Doornfontein building explosion in Johannesburg CBD The City of Johannesburg’s Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Public Safety, Dr Mgcini Tshwaku, says a full investigation will be conducted into Monday’s explosion in Doornfontein in the Johannesburg CBD. The explosion of a transformer in a storage room in a student accommodation building led to the…
Bombed CIT vehicle The N2 northbound from the M7 in Durban has been closed due to a cash in transit (CIT) heist near Chesterville. Emergency services are on the scene after a CIT vehicle was bombed twice. A security guard was injured and has been transported to a nearby hospital. ALS Paramedics spokesperson, Garrith Jamieson…
FILE| Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee sitting. Parliament’s Ad Hoc committee will on Tuesday hear from four witnesses, including former chairperson of the State Security Agency Xolile Mashukuca. The committee is investigating allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the criminal justice system. The allegations were made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi during…
Potholes on a road The Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs says it has taken note of the deteriorating conditions of roads and the service delivery challenges faced by the Emfuleni Municipality in the Vaal, south of Johannesburg. [WATCH] Johannesburg water systems are in a recovery phase after a power outage…
Commissioners of the Madlanga Inquiry at the inquiry’s sitting in Pretoria, 5 Dec 2025. The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry is expected to hear evidence on Tuesday from a witness who was meant to testify last Friday. However, his legal counsel, Hartley Ngoato, requested additional time to work through the documents, which he claimed were not…
[File]The City of Tshwane susbtation The City of Tshwane has begun implementing measures to stabilise its electricity infrastructure following years of underinvestment. Executive Mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya says they have begun rebuilding technical capacity after years of under-financing and repeated infrastructure failures that have affected residents and businesses. She says dozens of vacancies in the electricity department have already…
Pikitup workers Residents of suburbs north west of Johannesburg including Linden, Robindale, Ferndale and Randpark Ridge, have raised concerns over garbage piling up due to a strike at Pikitup in Randburg. The strike has affected refuse collection in these areas for the past three weeks. An agreement between striking workers and the employer was announced last week, but services have still not…
Confiscated unlicensed firearms. Security analyst Professor Jacob Mofokeng says testimony at the Madlanga Commission has exposed deep structural problems in the SAPS forensic lab. A senior forensic analyst from the police, Captain Laurance Makgotloe told the commission earlier Monday that inaccuracies in the ballistic report he authored in the Armand Swart murder case were errors…
The Ad Hoc Committee established to investigate allegations made by the SAPS KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, is scheduled to hear from four witnesses at its public hearings on Tuesday. LIVE STREAM:
President Cyril Ramaphosa. President Cyril Ramaphosa could still be asked to appear before Parliament’s Ad Hoc committee, investigating allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the criminal justice system, to account before lawmakers on the disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT). Committee chair Soviet Lekganyane says the President’s name, along with senior…
