Katlehong Residents March Against Undocumented Immigrants, Set Deadline for Shop Closures

Katlehong Residents March Against Undocumented Immigrants, Set Deadline for Shop Closures

KATLEHONG, Gauteng – Hundreds of residents in Katlehong, south-east of Johannesburg, took to the streets on Wednesday to protest against undocumented immigrants, whom they accuse...
Lukhona Mnguni Enters Johannesburg Mayoral Race as Rise Mzansi Candidate

Lukhona Mnguni Enters Johannesburg Mayoral Race as Rise Mzansi Candidate

Johannesburg — Former political commentator and activist Lukhona Mnguni has announced his candidacy for Johannesburg mayor as the official candidate of Rise Mzansi. Mnguni stated...
Johannesburg Faces Mounting Pressure from Expanding Informal Settlements

Johannesburg Faces Mounting Pressure from Expanding Informal Settlements

The City of Johannesburg is experiencing increasing strain as informal settlements continue to proliferate across the metro, with more than 300 such settlements now...
Ghana Begins Voluntary Repatriation of Nationals from South Africa

Ghana Begins Voluntary Repatriation of Nationals from South Africa

Pretoria — Ghana's High Commissioner to South Africa has announced that the first group of approximately 300 Ghanaian nationals will depart for home on...
Gauteng Municipalities Report Progress on Local Government Turnaround Strategy Ahead of Elections

Gauteng Municipalities Report Progress on Local Government Turnaround Strategy Ahead of...

Johannesburg – As Gauteng municipalities face heightened scrutiny ahead of the upcoming local government elections, the provincial government has outlined advancements in addressing service...
First Group of Ghanaians Set for Repatriation from South Africa Amid Rising Xenophobic Tensions

First Group of Ghanaians Set for Repatriation from South Africa Amid...

Pretoria, Gauteng – Hundreds of Ghanaian nationals have begun registering at the Ghana High Commission in Pretoria for voluntary repatriation to Ghana, citing fear...
Commission’s Task Team Arrests SAPS Forensic Lab Captain on Charges of Defeating the Ends of Justice

Commission’s Task Team Arrests SAPS Forensic Lab Captain on Charges of...

The Commission’s Recommendations Task Team has arrested a captain attached to the South African Police Service (SAPS) Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) on charges of...
Gauteng Launches Integrated Turnaround Strategy to Fix Municipal Service Delivery

Gauteng Launches Integrated Turnaround Strategy to Fix Municipal Service Delivery

With local government elections approaching, Gauteng’s municipalities are facing mounting scrutiny as the provincial government outlines progress on addressing persistent service delivery failures. Gauteng COGTA...
Political Analyst Slams Joburg Leadership as ‘Detached’ as City Faces R5.2 Billion Debt, Nine Mayors in Eight Years

Political Analyst Slams Joburg Leadership as ‘Detached’ as City Faces R5.2...

With the 2026 local government elections approaching, the Battle for Joburg mayorship has intensified, but political commentator Yolokazi Mfuto warns that the city’s problems...
Booysens Informal Settlement Ranked 4th in Gauteng for Murder, Rape Despite National Crime Decline

Booysens Informal Settlement Ranked 4th in Gauteng for Murder, Rape Despite...

JOHANNESBURG – While national crime statistics suggest a decline in certain offenses across South Africa, residents of the Booysens informal settlement say their lived experience...
SAHRC Gauteng Water Probe ‘Long Overdue’ as Communities Go Months Without Taps

SAHRC Gauteng Water Probe ‘Long Overdue’ as Communities Go Months Without...

The South African Human Rights Commission’s inquiry into Gauteng’s worsening water crisis has been welcomed as a critical but belated intervention, with communities enduring...
Dutch National Arrested at OR Tambo for Possessing R240,000 Worth of Khat

Dutch National Arrested at OR Tambo for Possessing R240,000 Worth of...

A Dutch national has been arrested at OR Tambo International Airport after police seized more than 40 kilograms of Khat, estimated at a street...