Workers of Ratlou Local Municipality in Setlagole outside Mahikeng demostrating. Employees of the Ratlou Local Municipality in Setlagole outside Mahikeng have downed tools. They are complaining about the organizational structure that was allegedly not approved by local labour forums. The municipal council was expected to adopt the structure in a council meeting today. Workers are…
[File Image] A person being arrested. Forty-five drunk drivers have been arrested in the City of Tshwane over the past weekend. The Tshwane Metro Police Department says it is making strides in the fight against drunk driving. Of those arrested, five were caught in Mamelodi, one in Pretoria West, 10 in Winternest, and seven in…
The accused in court for his mother’s murder. WARNING: This story contains graphic details of violence. A 40-year-old man has appeared in the Seshego Magistrates Court, in Limpopo, in connection with the murder of his 87-year-old mother. The incident took place at Sebora village, Ga-Mashashane outside Polokwane in Limpopo. The woman was hacked to death…
Police are searching for two of the three suspects who allegedly kidnapped a man working for a company contracted to repair streetlights at Malamulele, Limpopo. Police spokesperson Malesela Ledwaba says the 27- year-old man was working when he was kidnapped and taken to a house where he was tortured. Ledwaba says the suspects called the…
Recent flood in the Eastern Cape cause damage to infrastructure in Mthatha. Another body in the Mthatha floods has been recovered by search and rescue teams in the Eastern Cape. The death toll is now at 102. This comes after some parts of the province were hit hard by floods leaving most families displaced. Provincial…
A desperate looking man holds a placard saying ‘No Drugs’. Hundreds of substance abusers in Gauteng have arrived at a rehabilitation centre in Heidelberg to undergo a life changing experience, free of drugs and other illicit substances. The cohort forms part of the Gauteng government’s massive admission for people with substance use disorder who cannot…
[File photo] Containers at one of SA’s ports. Four former Transnet executives have been granted bail of R50 000 each by the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court, in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. The four accused are former Transnet CEOs Brian Molefe and Siyabonga Gama, former CFO Anoj Singh, and former engineer, Thamsanqa Jiyane. They handed themselves over to…
Stethoscope, Hospital, Doctor image. The Public Servants Association (PSA) says it will intensify its protest action over unemployed doctors until all are hired by the KwaZulu-Natal Health Department. Last week, protests erupted across the province due to the more than 150 doctors who still remain without jobs. The PSA says the government must stop making…
Metrobus in Johannesburg CBD Johannesburg’s Metrobus says the newly introduced payment system will enable commuters to pay only for the distance they have travelled. This is in reaction to the planned march by commuters to Metrobus offices in Braamfontein to protest against the system. Commuters say the new tap in and tap out payment system…
Minister George Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Dion George has signed a notice to publish the second draft regulations for the environmental management of Offshore Ship to Ship Transfers, for public comment. This follows the department’s legal success in the African Penguin settlement and its ongoing commitment to marine biodiversity. The regulations introduce a risk-based…
