The African National Congress (ANC) national leadership has criticised its Tshwane members for attempting to stop the party’s regional conference through the courts instead of following internal dispute resolution procedures. The 12th Greater Tshwane Regional Conference, taking place at the Velmore Hotel in Pretoria, is set to elect a new regional leadership structure. The event faced a potential disruption after some members filed a last-minute court application to interdict the conference over unresolved disputes. However, the court dismissed the application.…

Twelve people have tragically died in two separate head-on collisions on the N12 in South Africa on Saturday. In the Northern Cape, seven people—including a baby—lost their lives when an SUV and a light delivery vehicle collided between Kimberley and Warrenton. In Gauteng, five people died in Fochville after two vehicles were involved in another head-on collision. Three victims died at the scene, while two others later succumbed to their injuries in hospital. The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) confirmed…

Residents of the Wembley Informal Settlement in Turffontein, south of Johannesburg, say they are being unfairly targeted by the City of Johannesburg following a raid conducted on Friday morning. The operation was led by the Mayoral Committee Member for Human Settlements, Mlungisi Mabaso, and involved the disconnection of illegally connected electricity as well as the arrest of 10 people, most of whom are undocumented foreign nationals. Resident Pamela Kiti, who has lived in the settlement for a decade, says the…