Author name: Scott Balson

Bags, sun hats, placemats and footstools. These are just some of the products that Re.Bag.Re.Use, a Hout Bay community initiative, makes with recycled plastic bags and old VHS cassette tapes. Founder Regine le Roux says she started the initiative four years ago during the covid lockdowns. They have since repurposed over one ton of plastic […]

ActionSA president Herman Mashaba has declared that his party is prepared for a legal battle against the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality over its failure to address the ongoing sewage infrastructure collapse, which has led to raw sewage flowing into rivers and the ocean. The party conducted a site inspection of the city’s sewage systems and found

Members of the uMkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party, alongside local residents, took to the streets today in a powerful demonstration against rampant crime and corruption in Nelson Mandela Bay. The march proceeded to the KwaZakhele Police Station—an area notorious for drug-related crimes and gang violence. Protesters carried banners with slogans such as “No to Crime,” “No to

The MK Party and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have declared their opposition to the Appropriation Bill, which was debated in the National Assembly yesterday. The bill, which outlines government spending allocations for national departments, provinces, and municipalities, faced sharp criticism from both parties for allegedly favoring the wealthy over ordinary South Africans. EFF: “This

South Africa’s political landscape has been rocked by a series of dramatic developments this week, including high-profile suspensions, a cabinet firing, and a no-confidence motion against President Cyril Ramaphosa. Patriotic Alliance Deputy Suspended Amid DJ Sumbody Murder Case Controversy Patriotic Alliance (PA) leader Gayton McKenzie suspended his deputy, Kenny Kunene, from his role as Johannesburg’s

Residents in Mtontsasa, Flagstaff say police are placing their safety at risk by locking the front gates of the local station each night. This comes as a 33-year-old suspect is appearing at the Mtontsasa Periodical Court today on several charges related to the murders, rapes and robbery at a homestead in the community earlier this

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) wants to investigate potentially massive fraud, corruption and circumvention of “procurement processes” under the previous National Lotteries Commission leadership. But the narrow terms of the original proclamation authorising it to investigate the dodgy procurement has hamstrung the SIU, despite it having applied for an amendment to its terms 15 months

About 50 residents of Soweto-on-Sea, led by ANC ward 24 Councillor Xolile Vingqi, for three hours on Wednesday morning blocked entry to the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s Lillian Diedricks Building in central Gqeberha. Residents demonstrated from 9am to noon, demanding street lights and tarred roads, and that their old RDP houses be fixed. Bukeka Hena,

Villagers from Ga-Sekgopo, Lehlareng section outside Modjadjiskloof in Limpopo, took to the streets on Monday to protest about a prolonged water outage. They said their taps have been dry for the past three months, and Mopani District Municipality has failed to explain why. Protesters blocked the R81 road with stones, tree branches and burning tyres.

Eight passengers were seriously injured after a Golden Arrow bus was petrol bombed in Philippi early on Monday at the corner of Duinefontein and Govan Mbeki Roads. A second bus was also set alight at around 8am and was quickly extinguished with no injuries reported, said Golden Arrow Bus Service spokesperson Bronwen Dyke-Beyer. Those injured