City of Joburg settled long-standing Eskom debt
The City of Johannesburg settled the R5.25 billion, electricity debt owed to Eskom. Dr. Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, the Minister of Electricity and Energy, and Dada Morero, the Executive Mayor of the…
Non-compliance central to four building collapses
A common thread in four buildings which collapsed, between December last year and March this year, is non-compliance. Dean Macpherson, the Minister of Public Works, said on Thursday, investigations uncovered…
Over 70 arrested for illegal mining and other offences on Thursday
About seventy (70) suspects were arrested for illegal mining on Thursday, in Westonaria. Ten of the seventy (70) were arrested while in possession of drugs, four for gold bearing material…
Police uncovered an illegal abalone processing facility in Bathurst
Police uncovered an illegal abalone processing activity at a lodge in the Southwell area outside Bathurst. Three foreign nationals aged between 28 and 45 years were arrested on Wednesday, for…
Knysna’s Tsengwa is the 27th politician to be killed in SA this year alone
The Knysna Municipality announced the brutal killing of Aubrey Ndoda Tsengwa, former Executive Mayor of the small town. Tsengwa was gunned down by a drive-by shooter, on Wednesday evening, in…
Headline inflation decreased to 4,3 in July
The headline inflation rate decreased to 4,3% in July from 5,0% in June, for the first time in five months. The monthly increase in the consumer price index (CPI) was…
Traditional leaders urged to engage Council of Geoscience, before allocating stands in Letaba area
Traditional leaders are urged to engage the Council for Geoscience (CGS) before allocating residential stands, in the Greater Letaba area. This is one way identified to curb disasters. This emerged…
Peru struck by a 6,7 earthquake
Another earthquake struck South America, on Thursday. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) confirmed its epicenter was some 38 kilometers, northwest of Upahuacho, in Peru. It had a magnitude of…
Fifty killed in Nigeria’s vessel accident and hundreds in a mine collapse in Zambia
About fifty (50) bodies, mostly of children, were recovered in Nigeria’s northwestern Sokoto state, on Thursday. They died after a vessel transporting farm workers capsized near Gorau in the Goronyo…
Workers of the City picketing in Newtown, Joburg
Workers of the City of Johannesburg continued to picket at the Newtown Junction Mall, in Johannesburg, on Thursday. Law enforcement officials were monitoring the situation, close to the protesters. Gauteng…