Civil society organisation, Black Sash, has accused the SA Social Security Agency (SASSA) of human rights violations following the implementation of a review process on grant recipients. The agency’s review process, which was introduced in April, is meant to verify the eligibility of grant recipients and combat fraud. The organisation says, despite claims from SASSA’s…
Phone with social media apps Social media law expert, Emma Sadleir has urged parents to monitor their children’s activities on social media platforms, particularly on WhatsApp. This after the Gauteng High Court, on Monday, ordered Meta platforms, to shut down anonymous Instagram accounts and WhatsApp channels distributing graphic child pornography involving South African schoolchildren. Sadleir,…
Officials at a non-paying establishment City Power says businesses in and around Johannesburg owe over R60 billion. The electricity entity has urged customers and businesses owners to come forward and make payment arrangements. City Power spokesperson Isaac Mangena says they embarked on a revenue collection drive in Braamfontein today and disconnected defaulting businesses and residential…
Court hearing The Kimberley Magistrate’s Court has postponed the case of nine suspects linked to a R51-million tender awarded during the construction of the Northern Cape mental hospital. Legal representatives of former MEC of Transport, Roads and Public Works, John Block, his former HOD, Patience Mokhali, and businessman, Tshegolekae Motaung, who were arrested in May…
Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko addressed the post-budget briefing at the Provincial Legislature on July 16, 2025. The Gauteng Health Department says its R67 billion budget allocation for the 2025/26 financial year will be used to strengthen services, improve infrastructure, and address priority health needs across the province. This was announced this morning during a…
Limpopo Transport authorities say the R71 at Magoebaskloof, outside Tzaneen in Limpopo, has been closed to traffic following a gas truck explosion earlier this morning. The explosion has caused veld fires in the Magoebaskloof area. The truck was travelling from Polokwane to Tzaneen. A truck driver has been hospitalised with minor injuries. Department spokesperson Matome…
FILE | Contralesa President Kgoshi Mathupa. The Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) has urged the public to refrain from forcibly taking people to initiation schools. This plea comes in response to a recent incident involving a 72-year-old man who was abducted from his home in Ga-Mamatsha village in Limpopo and taken to…
[File photo] The National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola, Deputy National Commissioner for Crime Detection Shadrack Sibiya and Free State Commissioner Baile Motsweenyane address the media on Apr 27, 2025. The Deputy National Police Commissioner for Crime Detection, Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya, says he was surprised to receive a letter stating that he has been placed on…
Police top bras including Deputy National Commissioner for Crime Detection Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya and National Commissioner, Fannie Masemola. Chairperson of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Police, Ian Cameron, has questioned the decision to place Deputy National Commissioner for Crime Detection Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya on leave. He says such action is not in line with South African…
Slain cop Francis Rasuge The family of slain cop Francis Rasuge says her killer does not deserve their forgiveness because he has shown no remorse. Rasuge was murdered in 2004 by her then partner William Nkuna. Her remains were found buried at Nkuna’s home in Tshwane eight years after her death. Nkuna is being considered…
