City of Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero has dismissed suggestions that the handover of 48 Breaking New Ground (BNG), formerly RDP, houses at Dube Hostel in Soweto is part of the ANC’s election campaign ahead of next week’s local government elections. Morero was speaking to the media alongside the MMC for Human Settlements, Mlungisi Mabaso, during the official handover of the housing units on Thursday. The mayor insisted that the allocation was taking place at the appropriate time, saying the City…
The State has begun piecing together the final movements of 11-year-old Jayden-Lee Meek, with his former scholar transport driver and teacher testifying about their last encounters with him before his death. The evidence was heard on Wednesday in the Johannesburg High Court, sitting at Palm Ridge, as the murder trial of Jayden-Lee’s mother, Tiffany Nicole Meek, resumed following a two-month postponement. Meek has pleaded not guilty to the charges against her. Jayden-Lee was reported missing on 13 May 2025 after…
The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) President Thulani Ngwenya has called on police officers to challenge the status quo and fight for change, drawing comparisons with the women of 1956 and the youth of 1976. Ngwenya was speaking at POPCRU’s Central Executive Committee meeting in Boksburg, where he urged police officers to take a more active role in addressing the challenges facing the country. “You cannot stand in front of the people and you don’t fight the status…
Human Settlements Minister Thembi Simelane has urged women beneficiaries of new government-subsidised homes to exercise caution when allowing men to move into their properties, warning that some women later become victims of “home hijacking”. Simelane was speaking during the handover of 163 houses at the Lufhereng Mega Project in Soweto on Wednesday. She said women sometimes allow men to move into their homes, only to later struggle to remove them when relationships turn sour. “I will ask you, how did…