EPWP workers on site Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) says the decision to suspend the funding of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) for the Matjhabeng Local Municipality in the Free State must be reconsidered. This comes after the Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson halted the funding…
Twelve learners have sustained serious injuries after a minibus they were travelling in overturned in Montgomery Park, north of Johannesburg, on Monday. All the injured have been taken to various hospitals. Johannesburg Metro Police (JMPD) spokesperson Xolani Fihla says the minibus, operating as a scholar transport vehicle, crashed on Westpark Drive. “A white minibus Toyota…
Trucks on the road. Deputy Minister of Transport Mkhuleko Hlengwa has called on the country’s youth to seize opportunities in the logistics and transport sector. Hlengwa was speaking at the inaugural Cross-Border Road Transport Agency Micro Small and Medium (MSME) Conference in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape. The meeting aims to empower cross-border freight operators…
Johannesburg Metro Police have advised motorists to exercise caution after a bus collided with six other vehicles on the M1 highway near Booysens this morning. Several passengers in the bus were injured. No fatalities have been reported. The affected stretch of the road has been closed and motorists have been asked to use alternative routes….
Protecting existing jobs in the auto manufacturing industry is critical in light of looming US tariffs and the introduction of stricter vehicle emissions regulations in leading export destinations such as the European Union. In his letter to the nation on Monday, President Cyril Ramaphosa emphasises the need for South Africa to diversify its export base,…
The bail application of the woman accused of killing her eleven-year-old son Jayden-Lee Meek continues in the Rooderpoort Magistrate’s Court in western Johannesburg this morning. Tiffany Meek claims that she has been framed. Livestream | 28 July 2025
Map of Free State province Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) says it has drawn a red line when it comes to the culture of impunity, corruption and irregularities at municipalities. The committee has grilled the 23 municipalities in the Free State as part of turning around poor governance and financial…
KZN Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli KwaZulu-Natal Education MEC Sipho Hlomuka and the MEC for Health Nomagugu Simelane are under scrutiny over claims of irregularities, political interference and tender rigging within their departments. Premier of KwaZulu-Natal Thamsanqa Ntuli has written to them demanding comprehensive reports detailing relevant facts following claims of corruption against them. Hlomuka and Simelane…
NWU Medical School project The North West University (NWU) has defended the decision to name its medical school after the late struggle stalwart Archbishop, Desmond Tutu, instead of former Bophuthatswana homeland leader, Lucas Mangope. The construction of North West University’s Desmond Tutu school of medicine has started, at the institution’s Potchefstroom campus. — SABC News…
The mother of 11-year-old Jayden-Leek Meek has been charged with his murder at the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court. The Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court in western Johannesburg will continue the bail hearing for the woman accused of killing her eleven-year-old son, Jayden-Lee Meek. Meek claims that she has been framed. Her lawyer, Noven Naidoo is expected to deliver…
