Author: Kgaogelo Magolego
The City of Johannesburg has expressed satisfaction with the progress made through Mayor Dada Morero’s High Impact Service Delivery Drive, a hands-on initiative aimed at addressing service backlogs across the city. The programme involves visiting troubled communities and resolving issues on the spot. This week, Mayor Morero took the initiative to Ebony Park in Midrand, where he tackled challenges such as damaged roads and persistent water supply problems. In line with the programme’s approach, Morero was accompanied by various city departments and municipal agencies tasked with addressing smaller but urgent issues, including the filling of potholes and repairs to local…
The South African presidency has moved swiftly to refute allegations suggesting a connection between President Cyril Ramaphosa and businessman Hangwani Maumela, who has recently found himself at the centre of a tender rigging investigation involving the Tembisa Hospital. This strong denial follows the emergence of a video capturing Ramaphosa greeting onlookers outside what is now identified as Maumela’s home in Johannesburg. In a media briefing on Monday, presidential spokesperson Vincent Magwenya stated that the encounter was coincidental. He explained that the footage of Ramaphosa outside Maumela’s residence was filmed in 2023, when the president was unaware to whom the house…
Suspended deputy national police commissioner Lieutenant General Shadrack Sibiya has accused the South African Police Service (SAPS) of abusing its power following a raid at his Centurion home, during which electronic devices were seized. Speaking to the media afterward, Sibiya said the operation formed part of a broader effort to force him out of the police service, claiming his rights were being violated. “I’ve been expecting it for a year. Remember General Mkhwanazi said yesterday that my arrest was imminent, so I expect it anytime,” Sibiya said, alleging that the move was meant to “disrupt” him and prevent him from…
ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula has derided alleged influence peddler Brown Mogotsi, likening him to an “errands boy” and a mere “hangers-on” in a saga that intertwines accusations of corruption, defamation, and the tragic murder of businessman Wandile Bozwana. During a press briefing on Tuesday, Mbalula made it clear that he has no intention of letting Mogotsi’s allegations slide and is pursuing legal action against him for linking the Secretary General to Bozwana’s murder. Mogotsi, during an interview on SABC TV, claimed that Mbalula lacked the moral standing to criticise him, alleging that the ANC leader had borrowed money from…
ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula has underplayed the impact of the DA in the Government of National Unity. Mbalula who delivered a message of support at the Central Executive Committee meeting of the The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) in Boksburg said the DA wrongly thought it would be able to implement its own programme in the coalition but was stopped at its tracks. “It’s not true what they have been saying that they’re in charge. The DA went in there thinking they were going to do their own thing only to find out that’s not how it works,”…
The ANC on Monday announced a range of measures it said would be implemented immediately in order to grow the economy and create much needed employment opportunities. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the turnaround plan following a three day meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee in Boksburg emphasising that energy reliability rail-freight efficiency are at the centre of the plan. “We welcome, in particular, the progress made in resolving load-shedding, expanding generation (capacity, and establishing a competitive electricity market. We also have seen great strides in the progress that is being made in the logistics sector, including steady recovery in…
South Africa’s crime intelligence, General Dumisani Khumalo, has taken ill, leading to the adjournment of the Madlanga Commission proceedings. Khumalo was scheduled to continue his pivotal testimony on Wednesday morning at the Brigitte Mabandla Justice College when he began feeling unwell shortly after his arrival. Confirming the situation, the South African Police Service (SAPS) issued a statement indicating that General Khumalo is currently receiving treatment but is in good spirits, taking advice from his physician. “The General felt unwell after arriving at the Brigitte Mabandla Justice College where he was due to continue with his testimony,” the SAPS said. “General…
The SAPS’s head of intelligence General Dumisani Khumalo has painted a detailed picture of what he believes to be the modus operandi of the so-called Big 5 cartel operates. Khumalo relied on Whatsapp chats said to have been downloaded from the cellphone of suspected criminal mastermind Vusimuzi Cat Matlala and Brown Mogotsi who is regarded by the police as an influence peddler who acts as a link to between the cartel and top police officials as well as politicians. Khumalo said the WhatsApp conversations between the members (of the cartel) show the cartel is involved in multiple organised crime activities,…
Transnet Engineering looks set to achieve its goal of penetrating the African market as the biggest supplier of locomotives. Having vowed to do dominate the market 5 months ago when it displayed its manufacturing might during an exhibition at its Kodoespoort plant outside Pretoria attended by delegates and guests to the Africa Rail Conference that was taking place in Johannesburg just the next day, the entity has gone on to secure a three year deal for the supply and maintenance of diesel locomotives in Eswatini. The contract with Eswatini Railways (ESR) will see the South African state owned company supply…
A meeting between the leadership of the Patriotic Alliance and the ANC over the former’s threat to walkout of coalitions if it’s deputy president Kenny Kunene is not reinstated as a Mayoral Committee Member in the City of Joburg. The PA is adamant that at the the meeting scheduled for tuesday evening the ANC should agree to reinstate Kunene or face to prospects of many coalitions collapsing starting with JB Marks Municipality in the North West. “Every councillor of the PA in JB Marks and anywhere else in the country will have to withdraw if Kenny Kunene is not put…