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Transport Minister Barbara Creecy. The Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy has expressed serious concern following new disruptions to air traffic, which has impacted several local carriers. Local airlines, including Airlink, have experienced flight disruptions to a number destinations due to suspended instrument flight procedures. The affected airports included Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport KMIA, Pietermaritzburg, Richards…

South African money Security personnel contracted to safeguard the Nkomazi Municipal infrastructure have downed tools. They allege that they have not received their January salaries. Their company is contracted to secure the water pump stations and reservoirs on 65 sites in different villages in the Nkomazi area. The workers say that their employer claims that…

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema at Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee probing national security on March 10, 2026. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has defended National Coloured Congress leader and MP Fadiel Adams at the Ad Hoc Committee probing national security concerns amid criticism over his handling of alleged classified…

Police have deployed additional units to Mitchells Plain, on the Cape Flats, after a number of fatal shootings in the area this week. On Thursday, five people were gunned down and seven others wounded in gang-related shooting incidents at different locations. Authorities say multi-disciplinary deployments have been bolstered in an effort to find the perpetrators….