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The South African Municipal Workers' Union (SAMWU) in KwaZulu-Natal says it's concerned about the late payment of salaries to municipal workers in the Impendle Local Municipality. The party has also raised alarm by the failure to remit third-party deductions on its members. The municipality is facing severe financial distress following its failure to pay employee salaries for January 2026. Accordi...

ANC Ekurhuleni says it's devastated and in disbelief following the passing of Ekurhuleni MMC for Roads and Transport, Andile Mngwevu. The party adds that the recovery of his remains marks closure to a long and painful chapter of searching.. Mngwevu died when his car was swept away by floods in Chókwè, Mozambique. He was with three other people. After a week-long search and rescue ope...

 The Ad Hoc committee investigating allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the criminal  justice system says, North West business man Brown Mogotsi, wants to appear before it on conditions. The Committee says he wants to be protected by his own personal security, but must be funded by Parliament. Mogotsi was initially schedule to testify before the...

COSATU has described the delayed salaries at Impendle Local Municipality in KZN as a serious crisis, calling on the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs to intervene urgently and ensure workers are paid. The municipality is facing severe financial distress following its failure to pay employee salaries for January 2026. According to the Cogta, this is a repeated inability t...

The IFP in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature says it fully supports and applauds the call by His Majesty King Misuzulu kaZwelithini to rename the KwaZulu-Natal Province to KwaZulu. In addition, the party says His Majesty’s call should further empower the Provincial Government, particularly the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture, to urgently review and correct indigenous place names that...

Western Cape police have launched a manhunt for a gunman after three men between the ages of 40 and 45 were shot and killed in Gordon’s Bay on Tuesday evening. Police say official reports indicate that the deceased men were in the parking lot at Gordon’s Bay Mall at approximately 21:30 when unknown gunmen travelling in a vehicle approached them and shots were fired. Two victims died in...

South Africa welcomed just under 10.5 million visitors between January and December 2025 an increase of 17.6 percent compared to the previous year. The Minister of Tourism, Patricia de Lille says this is the highest figure preceding that of 2018. She says between 2019 and 2025 the number of visitors coming into the country have gone up by 26 percent. De Lille was speaking at a media briefing, refl...

Defence witness Makhosonke Zungu is back on the witness stand at the Senzo Meyiwa trial at the High Court in Pretoria.  On Monday Zungu told the court he didn't come to testify on behalf of the state as he was uncomfortable with what they allegedly wanted him to say in court. Zungu has since been called to testify at the High Court in Pretoria on behalf of the defence - where five men are on...

KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Maj-Gen Lesetja Senona says he forwarded the PKTT disbandment letter to Vusi Muzi Matlala on his own, simply sharing viral social media information that had caught his attention. KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Lesetja Senona is today testifying before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria. He is accused of having strong ties to alleged criminal kingpin Vusimuzi ‘C...

Hawks Kwazulu Natal head, Major-General Lesetja Senona, says he first met businessman Vusi Muzi Matlala at his own traditional wedding in Mamelodi, Pretoria, back in 2019. KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Lesetja Senona is today testifying before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria. He is accused of having strong ties to alleged criminal kingpin Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala.  

The Nkabinde Inquiry into suspended Gauteng DPP Andrew Chauke's fitness to hold office resumed today in Pretoria. Evidence leader Senior Counsel Themba Skosana warns that if Advocate Batohi gets her legal counsel but still won't testify at the inquiry, evidence leaders may need to use subpoena powers to compel her continuation. The outgoing NDPP had excused herself last month after a heated c...

The Nkabinde Inquiry into suspended Gauteng DPP Andrew Chauke's fitness to hold office resumed today in Pretoria. its Chairperson, retired Justice Bess Nkabinde, has urged evidence leaders to call the next witness to maintain progress while resolving Advocate Shamila Batohi's dispute over legal representation. The outgoing NDPP had excused herself last month after a heated cross-examination. &nbsp...

A 37-year-old man has appeared in Bellville magistrate court in Cape Town on charges of trafficking in persons and rape. Police say the suspect allegedly lured a 15-year-old girl who is a foreign national to South Africa under the pretense of studying before forcing her into marriage. NPA spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila says the girl was repeatedly raped and assaulted over seven months while she was...

This Friday, SAfm’s radio anchor Jon Gerricke once again spoke to Martin Creamer, publishing editor of Engineering News & Mining Weekly, delving deeper into the world of mining and engineering.  

General Secretary of the Greater Gauteng Learner Transport Organisation, Sibongile Maseko, says operators will resume work on Monday, with normal services returning after protests over vehicle impounding.  scholar transport operators are met earlier at Dorothy Nyembe Park in Meadowlands, Soweto, to chart a way forward after downing tools today. More than sixty vehicles were impounded for over...

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says the resolutions and decisions contained in the G20 Johannesburg declarations extend beyond South Africa's presidency. Godongwana told a media briefing at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland that As Gloria Sefako Musi reports from Davos - South Africa's influence on G20 issues will continue, despite being blocked from all G20 participation under the...

Severe flooding has affected over 600-thousand people in southern Mozambique, triggering new displacement. More than 100 people have died in what could be Mozambique's worst floods in decades. Many more people are missing. South African Air Force crews have successfully rescued 479 people from flood-stricken areas. Jon Gerricke spoke to Mozambican based journalist Milton Masiye

The pre-sentencing proceedings for EFF leader Julius Malema are underway at a packed East London regional court. Judge Twanette Olivier is expected to preside over pre-sentencing proceedings as scores of EFF supporters are gathered outside the court showing support for their leader. Malema has been convicted of discharging a firearm during the party's fifth anniversary celebrations held in Mdantsa...

Suspended Ekurhuleni Deputy Police Chief Commissioner Julius Mkhwanazi claims he was targeted over the 'blue lights' saga. He has been giving testimony before the Ad Hoc Committee investigating allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the justice system. Mkhwanazi has testified that his relationship with attempted murder accused, Vusumuzi "Cat" Matlala develop...

US president, Donald Trump says Gaza needs to be demilitarised and built beautifully claiming that Hamas members were born with rifles in the hands. Trump was speaking at the signing ceremony of the Board of Peace in Davos Switzerland where he reiterated his military might and the toppling of the president of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro. 

Sibongile Maseko of the Greater Gauteng Learner Transport Organisation has blamed Transport Department administrative delays for operating licence issues, as tensions escalate in Lenasia with 67 car impoundments and three arrests. This comes as the transport department has spearheaded a major crackdown on unsafe scholar transport. The organization's general secretary, Sibongile Maseko, unpacks&nbs...

CRL Rights Commission Chairperson Thoko Mkhwanazi-Xaluva says complaints against Professor Musa Xulu surfaced at the end of October, with committee members accusing him of autocratic conduct and disruptive behaviour. She says she intervened, shut down a contentious WhatsApp group, and confronted Xulu directly. While he later reaffirmed support for self-regulation, concerns escalated over unauthori...

Frustrated residents of the Seporong Informal Settlement in Randfontein say they are living in fear, claiming they are being terrorised by illegal miners. They allege that police are giving them the runaround despite reports being made. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to  Rand West City Local Municipality's Executive Mayor, William Matsheke 

President Cyril Ramaphosa says early childhood education is critical in developing well rounded young people. He was delivering the keynote address at the Basic Education Sector Lekgotla in Boksburg East of Johannesburg. The three-day annual meeting brings together senior education officials including those from provinces as well as policy makers and sector experts. Ramaphosa says early inves...

Cape Town is grappling with a surge in violent shootings. As of today, six people were gunned down in separate incidents four killed in Maitland and two shot dead in Kensington. This follows a weekend tavern attack in Philippi East that claimed eight lives.  MMC for Safety and Security, JP Smith, says the city has long sought investigative powers to better tackle extortion, kidnappings, and f...