationals at Diakonia centre documented: eThekwini mayor
Police are seen at the Diakonia Centre in central Durban where hundreds of foreign nationals are there seeking refuge on 21 May 2026. eThekwini Mayor Cyril Xaba says nearly all the foreign nationals transported from the Diakonia Centre in central Durban have been verified as being in the country legally following a Home Affairs screening process. Xaba briefed the media at…