The number of gastrointestinal illness cases linked to contaminated water in Bronkhorstspruit has increased to 833, according to Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina. Speaking during a media briefing, Majodina confirmed that a further 27 cases had been reported in the previous 24 hours. Three residents are currently receiving hospital treatment, while no fatalities have been recorded. The contamination has been linked to inadequate chlorination at the Bronkhorstspruit wastewater treatment plant, which reportedly supplied contaminated water to the community for…
Acting National Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Puleng Dimpane has vowed decisive action against those responsible for burning vehicles, destroying property and attacking people amid escalating tensions linked to foreign nationals and asylum seekers in Soweto and Durban. Dimpane said the South African Police Service (SAPS) would identify and investigate those responsible for the violence and arrest them where sufficient evidence exists. “We will not tolerate lawlessness,” she said in a statement delivered in Soweto on Thursday evening. The police chief…
The newly formed Matlosana Service Delivery Movement has promised to clean up municipal governance and restore basic infrastructure if elected to office this November. Speaking on the YOU FM Newshour election debate, the party’s mayoral candidate, Kgotso Sindi, told host Motlhaping Modise that putting residents first was their top priority. He stressed that the movement’s campaign was built on a firm commitment to delivering quality, reliable and timely services to a community tired of systemic municipal failures. “As a movement,…
The Department of Home Affairs has withdrawn the directive issued to immigration staff instructing them to allow undocumented foreign nationals to apply for asylum or refugee status instead of deporting them upon detection, following a Constitutional Court judgment delivered on 7 July 2026 in a case brought by Cape Town-based pressure group Scalabrini. In a statement, the department also sought to exonerate its political head, Minister Leon Schreiber, stating that he had not instigated the decision in any way, as…