Five Pupils Arrested for Torching Krugersdorp School Over Timetable Dispute

Five Pupils Arrested for Torching Krugersdorp School Over Timetable Dispute

Five learners from Thuto-Lefa Secondary School in Munsieville, Krugersdorp, have been arrested after allegedly setting fire to two mobile classrooms on Wednesday afternoon. The...
Gauteng’s Hostel Revitalisation Project Fails Amid Budget Constraints and Poor Planning

Gauteng’s Hostel Revitalisation Project Fails Amid Budget Constraints and Poor Planning

A decade after the Gauteng provincial government launched an ambitious plan to revitalize dilapidated hostels and convert them into family-friendly housing units, the project...
SAMWU Protests in Tshwane Over Unpaid Salary Increases, Demands Reinstatement of Dismissed Workers

SAMWU Protests in Tshwane Over Unpaid Salary Increases, Demands Reinstatement of...

Members of the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) have taken to the streets of Tshwane in protest, demanding the implementation of long-overdue salary...
Residents of Plastic View Informal Settlement Struggle Without Electricity Amid Rising Energy Costs

Residents of Plastic View Informal Settlement Struggle Without Electricity Amid Rising...

Thousands of South Africans continue to face severe energy poverty, with many forced to choose between buying food or paying for electricity. This harsh...
Hundreds of municipal workers marched through the streets of Tshwane on Wednesday. Photo: Silver Sibiya

Tshwane municipal workers demand salary increases

Hundreds of workers marched under the banner of the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) in Marabastad to Tshwane House, holding placards and singing...
Primrose Modisane with her grandmother, Sentotorwane, after receiving her birth certificate. Photo supplied.

After a decades-long struggle and a court order, Primrose Modisane finally...

Primrose Modisane, now 36, was born in Zimbabwe but is entitled to South African citizenship as her grandmother was South African. Modisane was...
POPCRU Vows to Combat Corruption as 10 Police Officers Arrested in Edenvale

POPCRU Vows to Combat Corruption as 10 Police Officers Arrested in...

The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) has reaffirmed its commitment to rooting out corruption within law enforcement following the arrest of 10...
Serial Killer Fear Grips Pretoria as Fourth Woman Found Dead in Shallow Grave

Serial Killer Fear Grips Pretoria as Fourth Woman Found Dead in...

The burnt body of a woman was discovered in a shallow grave at Waltloo train station, marking the fourth such grim finding in the...
Leratong Residents Protest Over Persistent Lack of Basic Services

Leratong Residents Protest Over Persistent Lack of Basic Services

Frustrated residents of Leratong took to the streets on Wednesday, blocking roads and burning tires in protest against ongoing poor service delivery, particularly the...
Tensions Erupt at Johannesburg Clinic as Locals Block Foreign Nationals from Healthcare Access

Tensions Erupt at Johannesburg Clinic as Locals Block Foreign Nationals from...

A heated confrontation broke out at the Crown Gardens clinic south of Johannesburg today, as South African protesters barred foreign nationals from entering the...
Four Suspects Killed in Police Shootout on Gauteng’s West Rand

Four Suspects Killed in Police Shootout on Gauteng’s West Rand

Four suspects were fatally shot in a confrontation with police on the outskirts of Randfontein, west of Johannesburg, on Wednesday morning. The shootout followed...
Corruption fight put at “risk” by moving Special Tribunal

Corruption fight put at “risk” by moving Special Tribunal

The Special Tribunal will move from Booysens Magistrates’ Court in Johannesburg to a private office building in Pretoria, according to a notice published...