Residents took it to the streets and consequently burnt the Home Affairs offices in anger. Gauteng Home Affairs Provincial Manager, Mamokubung Moroke, has confirmed that important documents including smart ID cards and passports are safe. This follows the fire that broke out at the Germiston Home Affairs offices by angry residents of the Pharoe Park…
KZN MEC Martin Meyer. KwaZulu-Natal Public Works MEC, Lukas Meyer, says the department has been plagued by irregularities caused by mismanagement and corruption. Meyers says this is a problem faced by Public Works across the country. This, after Minister Dean Macpherson opened a criminal case against Independent Development Trust (IDT) Chief Executive Officer, Tebogo Malaka…
Signpost for the Rivoni School for the Blind. It is unclear when construction of the multi-million rand Rivoni School for the Blind in Elim, outside Louis Trichardt in Limpopo, will be completed. This amid allegations that the project’s main contractor owes sub-contractors millions of rands, despite being paid over R150 million by the project’s implementing…
Higher Education and Training Minister, Buti Manamela. Higher Education Minister, Buti Manamela, says they will ensure there is credibility in the appointment process of the chairpersons of the Sector Education and Training Authorities (Seta) boards. This follows the axing of former minister, Dr Nobuhle Nkabane, who was embroiled in controversy over the appointment of the…
Executive Mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza. The Mayor of the City of Ekurhuleni, Nkosindiphile Xhakaza, insists if they abandon their operation to evict people who are illegally occupying buildings in the metro, they would have failed as government. This as tensions were high following the eviction of Pharoe Park flats residents in Germiston today. The eviction follows…
Suspects arrested for tampering with essential infrastructure in Bramley. Three suspects are facing charges of tampering with essential infrastructure after they were arrested in Bramley in connection with the theft of cables on Sunday. The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department says the arrest was as a result of a tip-off from residents. JMPD Spokesperson Xolani Fihla…
The committee has since expanded to include all affected stakeholders. The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport (GDRT), in partnership with public transport operators has established a Public Transport Crisis Committee to address the long-standing operating license backlog. Chaired by MEC Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, the committee was initially formed to facilitate collaboration with the…
Minister of Higher Education and Training, Buti Manamela Minister of Higher Education and Training, Buti Manamela says there is a need to stabilise the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) and set in motion a sustainable student funding model. Manamela has been speaking at a media briefing in Pretoria on the long-term and short-term vision…
Crime scene in Eldorado Park where a father allegedly assaulted and raped his 4-year-old daughter who later died. WARNING: THE FOLLOWING REPORT CONTAINS GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION AND MAY UPSET SOME READERS INCLUDING CHILDREN Three more charges have been added against an Eldorado Park father accused of allegedly physically and sexually assaulting his four-year-old daughter. The father…
Advocate Eben Van Tonder, representing Lourentia Lombaard, has pleaded with the High Court in Cape Town to grant her indemnity. Advocate Eben Van Tonder, representing Lourentia Lombaard, a Section 204 witness in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and trafficking case, has pleaded with the High Court in Cape Town to grant her indemnity. Van Tonder has…
