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A tap that has run dry. 1 minute Johannesburg Water says it will intensify its programme to disconnect those connected to their network illegally. This in an attempt to reduce the high rate of illegal water connections to the City’s water network. The water utility says they will disconnect in informal settlements across the City…

Cape Town at night 1 minute Cape Town Mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis has invited President Cyril Ramaphosa to relocate 2025 G20 Leaders Summit to Cape Town. This follows Ramaphosa’s concerns about the state of Johannesburg during his visits to the city for the G20 meeting. Hill-Lewis says the Mother City will be able to represent South…

Commuters jump into a taxi. 2 minutes The KwaZulu-Natal Transport and Human Settlements MEC Siboniso Duma and the striking Durban Long-Distance Taxi Association, have reached an agreement to end the week-long strike that left commuters stranded. The taxi operators lamented the impounding of their taxis, as well as the slow process of issuing permits. Duma…

Water running from a tap. Bulk water supplier Rand Water has announced that its latest round of planned maintenance work in Gauteng will commence on Monday and is expected to continue until Thursday, July 18. Rand Water says the maintenance will be carried out in phases and will not involve a continuous 18-day shutdown. Residents…

Test tubes labelled “Mpox virus positive” are seen in this illustration taken August 20, 2024. 1 minute Three more cases of Mpox have been confirmed in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. This brings the number of cases to 31 since the outbreak started in May last year. Mpox symptoms include a rash that may last between two and…

National Director of Public Prosecution Advocate Shamila Batohi briefing media on progress made in the Venda Building Society Mutual Bank investigations. 2 minutes National Director of Public Prosecutions, Shamila Batohi, has highlighted salary dispensation as one of the challenges causing setbacks in the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). Batohi says this has led to the NPA…

1 minute Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues at the Pretoria High Court. LIVE STREAM: 

Court gavel 1 minute Twenty-six illegal miners are expected to appear in the Stilfontein Magistrate’s court near Klerksdorp in the North West on Friday. They were arrested this week after four resurfaced at Margaret Shaft while another 22 also emerged from Buffelsfontein Shaft number 10. They are facing charges of trespassing and contravention of the…

JMPD officers arrest driver for traffic violation on August 19, 2024. Gauteng police have arrested hundreds of suspects for various crimes and shut down several unlicensed liquor outlets in Honeydew and Cosmo City in northern Johannesburg. This follows a weekend Operation Shanela aimed at assisting local police stations to reduce crime. Gauteng Acting Provincial Commissioner,…