North West Finance MEC re-tables provincial budget

Person holding South African money 1 minute North-West Finance MEC Kenetswe Mosenogi has re-tabled the provincial budget after Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana re-tabled the country’s budget last week. Mosenogi says the province’s Agricultural Support Programme has received a slight increase. ”The Conditional Grants allocation amounts to R9.618 billion in 2025/26 financial year and R9.182 billion…

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Four killed in multi-vehicle crash in Sasolburg

[File image] Four people have been killed and one critically injured in a multiple vehicle accident that occured on the R59 Vaalpark offramp in Sasolburg, Free State. FS Emergency Medical Services Spokesperson Sipho Towa has urged road users  to exercise caution and seek an alternative route. The critically injured passenger will be airlifted to hospital….

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KZN police arrest 14 suspects for illegal dagga plantation

Dried cannabis plant. Police have arrested 14 suspects for illegally planting dagga at a five-hectare site at Babanango in northern KwaZulu-Natal. They were arrested during a raid by the South African Police Service (SAPS) Ulundi Crime Prevention Unit and other relevant stakeholders. Provincial police spokesperson, Captain Ntathu Ndlovu say police acted on a tip-off of…

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Some workers call for suspension of Vhembe Municipal manager

Municipal Manager Norman Zwanda Kutama Vhembe District Municipality, Limpopo. Some municipal workers at Vhembe District Municipality in Limpopo have embarked on a go-slow demanding the suspension of the Municipal Manager Norman Kutama. Workers are calling for an investigation into Kutama allegedly appointing a company to render VAT collection services related to SARS returns submission, between December…

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KZN Midland’s man being treated for Mpox

A test tube labelled “Mpox virus positive” A 40-year-old KwaZulu-Natal Midland’s man is being treated for Mpox in the Northdale Hospital in Pietermaritzburg. The KwaZulu-Natal Health Department says the patient visited a clinic in the city with symptoms associated with Mpox in mid-October. He was immediately transferred to the hospital. A laboratory test confirmed he…

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