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Police arrest over 16 000 suspects during festive season operations
The South African Police Service (SAPS) says it has arrested over 16 000 suspects nationwide, between the 1st and the 7th of this month, during its intensified festive season safety
Read MoreKZN special needs schools face possible closure next year: SANASE
The South African National Association for Special Education (SANASE) says there is a big chance that special needs schools in KwaZulu-Natal might not operate next year. This is due to unresolved funding, staffing and infrastructure
Read MoreTwo accused linked to rotten food distribution case granted bail
A 75-year-old woman and a 36-year-old man have been granted bail after handing themselves over to the Hawks in Secunda, Mpumalanga. Wilhemina Jacoba and Phakamani Hlongwane are allegedly linked to
Read MoreNorth West police uncover drugs worth millions
Six people were arrested and drugs worth millions of rands were discovered by police at a laboratory in Makapanstad in the North West. According to spokesperson for the Hawks Colonel
Read MoreDA in Joburg demands probe into City’s water grants
The Democratic Alliance in Johannesburg has called for an investigation into what is says is the City of Johannesburg’s water infrastructure funding failures. The party also want the investigation to
Read MoreHome Affairs extends office hours for holiday rush
The Department of Home Affairs says their office working hours will be extended from today until the 19th of this month. A second extension of the working hours will also
Read MoreFamily inconsolable following ‘Witness D’ murder in Brakpan
The family of Marius Van der Merwe, known as ‘Witness D’, is inconsolable following his fatal shooting. Van der Merwe was brutally shot dead outside his home in Brakpan,
Read MoreCorruption is a ‘health epidemic’ making society sick, says ACM
Corruption needs to be treated as a health epidemic that is making society sick. That’s how the Active Citizens’ Movement (ACM) has described the crisis, ahead of International Anti-Corruption Day
Read More665 officers deployed for WC festive road safety
The Western Cape Mobility Department says its Festive Season Road Safety Plan is one of its most extensive campaigns to date. The plan was launched in Beaufort West ahead of
Read MoreLeaders demand transparency in NMB Section 154 intervention
Civil Society Leaders in Nelson Mandela Bay in the Eastern Cape say transparency and oversight by all stakeholders is the only way the Section 154 intervention by national government can
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