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In a significant crackdown on illegal firearms, the National Tracking and Tracing Task Team, under the newly established Operation Buyisa, has confiscated 226 firearms from a registered private security company following the discovery of serious breaches of the Firearms Control Act. The operation, which unfolded over several weeks, targeted the security company after intelligence identified […]

Residents across several areas of the Mangaung Metro are facing a severe water shortage after routine maintenance was extended due to necessary repairs on a major pipeline. The Metro has announced it is prioritizing water provision to hospitals as crews work to resolve the issue. The water cut, which was initially planned and communicated to

The family of a 15-year-old pupil is reeling in trauma and anger after the Grade 9 learner was allegedly assaulted, stabbed with a pair of scissors, and shoved into a pit latrine by a fellow student at a school in Dyamala, Alice. The family has launched a scathing criticism against the school’s management for their

A group of Mthatha flood victims temporarily housed at an Anglican church in Slovo Park are accusing the OR Tambo District Municipality of relocating some residents without proper consultation, leaving them feeling abandoned and cut off from essential services. The dispute stems from the municipality’s decision to move a number of displaced individuals from the

A task team has been established to ensure that a lasting solution is found to resolve the Knoflokskraal land occupation in the Theewaterskloof municipality in the Western Cape. This as Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson and the Western Cape Premier Alan Winde hosted an inter-governmental meeting in Cape Town to receive an update

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has launched a scathing attack on Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela, demanding he immediately withdraw the appointments of three new Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA) administrators, whom the opposition party has labelled as “unfit” and implicated in corruption. In a tense television interview on Wednesday, DA spokesperson and

In a firm and unified stance, Parliament’s Social Cluster has issued a strong condemnation of threats to block undocumented foreign nationals, particularly children, from accessing schools and healthcare facilities. The warning comes in direct response to Operation Dudula’s promises to target foreign learners without identification documents in the coming school year. Chairpersons of the Health

South Africa’s agricultural sector is facing a critical test as new 30% tariffs from the United States take effect, placing the nation’s Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) policies and its urgent need for export diversification under intense scrutiny. The tariffs, imposed by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, are based on a stated concern

Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille’s decision to dissolve the Board of South African Tourism (SAT) with immediate effect has been met with mixed reactions and raised serious concerns from the country’s leading tourism industry body. The move, which was announced within the last 24 hours, follows a period of significant internal conflict at the tourism

More than a year after a petrol bomb attack on a Go George bus left 11 people with severe physical and psychological wounds, the survivors are breaking their silence, demanding accountability and financial compensation from the municipality-run bus service for their life-altering injuries and mounting debts. The horrific incident occurred in March 2023 on an