Fourteen district and local municipalities in the North West have until Tuesday to submit detailed action plans to the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) after the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) found them guilty of severe and systemic service delivery failures. The SAHRC’s damning report, released last month, concluded that the affected municipalities are failing to meet their constitutional and legislative obligations—resulting in widespread violations of residents’ basic human rights. Speaking on YOU FM Newshour, Head…

North West MEC Community Safety and Transport Management MEC, Wessels Morweng, has applauded the police following the more than R100 million drug lab bust in Thulwe village near, Makapanstad. The drugs were discovered by members of the Serious Organised Crime Investigation of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation in the Western Cape, together with Counter-narcotics and Gangs, Western Cape. The authorities followed a suspect wanted for drug distribution when the information led them a small holding in Thulwe, Makapanstad. “Upon…

Tensions rose at the inquiry into suspended South Gauteng Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Andrew Chauke as his legal representatives pressed National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) head Shamila Batohi to clarify discrepancies in the inquiry’s terms of reference. Chauke faces the inquiry after being placed on suspension, with proceedings chaired by retired Justice Bess Nkabinde. During cross-examination, Chauke’s defence team challenged Batohi on whether the terms guiding the inquiry were properly constituted and accurately reflected her recommendations. Batohi testified that the…