SAHRC to investigate Gauteng’s water crisis

File: A person drinking water from a tap. The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) will next month investigate the water crisis in Gauteng. It has invited all municipalities and water boards in the province to appear before it. The SAHRC says it has received many complaints about the persistent and widespread water shortages affecting communities across the province. SA Water Crisis | Water disruptions persist across Gauteng: It will…

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Suspects in R10m insurance fraud case back in court

Rachel Kutumela and her co-accused in court for a bail application hearing after being accused of insurance fraud and murder of nine people. Eight accused in an insurance-related murder will this morning apply for bail in the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo. The matter was postponed on Tuesday to allow the accused to get legal…

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Court rules in Malema’s favour in Khawula defamation case

EFF Leader Julius Malema and his wife Mantwa Matlala. The Gauteng High Court has ruled in favour of Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema in the matter against social media commentator, Musa Khawula. The court has found that Khawula wrote defamatory, untrue and unlawful accusations about Malema and his wife, Mantoa Matlala, regarding their…

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Family of slain Emfuleni accountant welcome PKTT probe

A crime scene where a shooting happened. The family of the slain accountant of the Emfuleni Local Municipality in Gauteng had expressed relief that the SAPS Political Killings Task Team has taken over the case for investigation. Martha Rantsofu was shot execution style while at a tyre shop in Vanderbijlpark last month. Reports suggest that…

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Government suspends Kwazulu-Natal EPWP funding

Minister for Public Works and Infrastructure Dean MacPherson briefs the media on the eThekwini Municipality’s Expanded Public Works Programme in Durban on 14 April 2026. Government has suspended funding to the eThekwini Municipality’s Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) in KwaZulu-Natal. The announcement was made in Durban by the Minister for Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean MacPherson, during…

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JMPD officer shot dead in the Vaal

A JMPD van is pictured during a roadblock at the Grasmere Toll Plaza in Johannesburg. An off-duty Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) officer has been shot dead at Orange Farm in the Vaal. Thirty-year-old Lindani Maleka was killed shortly after arriving at a residence in Sizanani Street, Extension 6A. Police believe the incident may have been a targeted killing. Preliminary reports indicate…

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