Author name: Scott Balson

Popular caller ID app Truecaller is facing scrutiny from South Africa’s Information Regulator following complaints from businesses and individuals alleging that the platform has wrongly flagged legitimate numbers as spam and charged fees to remove them. The Allegations Several companies have reported that their contact numbers were marked as spam by Truecaller users, leading to blocked calls and lost business opportunities. Some firms claim they were required to […]

The Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration has called for urgent accountability following reports of an alleged fraudulent R1-billion lease agreement involving the Government Pensions Administration Agency (GPAA). The agency’s leadership has been summoned to appear before Parliament to clarify claims of a decade-long lease for a headquarters building that may not exist. Allegations

Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela has announced that his department will lead an investigation into explosive allegations of racial bias in marking at the University of Cape Town (UCT). The probe follows claims by a former faculty member that white students were systematically awarded higher marks than their black counterparts in the Faculty of Social

While the City of Johannesburg moves forward with a multi-billion-rand hostel revitalization program, residents of Helen Joseph Hostel in Alexandra say they have been left behind in crumbling, unsafe conditions. The city, in partnership with the Gauteng provincial government, has launched a project to refurbish five hostels—including Jeppe and Denver—into modern family units. However, Helen

OR Tambo District Commissioner, Major General Norman Modishana, has welcomed the life imprisonment sentence handed down to Mervyn Stephen Lottering (48) for the rape of a 13-year-old girl in Lusikisiki in December 2018. The horrific incident occurred on 31 December 2018, when the victim was attacked and raped inside a spaza shop. Lottering was arrested

Four suspects linked to a house robbery were shot and injured during a shootout with police on Underwood Road in Pinetown on Tuesday afternoon. According to authorities, officers responded to a house robbery on Oxford Road in Paradise Valley. As they approached the targeted property, they spotted a white Volkswagen Polo traveling in the opposite

Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen has firmly opposed the idea of expanding South Africa’s Government of National Unity (GNU), arguing that adding more parties—particularly the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)—would worsen existing tensions rather than foster stability. Steenhuisen’s remarks come amid speculation that the African National Congress (ANC) is

South Africa’s unemployment rate has increased slightly in the second quarter of 2024, rising to 33.2% from 32.9% in the previous quarter, according to the latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA). The data shows that the number of unemployed people grew from 8.2 million to 8.4 million, pushing the jobless rate up by 0.3 percentage

Zingisani Nkamana, CEO of the Ekurhuleni Housing Company (EHC), has revealed that a criminal syndicate known as the “Pet Forum” has been hijacking rental properties, collecting illegal payments, and intimidating lawful tenants—leading to mass evictions at the Pharoe Park housing complex in Germiston. Nkamana made these revelations during an interview following violent clashes during the

The South African government is intensifying efforts to consolidate trade partnerships with other nations to mitigate the economic impact of the 30% tariff imposed by the United States, according to Minister of Trade, Industry, and Competition Parks Tau. Speaking at a joint briefing with Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen, Tau outlined a five-point strategy to safeguard