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Fed up residents protest poor service delivery, dilapidated infrastructure and incomplete projects as just some of the ills in Matjhabeng Municipality. A group of residents in the Matjhabeng local municipality, Free State, are picketing outside the municipality’s headquarters in Welkom. Leader of Matjhabeng Concerned Residents, Paballo Nhlapo says they are demonstrating to highlight poor service…

Chairperson Molapi Soviet Lekganyane of the Ad Hoc Committee. The Chairperson of the Ad Hoc Committee, established to investigate allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lt. General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, insists their intention is to meet Parliament’s October 31 deadline to submit a report despite the delays. Molapi Soviet Lekganyane says the Committee stands by its…

The Gauteng Education Department says plans have been made to assist matriculants from schools around Coronationville and Westbury who have been impacted by water outages. The Department’s spokesperson, Steve Mabona, says teaching has been affected, with concerns for learners who do not live in the area but travel to schools there. Several people sustained rubber…

Eastern Cape has amongst the highest rates of deaths in children from acute malnutrition. The Eastern Cape head of the health department, Dr Rolene Wagner says the province urgently needs a multi-pronged approach to prevent young children from dying from acute malnutrition-related complications. The Department of Health appeared in front of the Human Rights Commission…

[File image]: Crime scene tape. South African Police Services (SAPS) are combing the crime scene where four house robbery suspects have been killed following a shootout with police in Centurion, Pretoria. Gauteng Police Apokesperson Brenda Moridili addressed the media at the live scene. “Pathological experts are preparing to remove the suspects bodies from the scene…

Tembisa Hospital gates. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) in Gauteng has confirmed that two preservation orders secured by the Asset Forfeiture Unit have been served on members of two syndicates implicated in fraud and corruption at the Tembisa Hospital. The investigation came as a result of a report from slain whistle-blower and senior Gauteng Health…

Outside the High Court in Pretoria. Judgement in the Thabo Bester and Nandipha Magudumana urgent Netflix application has been reserved until Friday morning at the High Court in Pretoria. The two lovers alleged to be part of a prison escape took streaming company Netflix to court on an urgent application to halt airing of a…

Thabo Bester and his co-accused Dr Nandipha Magudumana appear in court Convicted murderer and rapist, Thabo Bester’s lawyer, Advocate Moafrika Wa Maila says his client will suffer prejudice, as streaming the Netflix documentary will infringe on his right to a fair trial. Wa Maila is addressing the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, where Bester…

[FILE IMAGE]: Deputy President Paul Mashatile speaking during the an event. The defense in the case of eight former members of Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s VIP protection unit wants the viral video depicting them allegedly assaulting civilians to be excluded as evidence in the trial. The accused have brought a section 174 application in the…