Residents Scramble to Salvage Belongings After Demolition of 200 Structures in Benoni Informal Settlement

Residents Scramble to Salvage Belongings After Demolition of 200 Structures in...

Residents of the Chief Albert Luthuli informal settlement in Benoni are frantically salvaging their belongings following the demolition of approximately 200 structures by authorities. Many...
Police Probe Double Murder After Tavern Shooting Linked to Zama Zama Turf Wars in Riverlea

Police Probe Double Murder After Tavern Shooting Linked to Zama Zama...

Police are investigating two counts of murder and four counts of attempted murder following a shooting at the Zamimpilo informal settlement in Langlaagte early...
Gauteng Liquor Board Faces Collapse in Governance, Inquiry Reveals Systemic Failures

Gauteng Liquor Board Faces Collapse in Governance, Inquiry Reveals Systemic Failures

Gauteng Economic Development MEC Vuyiswa Ramokgopa has released the province’s Liquor Board Committee of Inquiry Report, which exposes serious governance failures, including irregularities in...
SAPS Arrests Two Senior Officers, Civilian Over Illegal Precious Metals Dealings

SAPS Arrests Two Senior Officers, Civilian Over Illegal Precious Metals Dealings

The South African Police Service (SAPS) has confirmed the arrest of two senior officers and a civilian for alleged illegal dealing and unlawful possession...
Grade 12 Learner, 18, Arrested for Murder of Teenage Girl

Grade 12 Learner, 18, Arrested for Murder of Teenage Girl

On 7 May 2026, police in Tembisa arrested an 18-year-old Grade 12 learner from Ingqayizivele Secondary School in connection with the death of a...
Suspect Arrested and Stolen Vehicle Recovered

Suspect Arrested and Stolen Vehicle Recovered

On Monday, 04 May 2026, members of the Benoni Flying Squad arrested a 27-year-old suspect and recovered a stolen motor vehicle in separate operations. At...
Finance Minister Warns of ‘Dire’ Joburg Financial Crisis as Wage Deal Threatens Service Delivery

Finance Minister Warns of ‘Dire’ Joburg Financial Crisis as Wage Deal...

The financial management of South Africa’s economic hub is in a state of crisis, according to Stephen Sadie, CEO of the Chartered Governance Institute...
Deputy Mayor Docked Two Months’ Pay Over Undisclosed Security Company Ties

Deputy Mayor Docked Two Months’ Pay Over Undisclosed Security Company Ties

Tshwane deputy mayor Eugene Modise has been sanctioned after the city council found him guilty of breaching the councillors’ code of ethics. The violation...
Police Arrest Five Suspected Illegal Miners with AK-47 Rifles

Police Arrest Five Suspected Illegal Miners with AK-47 Rifles

Members of the South African Police Service (SAPS), in conjunction with Sibanye Stillwater Protection Services, arrested five suspects on Wednesday, 6 May 2026, for...
OUTA CEO Declares City of Johannesburg ‘Technically Bankrupt’ as Treasury Threatens Funding Cut

OUTA CEO Declares City of Johannesburg ‘Technically Bankrupt’ as Treasury Threatens...

The City of Johannesburg is “technically bankrupt” and lacks any viable financial solution, according to Wayne Duvenhage, CEO of the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse...
Thembisa Residents March Against Spaza Shops, Citing Crime, Drugs, and Food Poisoning

Thembisa Residents March Against Spaza Shops, Citing Crime, Drugs, and Food...

Hundreds of residents have gathered at Mehlareng Stadium in Thembisa to march in protest against spaza shops operating in the area, as tensions escalate...
‘Heads Must Roll’ — ActionSA Says Treasury Letter Confirms Jo’burg’s Fiscal Crisis

‘Heads Must Roll’ — ActionSA Says Treasury Letter Confirms Jo’burg’s Fiscal...

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has issued a stern warning that the City of Johannesburg is facing severe financial distress and could lose critical funding...