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City of Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero has addressed the media regarding the municipality’s financial status, assuring residents that his administration is implementing a turnaround strategy to address irregular expenditure and stabilize finances. Key Measures Announced Morero revealed that the city has established a disciplinary board to tackle unauthorized, irregular, and wasteful spending, following concerns raised by Finance […]

Angry residents in Soweto have vowed to continue protests, threatening to shut down Maponya Mall for seven days unless management addresses safety concerns for shoppers, e-hailing drivers, and visitors. The unrest follows a night of violence, including the torching of a taxi in Pimville, Soweto, amid growing tensions in the area. Taxi Torched Amid Ongoing

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has projected that by 2037, the aviation industry will need to recruit over 600,000 aircraft maintenance technicians, 500,000 pilots, 900,000 cabin crew members, and 100,000 air traffic controllers worldwide to meet growing demand. To tackle this looming workforce challenge, global aviation leaders have gathered in Durban for a landmark Aviation Workforce Summit,

Emergency services are currently at the scene after a small plane crashed into the ocean off Suncoast Beach in Durban earlier yesterday. The aircraft, reportedly performing aerial displays, went down near Virginia Airport, prompting a large-scale search and rescue operation. Details of the Crash According to ALS Paramedics spokesperson Garrith Jamieson, a video circulating on

A devastating collision between a police van and a heavy-duty truck on the R101 road between Mokopane and Mookgophong has left six people dead, including a police officer and five inmates. The officer was transporting eleven inmates to the Mookgophong Magistrate’s Court when the accident occurred. Preliminary reports indicate that the police van attempted to

South Africa is facing a deepening crisis of lawlessness, with recent violent incidents highlighting a troubling trend of citizens resorting to destruction and criminality to voice grievances. Experts warn that systemic failures in governance, justice, and social structures have created an environment where violence is increasingly seen as an effective—or necessary—means of protest. Deadly Attacks

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has clarified that recent remarks by South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Chief General Rudzani Maphwanya expressing solidarity with Iran do not reflect the country’s official diplomatic stance. DIRCO Director-General Zane Dangor confirmed that the department is engaging with the SANDF to prevent similar incidents in the

The KwaZulu-Natal Finance Department has launched a province-wide assessment to identify and eliminate “ghost teachers” and other fraudulent employees draining the provincial payroll. Finance MEC Francois Rodgers revealed that the Department of Education alone loses an estimated R1 billion per year due to fraudulent salary payments. The Scope of the Problem Rodgers explained that “ghost workers” include

The Eastern Cape Health Department has confirmed that 131 pupils from Gobizizwe Agricultural School in Mthatha were hospitalized after suffering suspected food poisoning. The incident, which occurred yesterday, saw students fall violently ill after consuming contaminated food. Emergency Response Prevents Fatalities Provincial health spokesperson Siyanda Manana reported that all but three of the affected pupils

About 27 families may be evicted from Villa Bianca, a block of flats owned by Ekurhuleni West TVET College in Germiston. Some of the families have lived in the flats for decades, and claim they were allocated to them as low-income housing. They say rentals have been hiked to unaffordable amounts, and that the college