Former City of Tshwane Cilliers Brink. The Democratic Alliance (DA) says the City of Tshwane’s admission that it is double-billing residents is proof that the metro is facing a full-blown billing crisis. Thousands of households that already pay over R400 a month for weekly waste collection were wrongly charged an extra R223.00 for a so-called…
Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie has apologised to former political prisoners and the PAC for the way the government has treated them. McKenzie was speaking at the Robben Island Museum at the reunion of former political prisoners on Saturday. Robben Island was a hive…
Thousands of pro-Palestine supporters marched in the Cape Town CBD to show support for the people of Palestine. A broad coalition of civil society, interfaith organisations, justice movements and political parties organised the march. The demonstrators are calling for an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestine. The President of the Muslim Judicial Council, Sheikh…
File image| Crime Intelligence Head Dumisani Khumalo delivers the keynote address at the South African Police Services (SAPS) Gauteng Crime Intelligence Excellence Awards 2024 at the Kgosi Mampuru II Management Area Hall in Pretoria on November 15, 2024. South Africans are anxiously awaiting the Criminal Intelligence Chief Dumisani Khumalo’s testimony before the Madlanga Commission of…
A view of an entrance to Robben Island. Ex-Robben Island political prisoners are boarding the Madiba 1 ferry from the Nelson Mandela Gateway to head to the island for a reunion today. The Arts and Culture Department has organised the reunion, in partnership with the Association for ex-political prisoners and the Robben Island Museum. The…
Haniff Hoosen announced as DA’s mayoral candidate in eThekwini, 26 September 2025. Democratic Alliance (DA) mayoral candidate for eThekwini, Haniff Hoosen says ensuring improvement in the delivery of basic services such as water and sanitation is his priority. He says residents of the city have seen years of poor service delivery Party leader John Steenhuisen…
African National Congress (ANC) MP Molapi Lekganyane delivers opening address on August 5, 2025 after being elected as Chairperson of the ad hoc committee investigating KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s allegations. The number of proposed witnesses set to testify before the Ad Hoc Committee investigating allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi…
Speaker of Council, Cllr. Margaret Arnolds presided over the swearing in of Mr. Kenny Kunene as a Proportional Representation (PR) Councillor. Patriotic Alliance deputy president, Kenny Kunene has been re-sworn in as a councillor for the City of Johannesburg. The former MMC of Transport resigned from his position and as a councillor in July, after…
Chairperson of the Ad Hoc Committee Molapi Lekganyane Political parties are in the process of finalising the list of witnesses they want to call before Parliament’s ad-hoc committee set up to investigate allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. MPs serving on this committee are currently locked in discussions, adding names to the…
ANC’s Nomvula Mokonyane leads the Gauteng Women’s League in making a donation to the Spixolo Crèche in Phola Park in Thokoza. 26 September 2025. African National Congress (ANC) First Deputy Secretary-General Nomvula Mokonyane has celebrated the life and times of the late struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela Mandela at an event at Phola Park in Thokoza,…
