[FILE IMAGE]: Ramotshere Moiloa Local Municipality. The South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) in the North West has issued an urgent call to the Ramotshere Moiloa Local Municipality to guarantee the safety of its employees. This demand follows a shooting incident that allegedly took place at the municipal building, bringing all operations to a…
House damaged by dam wall collapse in Jagersfontein, Free State on September 15, 2022. The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) in the Free State says five people have been served with summonses to appear in court in connection with the 2022 Jagersfontein dam wall collapse. The incident claimed the lives of three people and…
The President of Interpol, Major General Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi and Acting Police Minister Professor Firoz Cachalia will host the 27th Interpol African Regional Conference in Cape Town from Wednesday. The three-day conference will underscore South Africa’s commitment to regional and international cooperation in combating transnational organised crime, terrorism, and other emerging security threats. It is…
Energy Minister confident the Integrated Resource Plan 2025 will be approved, even though it will require R2,23 trillion. The Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr. Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, has expressed strong confidence that the new Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 2025, will be approved. The minister made the announcement at the Independent Transmission Projects Procurement Programme conference…
Lily Mine in Barbeton Mpumalanga where three mine workers lost their lives when the container office they were in ActionSA President Herman Mashaba has questioned government’s reasons for not retrieving the container office that plunged into a collapsed mine shaft with three Lily Mine workers inside years ago. Mashaba says there’s no scientific evidence that…
A container is loaded onto a cargo ship while docked at Hai Phong port. In a significant step towards promoting gender equality, Transnet is celebrating Women’s Month by having an all-female shift load a cargo vessel of over 25,000 tonnes in the Richards Bay Port. This highlights the growing presence of women in the maritime…
Court room. Two Hawks officers accused of corruption and defeating the ends of justice have had their case transferred from the Bela Bela Magistrates’ Court to the Polokwane Specialised Commercial Crime Court in Limpopo. The accused, Brigadier Mapome Mohajane and Captain Virginia Kupa, will be back in court on the 24th of October. They allegedly…
School on the Cape Flats, where recent taxi violence has left learners and teachers feeling unsafe and at times, unable to attend school. The Western Cape Education Department has raised concerns following the recent taxi-related shootings. At least six people have been killed in Philippi East, Khayelitsha and Macassar in the past two days. Provincial…
FILE | Windows shot out on a taxi The Western Cape Government has strongly condemned a spike in taxi-related shootings. This after at least six people were shot dead in Philippi East, Khayelitsha and Macassar over the past two days. Western Cape Mobility Minister Isaac Sileku says those who are responsible for the violence…
Northern Cape Mental Health Hospital. Following the release of the Health Ombudsman’s report detailing the poor state of care at Kimberley Mental Hospital in the Northern Cape, some families have asked the health department to take responsibility for the sub-standard healthcare their family members received. One family alleges their parent, who was a psychiatric patient,…
