Author name: Scott Balson

Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, has met with all public transport operators in Soweto as part of efforts to find lasting solutions to issues affecting the sector. Stakeholders included local taxi associations, e-hailing service operators and law-enforcement officials. This comes in the wake of resurging violence which left one person dead and […]

The Mnquma Local Municipality has raised concerns over residents allegedly taking advantage of government resources after 13 families were evicted from a community hall in Butterworth. The families, who had been living in the hall for a month, were initially displaced when a fire destroyed the Mola hostel they had been occupying illegally in July.

Thirteen years after the deadly Marikana massacre, residents say they have been abandoned by the government, with little to no development in their community despite past promises. On August 16, 2012, 34 striking mine workers were shot and killed by police during a wage protest at Lonmin Platinum Mine. In the aftermath, the government pledged

Two additional suspects arrested in connection with the torching of the Home Affairs office in Germiston are expected to appear in court today. This brings the total number of arrests to four following violent clashes between police and residents of Pharoe Park on Tuesday. The unrest erupted during the eviction of hundreds of people from

The second phase of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project has ballooned from R8-billion in 2008 to R53-billion, raising questions about governance and oversight. Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation has criticised governance weaknesses and oversight gaps. The Democratic Alliance has filed a public access to information request after the Department of Water and Sanitation

One e-hailing driver was shot and burnt, and two people were shot and seriously wounded outside Maponya Mall in Soweto on Wednesday night. This resulted in a protest by hundreds of people on Thursday, demanding that authorities intervene in the conflict between minibus taxi operators and e-hailing drivers. Protesters we spoke to said expressed outrage

About a hundred journalists and activists held a vigil in Johannesburg on Thursday evening in memory of Palestinian journalists who were murdered by Israel. The vigil, organised by Journalists Against Apartheid, was held outside Al Jazeera’s offices. This follows Sunday’s assassination of six journalists, including prominent Al Jazeera correspondent Anas Al-Sharif, in a targeted attack

Despite difficult conditions, including flooded shacks and poor sanitation, people living in a refugee camp in Paint City, Bellville, are sticking to their demands. The refugees have rejected repatriation or returning to South African communities and say they will only accept being resettled in a third country. Last month, the City of Cape Town, with

Two male suspects, aged 19 and 44, were arrested on Thursday for possession of illicit cigarettes in Viljoensdrif. The arrests took place on *14 August 2025* at approximately *10:30* after members of the Sasolburg Highway Patrol Relief A and Viljoensdrif CSC Relief C conducted a Vehicle Check Point (VCP) on the R82 near Country Butchery, Viljoensdrif. During the operation, authorities stopped and searched a white truck with

Catherine Wilheminah Papenfus (54), a disbarred attorney and conveyancer, appeared before the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Thursday, 14 August 2025, following her arrest on 09 August 2025 in Hermanus, Cape Town. She faces charges of theft and fraud related to the misappropriation of client funds intended for property purchases. According to allegations,