A protester holds a placard during a march against corruption. The South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) has called for the implementation of policies that protect municipal workers who expose corruption. The union says government is not doing enough to support and protect whistleblowers in municipalities. A recent report has revealed that 148 municipal officials have been…
Gauteng’s Finance and Economic Development MEC Lebogang Maile with Chesnay Keppler’s family outside the Protea Magistrate’s Court on January 6, 2025. Judgment in the bail application of a former police officer accused of the murder of his Gauteng traffic warden girlfriend is expected to be delivered at the Protea Magistrates Court in Soweto today. Mandla…
An aerial view of the boarding school in Mkhondo. The Mpumalanga government is set to open another rural boarding school in Mkhondo in Piet Retief. #MpumalangaAProvinceThatWorksForAll #EducationForAll #SchoolHandover #ANationThatWorksForAll pic.twitter.com/WyrcSjlHfg — Mpumalanga Provincial Government (@MpumalangaGov) August 4, 2025 More than R700 million was spent on the construction of the school. The no-fee boarding school boasts…
FILE | Pro-Palestine demonstration in Johannesburg. At least four Palestinian protestors are expected to appear in the Western Cape High Court today. This comes after they protested outside Cape Union Mart stores. They claim the Cape Union Mart Group of Companies’ Executive Chairperson Philip Krawitz is a supporter of Israel. Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s Coordinator Prof…
Four suspects have been fatally shot during a shootout with police in Randfontein in the West Rand. The exact circumstances of the incident are still unclear at this stage. According to police, the suspects were believed to be on their way to commit an armed robbery before they were intercepted.
A sinkhole is seen at Rondebult Road in Boksburg in the east of Johannesburg during an oversight visit by the Democratic Alliance to check on the state of potholes across the Gauteng province. The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng says a promised sinkhole task team that was supposed to be established by the end of…
Deputy President Paul Mashatile is in the Mangaung Metropolitan District Municipality in the Free State Province, where he is leading the Clean Cities and Towns integrated service delivery campaign, August 5, 2025. The Deputy President, Paul Mashatile has arrived in Mangaung for the “Clean cities and towns campaign”. The programme is part of efforts to…
Gauteng police launches murder investigation for burnt bodies in Silverton. Gauteng police have launched an investigation following the discovery of the fourth burnt female body between Watloo and Denneboom train stations, near Mamelodi, east of Pretoria. Police spokesperson, Brigadier Brenda Muridili, says the fourth burned body of a woman was discovered yesterday afternoon. Brigadier Muridili…
The operation to remove illegal miners from Barberton Gold Mines in Mpumalanga is ongoing. Sheba Gold Mine and Pan African Resources say most illegal miners’ camps have been cleared. Pan African Resources spokesperson Hethen Hira says they are working to remove the illegal miners. More than 540 illegal miners have been arrested since Friday last…
More than 500 suspected illegal miners have been arrested, in Mpumalanga Artisanal mining expert Kgothatso Nhlengetwa believes that powerful elites are behind illegal mining in South Africa. Nhlengetwa argues that Operation Vala Umgodi, which was launched to combat illegal mining, is merely addressing the symptoms rather than tackling the root causes of the problem. Over…
