Western Cape Mobility Minister, Isaac Sileku says safety personnel will be assigned to monitor reopened taxi routes Western Cape Mobility Minister, Isaac Sileku says after careful consideration of the representations received, a second closure taxi routes notice will not be issued. The routes were shut down for 30 days last month, following widespread gun violence…
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng has demanded that the Education Department pay service providers as thousands of learners go hungry at schools. [WATCH] The Gauteng Education Department has admitted it has no money to pay companies that supply food for schoolchildren, blaming the shortfall on the influx of learners into the province. SABC News…
Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Buti Manamela. Higher Education Minister, Buti Manamela says government is prioritising the reduction of student debt and ensuring campus stability ahead of the 2026 academic year. Manamela made the remarks in Bloemfontein following the recent violent protests at the University of the Free State. He says the accumulation…
The highest number of arrests for sexual crimes were recorded in the Western Cape, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal Police say a total of 2 320 suspects were arrested across the country by the Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit, during September. #sapsHQ The #SAPS continues to record notable progress made in the fight against gender-based violence…
Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie at the handover of instruments and refurbishments to Mitchells Plain music academy in Cape Town on October 15, 2024. The remains of the Khoi and San descendants of the people of the Northern Cape have been received in Cape Town after a repatriation process from Scotland. A formal…
Police presence will be increased in Ekurhuleni to keep an eye on non-compliant taverns Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says there will be zero tolerance for tavern owners operating without licences this festive season. Lesufi was speaking at the launch of the Gauteng Police Safer Festive Season Operation in Tsakane, Ekurhuleni. The annual operation aims to…
A SAPS ‘murder investigation’ graphic. Seven people have been shot dead in Philippi East on the Cape Flats, on Friday night. Police spokesperson, Andre Traut says the attack happened last night in Road 53 near Better Life. Traut says police have launched a large-scale manhunt to find those responsible. He says the motive for this…
The bus that was involved in an accident that claimed over 40 lives. Transport Minister Barbara Creecy says preliminary findings indicate that the bus that crashed and killed 43 people outside Louis Trichardt in Limpopo was travelling at high speed while descending a mountainous area. Creecy says a mechanical inspection revealed that several of the brakes were not in working condition. She…
The launch of Gauteng Safer Festive Season Operations for 2025/26 at Tsakane Stadium in the Ekurhuleni District. Ekurhuleni mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza has urged residents to be vigilant during the festive season regarding crime and reckless driving. Xhakaza made the remarks at the launch of the Gauteng Police’s annual safer festive season operation in Tsakane, Ekurhuleni….
Accused one, Muzi Sibiya on the stand at the Senzo Meyiwa trial. Accused number one in the Senzo Meyiwa trial, Muzi Sibiya, says he was at his homestead in KwaZulu-Natal in October 2014 when Meyiwa was murdered. However, the state’s key witness, Constable Sizwe Zungu, has testified that all five accused were at a hostel in Vosloorus on Gauteng’s East Rand…
