Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi. Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has appointed Roche Mogorosi as acting Head of Department (HOD) for Community Safety with immediate effect. This follows the suspension of HOD Nontsikelelo Sisulu and the Chief Financial Officer, Mduduzi Malope, earlier this week. The suspensions follow the outcomes of an investigation conducted by the provincial forensic…
Arrests made on Saturday, 25 October A road safety operation which started this morning at the Mkondeni Road Traffic Inspectorate site weighbridge off the N3, at Pietermaritzburg, has resulted in the arrest of eight foreign nationals. Three of those arrested were without legal documents, while others were arrested for various traffic offences, including driving with…
Workers leading a march demanding decent jobs, 7 October 2025. The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) says it expects President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) to table solutions to the issues of unemployment, poverty, inequality, crime, and corruption. Ramaphosa will deliver the SONA on Thursday evening at the Cape Town…
[File Image]: A service station in South Africa. 2 minutes The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) says the Economic Freedom Fighters’ (EFF)’s case against an increase in the general fuel levy is not strong. The Western Cape High Court is today expected to hear the EFF’s urgent application against the increase. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana…
Limpopo police are looking for suspects following a mob-killing incident at Jerome village near Malamulele on Monday. According to information, a mob attacked a man who was suspected of housebreaking at the village. Provincial Police Spokesperson Malesela Ledwaba says the victim aged 46 succumbed to severe injuries in hospital. Ledwaba says, “Preliminary investigations revealed that…
File image : American football. 2 minutes International Federation of American Football (IFAF) will hold its first African Flag Football Championships in June, executives have told Reuters, expanding the continental championships at a critical moment ahead of the sport’s Olympic debut at the 2028 Los Angeles Games. The competition from June 20-21 in Cairo, Egypt,…
India’s Ravindra Jadeja celebrates hitting a four to win the Champions Trophy 1 minute India beat New Zealand by four wickets to win the Champions Trophy at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in a nervy final on Sunday. Captain Rohit Sharma (76) top-scored for India, who chased down their 252-run target with one over to…
uMkhonto weSizwe’s Dali Mpofu and Floyd Shivambu. 2 minutes uMkhonto weSizwe Party’s (MK) new High Command Member, Dali Mpofu says the party won’t be drawn into public spats with other political parties, as this is against its constitution. This comes after Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema declared MK Party the biggest and immediate…
Gate 3 of the Tembisa Hospital in Johannesburg. The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng has called on Premier Panyaza Lesufi to blacklist service providers implicated in the Tembisa Hospital looting scandal. The party intends to picket outside the Premier’s office on Thursday to demand accountability and the return of more than R2 billion stolen from…
File Image: A mine site 2 minutes Communities in Carletonville, west of Gauteng, say the dust from mine dumps is impacting their health. They say the situation has been like this for many years without any intervention from authorities. Health experts warn that living near mine dumps increases the risk of respiratory diseases., Yolanda Kolwana…
