Modimolle-Mookgophong Local Municipality building. 3 minutes The hung council of the Modimolle-Mookgophong Local Municipality is divided over the suspension of the municipal manager. Some parties in the Limpopo council voted to place the municipal manager, Ntoampie Thobela, on suspension on allegations of corruption and mal-administration. The council believes Thobela acted against its mandate, when he…
Stock Theft Prevention Task Team in the OR Tambo District recovered stolen sheep in Mthatha and Bityi areas during operations conducted from Wednesday, 03/09 until Thursday, 04/09. Communal farmers in the Sekhukhune district in Limpopo have lost more than R1 billion due to stock theft, according to the Red Meat Industry. The industry says more…
JMPD and Environmental Health officers issued a fine to the owner of a shop for trading without a certificate in Hillbrow. 2 minutes The National Informal Traders Alliance of South Africa (NITASA) has asked for an extension for the registration of food outlets including tuck shops also called spaza shops. The owners of the businesses…
EFF leader Julius Malema addresses party supporters at the Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown, Johannesburg on November 26, 2024. 3 minutes Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema says the party wants President Cyril Ramaphosa to be held accountable for the $580 000 found at his Phala Phala farm. Malema was speaking ahead of the…
A person carries buckets of water into the house. Residents of Kabe Village outside Mahikeng in the North West say access to water has become a major crisis. The community had hopes of having access to clean drinking water when six boreholes were drilled in the area in 2019, allegedly by the Ngaka Modiri Molema…
A man holding a gun A man has been shot and killed at Westridge in Mitchell’s Plain on the Cape Flats. Police spokesperson Wesley Twigg says the 37-year-old’s body was found on an open field next to a primary school. Twigg says the motive for the attack is yet to be determined. He says no…
Judge’s chair and gavel in a courtroom. A traditional healer from Mozambique suspected to be in the country illegally is today set to appear before the Ga-Rankuwa Magistrate’s Court, north of Pretoria. The suspect faces charges of kidnapping, defiling a corpse as well as contravening the Immigration Act. During his arrest on Wednesday in Winterveld,…
Nandi Nyembe will be laid to rest at the West Park Cemetery. The funeral service is be held at the Walter Sisulu Hall in Randburg, before the procession heads to West Park. Nyembe passed away on Saturday, 23 August 2025, at the age of 75. Her death has prompted an outpouring of tributes from across…
FILE | City of Cape Town Disaster Management’s fire engines. The Cape Winelands District Municipality’s Fire Services says they are responding to three fires in the district. Municipal spokesperson Jo-Anne Otto says the blazes are fuelled by strong winds and thick vegetation. Otto says two private homes and a wooden structure have been destroyed in…
Members of NUMSA and other civil society groups call for action after the US invaded Venezula during a protest at the US consulate in Sandton on 24 January 2026. The African National Congress (ANC) First Deputy Secretary-General, Nomvula Mokonyane, has called on the American left to intervene after United States military action against Venezuela. Her…
