[File Image]: School pupils wait to board scholar transport. The taxi industry in Mthatha, Eastern Cape has threatened to down tools starting on Monday due to non-payment of scholar transport operators. This might affect teaching and learning in the area. The deputy chairperson of the provincial taxi interim task team, Mxhosa Sobazile alleges that they…
Trade Union, Solidarity has accused FlySafair management of threatening pilots with another 7-day lock-out should they not accept the offer the company tabled on Saturday morning. The workers are demanding a 10% wage increase and have rejected the airline’s 5.7% offer. The union says pilots are frustrated with the current unpredictable scheduling system. It says…
National Police Commissioner, Fannie Masemola briefs the media. National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola says searches have been undertaken by the Hawks Crimes Against the State Unit at farms near Lesotho and no evidence of training camps for Basotho, seeking to reclaim land from South Africa, have been found to date. Lesotho Police Chief Borotho Matsoso…
Sheep at a farm Stock theft and limited resources in police stations remain a concern in the Eastern Cape. The issue was raised to Community Safety MEC Xolile Nqatha as he was giving a report back on submissions that were in a petition that was handed to him last year, in Mthatha. Some people shared…
Minister of Water and Sanitation Pemmy Majodina on an oversight inpection at Riverton Water Treatment Plant in Northern Cape. Minister of Water and Sanitation Pemmy Majodina wants National Treasury to expedite the release of funds to complete the Integrated Bulk Water Supply System in the Northern Cape. Majodina made the remarks at an oversight inspection…
Five accused in the former Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa murder trial appear in the High Court in Pretoria on Apr 22, 2022. Family representatives of murdered soccer star, Senzo Meyiwa, say they still believe the five men currently in the dock for his murder are the correct accused before the court, but maintain that…
Shepherd Bushiri during a church service The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has expressed shock following the leaking of one of the state witness’s affidavits in the case involving Malawian fugitive, Shepherd Bushiri and his co-accused businessman Willah Mudolo, to the media. The case involves allegations of financial misconduct and fraud, dating back to 2021, surrounding…
The North West University campus The construction of North West University’s Desmond Tutu school of medicine has started, at the institution’s Potchefstroom campus. The project is a collaborative effort between the university, the North West Department of Health, and the private sector. The former Minister of Health, Joe Phaahla, granted written permission to the university…
City of Polokwane A concerned Polokwane resident who published material on his social media platforms revealing allegations of tender fraud, has defended his position. Thapelo Molepo leaked documents which detailed alleged tender irregularities within the Polokwane Municipality amounting to more than R700 million. The leaked documents suggest that some of the tender beneficiaries of the…
X-SAPS file image A 39-year-old man, Clifford Ngwenya, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Ermelo Regional Court in Mpumalanga for raping his former landlord in 2021. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Provincial spokesperson, Monica Nyuswa, says Ngwenya denied the rape allegations. He claims that Ngwenya and the victim met at a tavern and…
