Scholar transport services in Gauteng are set to restart next week following a breakthrough in negotiations between the provincial Department of Education and bus operators. Transport providers had suspended operations after claiming they had not been paid for three consecutive months. The service stoppage left thousands of learners without reliable transport and triggered protests from…
Under the stark Cape sun, the Thusong Service Centre in Khayelitsha became a vibrant crucible of South Africa’s future on Thursday, as Deputy President Paul Mashatile led a high-stakes engagement with hundreds of young people, community leaders, and stakeholders at the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) Presidential Youth Roundtable. The event, far from a ceremonial…
The City of Tshwane has reported that high household water usage is placing severe strain on its water supply system. Areas such as Hammanskraal West, Mamelodi Extension 10, Irene, Danville, and Soshanguve South have been identified as major contributors to the increase. Spokesperson Selby Bokaba says the average household consumption has risen above 30 kilolitres…
Johannesburg Executive Mayor, Dada Morero, has framed the city’s persistent and crippling water crisis as the direct consequence of its own success, citing a decade of “rapid and unprecedented” growth that has pushed ageing, under-invested infrastructure to a catastrophic breaking point. The statement, made during a tense press briefing at the Metro Centre, comes as…
A parliamentary and legal firestorm has erupted, pitting controversial forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan against uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) Member of Parliament, Sibonelo Nomvalo, in a clash that strikes at the heart of political accountability, the credibility of state capture probes, and the rules of parliamentary engagement. The dispute centres on a series of explosive allegations…
The long-simmering tensions at the heart of Maluti-A-Phofung Local Municipality’s (MAP) crippling water service delivery crisis erupted into a fiery confrontation on Tuesday, as a coalition of enraged water utility workers and supportive union members descended on the municipal headquarters, demanding the immediate ouster of Municipal Manager Advocate Mzwakhe Mofokeng. The scene, described by onlookers…
In a historic stride for African medical research, the first HIV vaccine trial entirely designed, managed, and led by African investigators has begun inoculating participants at Cape Town’s iconic Groote Schuur Hospital. The groundbreaking BRILLIANT 011 trial, which commenced this month, represents a seismic shift from decades of externally-driven research, placing local scientists at the helm of…
A brazen act of toll evasion erupted into a dangerous high-speed incident near Pretoria on Wednesday afternoon, after a motorist allegedly drove a stolen vehicle through a closed boom gate at the Donkerpoort Toll Plaza on the N1, narrowly missing pedestrians and triggering a multi-agency pursuit. The dramatic scene unfolded just after 3:30 PM at…
A “shambolic” and “demoralising” working environment, crippling resource shortages, and a structure literally falling apart around them. This was the grim reality laid bare for members of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Community Safety during an unannounced oversight visit to the Olievenhoutbosch Police Station, exposing a police force in a critical township operating…
The stage is set for what political analysts are calling the most consequential State of the Nation Address (SONA) in a decade. As President Cyril Ramaphosa prepares to ascend the parliamentary podium, he does so not merely as the head of a ruling party, but as the principal navigator of an unprecedented, unwieldy, and internally…
