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…
A drug manufacturing operation in Krugersdorp has yielded Mandrax tablets estimated to be worth at least R100 million, with police now investigating possible links to another drug laboratory uncovered in Hartbeespoort Dam, North West. Gauteng Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Tommy Mthombeni revealed the staggering value of the haul during a police briefing at the farm where the suspected laboratory was uncovered on Thursday. He said investigators were still working to establish the full extent of the operation and whether the…
The Afrika Mayibuye Movement has named Apostle Musa Joshua Mohlala as its mayoral candidate for the City of Cape Town, as political parties continue to line up candidates ahead of the 4 November local government elections. Mayibuye president Floyd Shivambu announced Mohlala in Philippi, Cape Town, on Wednesday. The movement says Mohlala, who founded Shekinah Healing Ministries in Cape Town in 2003, brings more than two decades of experience in ministry and community organisation. Mayibuye says his campaign will focus…
The wife of suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya has alleged that senior police figures only addressed as Mkhwanazi and Khumalo, as named in the affidavit were behind an alleged attempt to pressure the father of one of the teenagers who opened a case against her husband. Sizakele Dlamini made the allegations in an affidavit submitted in support of Sibiya’s bail application in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court. Sibiya is facing allegations including the rape of an 18-year-old woman,…