EPWP workers on site Activist and citizens forum spokesperson Dennis Bloem has described the alleged use of Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) funding for inflated salaries of former councilors at Matjhabeng Municipality in the Free State as a disgrace. Bloem says poor people who depend on the programme to put bread on the table are…
Reservoir in the City of Tshwane The City of Tshwane says it’s investigating possible water contamination at its Montana reservoir, north of Pretoria. It says residents have complained about smelly and discoloured water. The reservoir is supplied by the Roodeplaat Water Treatment Works and it supplies water to areas such as Montana, Sinoville, Wonderboom, Annlin…
Suspected drug smuggler A 25-year-old alleged drug trafficker has been arrested at OR Tambo International Airport. The suspect was arrested on arrival from São Paulo, Brazil, via Doha and was found with cocaine bullets worth over R4.5 million. Police spokesperson Amanda van Wyk says the suspect was also examined to check if any drug-filled pellets…
FILE | Burning tyres during a protest The Sol Plaatje Municipality in Northern Cape says it is committed to addressing the concerns of protesting residents. The response follows the barricading of roads by residents from a number of informal settlements in Kimberley who burned tyres and used rocks to close off roads. Residents are complaining…
Signage welcoming the passers by to North West Province. Six municipalities in the North West have had their equitable share withheld by National Treasury. The affected municipalities have been instructed to furnish National Treasury with proof of payment or payment arrangements with third party service providers, before their equitable share could be paid. Equitable share…
Tiffany Meek at court The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says it’s confident of a successful prosecution in the Tiffany Meek murder case. The 31-year-old woman is accused of the murder of her 11-year-old son Jayden-Lee Meek. She was denied bail in the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court today. Meek faces charges of murder, crimen injuria and defeating…
DJ Sumbody at an event Police say the alleged mastermind behind the murder of Oupa John Sefoka, popularly known as DJ Sumbody, Katiso “KT” Molefe, has been positively linked to the murder of Hector ” DJ Vintos” Buthelezi. Buthelezi was gunned down outside a nightclub in Orlando East, Soweto in 2022. Today Molefe and his…
File image: Classroom with desks and chairs. The Director General of the Department of Basic Education Mathanzima Mweli says the majority of public schools are geared to accommodate learners with minor disabilities and that is where those learners should be enrolled. A team from the Department briefed Parliament’s Committee on Education and Creative Industries on…
Drugs seized during arrest A foreign national man and a South African woman has been arrested following police raids on two apartments in Durban. Police found various types of drugs with a total street value of about half a million rand. #sapsKZN An intelligence-led op by KZN Provincial Organised Crime Unit (Narcotics) led to…
File image| The roads this morning in the Bezuidenhout Valley area due to protest. The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police (JMPD) has warned motorists of traffic disruptions in the Bezuidenhout Valley area, east of the Johannesburg CBD. This is due to an ongoing service delivery-related protest. Around 200 protesters have blocked parts of Albertina Sisulu Road, from Bertrams…
