Author name: Scott Balson

COSATU KwaZulu-Natal secretary Edwin Mkhize has welcomed the African National Congress’s decision to appoint a new provincial task team in the province, describing the move as a sign of necessary introspection and a commitment to improving leadership. However, Mkhize cautioned that the renewal process must not fuel further factionalism within the movement. Speaking after the […]

Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) has heard that political and administrative power in South Africa’s local authorities is being systematically used for personal enrichment, with missing tender documents, strategic resignations, and brazen officials flouting accountability measures. Briefing Scopa on ongoing and completed municipal probes, the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) revealed widespread weak controls

Protesters affiliated with the March and March movement have intensified their demands for urgent government action on illegal immigration, which they describe as a growing crisis affecting employment, housing, and public healthcare across South Africa. On Wednesday, demonstrators gathered in Johannesburg’s city centre, just one day after delivering their grievances to the Union Buildings in

Residents of Zandspruit, west of Johannesburg, say they are being forced to pay for basic services through an alleged illegal utility network that has operated in the area for years, with those who refuse to pay facing threats of disconnection. Community members report that unknown individuals visit households monthly to demand payment for unlawful water

The March and March movement is intensifying its calls for the South African government to address illegal immigration, with supporters marching to the legislature over concerns that undocumented migrants are straining the public purse and taking jobs from citizens. The group marched on the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Wednesday, where a memorandum of demands

The Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality, the traditional birthplace of the ANC, is grappling with a deepening governance and service delivery crisis, marked by water shortages, crumbling infrastructure, and unauthorised expenditure totalling R8.81 billion. Residents are growing increasingly impatient. In March, the Mangaung Concerned Citizens called for the resignation of Mayor Gregory Nthatisi over allegations of irregular

PHOLA VILLAGE, Hazyview – Thirty-two years into South Africa’s democratic era, residents of Phola Village say the promise of freedom remains unfulfilled, as water shortages, dilapidated roads, and months-long electricity outages continue to shape their daily existence. Marking Freedom Day with a mix of celebration and frustration, community members described a reality where basic services are

Police have launched an investigation into a triple murder after three Ethiopian men were shot dead while having breakfast at a restaurant in the Johannesburg central business district on Tuesday morning. The shooting occurred around 9:00 a.m., according to authorities. Two gunmen entered the establishment where the victims — all males between the ages of

Direetsane, North West – Nearly seven years after construction began on a R69 million Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) housing project in Direetsane near Kopela, hundreds of families remain without homes after the contractor abandoned the site citing financial constraints. The stalled project, which was meant to deliver approximately 700 housing units, has left beneficiaries waiting

A pastor and his accomplices appeared in court on Friday, 24 April 2026, to face charges related to alleged tender fraud. According to the allegations, the owner of a construction company was lured to Mmabatho in the North West Province with promises of securing a tender to install solar geysers. The complainant reportedly met with