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City of Johannesburg MMC for Finance Loyiso Masuku City of Johannesburg MMC for Finance Loyiso Masuku says there is a need to educate communities about compliance with building regulations, to ensure safety and prevent structures that strain infrastructure. This follows the demise of three family members including a toddler, during the collapse of a double-storey…

Gauteng Traffic Police in operation The Gauteng government has raised serious concerns about motorists speeding and failing to wear seatbelts, children sitting on their parents’ laps, vlogging, and drink-driving on the province’s roads. This comes as the Premier’s Office, Gauteng Transport and Law Enforcement agencies conducted stop-and-search operations at the De Hoek Toll Plaza Tuesday…

The temporary shelter given to the 2022 flood victims, located in eNtshongweni. More than three years after the devastating 2022 floods, victims in Ntshongweni’s Ward 7 under the eThekwini Municipality continue to struggle. The residents were among those who survived the torrential rains that battered eThekwini, forcing them into temporary shelters. Despite repeated promises of…

Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala appears in the High Court in Johannesburg on October 20, 2025. Businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala was arrested in May this year and has been accused of orchestrating the failed assassination of his ex-partner, Tebogo Thobejane, in October 2023. After spending months at the Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Facility in Pretoria, Matlala attempted…

CONTRALESA President, Chief Lameck Mokoena says initiation schools will have to follow strict COVID-19 regulations. The family of a 19-year-old Onalenna Booi, who died at an initiation school at Dithakong outside Mahikeng, North West, has called on the government to enforce more strict regulations for initiation schools. Booi, a Matric learner at Tiego Tawana Secondary…

NDPP The race to find the country’s next National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) is facing a legal hurdle. This as the department of Justice and Constitutional Development has received an urgent application filed by B Xulu and Partners Inc, seeking to interdict the appointment of the National Director of Public Prosecutions. The said South…

Roadsafety Campaign. Traffic authorities in the Eastern Cape have their hands full as thousands of travelers making their way to various destinations to usher in the New Year. Driving under the influence of alcohol remains a big concern for law enforcement officials and more than 1300 motorists have already been arrested in connection with this…

Defence Minister Angie Motshekga briefing the media The Minister of Defense and Military Veterans, Angie Motshekga, has expressed deep sadness following the tragic deaths of two South African National Defence Force members aged 33 and 39 who were swept away while crossing a low-lying bridge in Komatipoort, Mpumalanga. The two soldiers were on patrol when…

Handcuffs seen on top of a table. The phone snatcher. who was captured on camera snatching the phone of a lady arriving at an establishment in Brooklyn on the East of Pretoria, has been nabbed. The assailant was quickly identified after a video of him snatching the phone was uploaded on social media. Johannesburg Metro…