FILE | Road closed sign following flooding. The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Velenkosini Hlabisa, together with the Premier of Mpumalanga, Mandla Ndlovu, and the Head of the National Disaster Management Centre, Dr Elias Sithole, will on Saturday conduct an oversight visit to areas affected by recent flooding in Mpumalanga Province. Persistent…
Drug and alcohol abuse eat away at people’s lives, families, resources and their ability to cope. Photo by Reuters. Civic organisation March and March has vowed to intensify its protests against crimes, including dealing in drugs in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. On Friday, the movement took to the streets to demand urgent action against organised crime, corrupt…
SAPS vehicles. Northern Cape police have dismissed as unfounded social media posts that their acting district commissioner, Kenneth Baloyi, is the director of Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala’s Medicare 24 company. On Wednesday, police in the province launched an internal investigation into the social media posts claiming that Matlala’s company director Kenny Baloyi and the acting provincial…
FILE| South African Police Service constable badge. Civil society organisation Action Society has hailed the arrest of 12 senior police officers and a Medicare 24 company director on corruption charges linked to the R360 million Medicare 24 contract. The 12 are set to appear in the Pretoria Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday. The contract, meant to…
A District Development Model workshop under the banner: “All of Society” and “All of Government” has just kicked off at the Coega Conference Centre, Nelson Mandela Bay. 2 minutes The Eastern Cape government has highlighted the importance of planning in its efforts to improve its delivery of basic services. It is hosting a two-day District Development…
University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg Wits University says a Student Representative Council member accused of raping a female student has been suspended. The incident is said to have happened over the weekend. The university says the decision to suspend follows internal consultations and engagements with the Wits Investigations Office and the Gender Equity Office….
Source: Microsoft Designer “Allowing unauthorised people, including children, to access confidential data can lead to serious data breaches,” says Cisco cybersecurity specialist Ameera Cassoojee. “For example, children might accidentally submit, change, or delete important information through an open browser or email.” KYC not just for security, but customer satisfaction Marius Coetzee 18 Sep 2024 “It’s common for…
Afrikaners being welcomed by US officials 1 minute Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says Cabinet is of the view that the 49 Afrikaners who have emigrated to the US are not refugees. Ntshavheni says the white Afrikaners who have now arrived in the US, do not qualify for refugee status. Briefing the media on…
Barrier tape and gun cartridges. One person has been killed and three others wounded in a shooting at Table View in Cape Town. Police say the attack is believed to be taxi-related. They say officers were called to the crime scene, where they found the victims with gunshot wounds. Police spokesperson Wesley Twigg says, “The 39-year-old…
Advocate Kameel Prehmid representing North-West businessman Sulliman Carrim Advocate Kameel Prehmid, who represents North-West businessman Suleiman Carrim, has read out a message that was allegedly sent out to his client, discouraging him from testifying at the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria. The message reads: Go to the Madlanga Commission and we will show you and your…
