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Cele reveals more than 100 arrests made related to CT extortion rackets
Police Minister Bheki Cele said that three police officers were being investigated for extortion, including the deputy Defence minister's protector, who was arrested for kidnapping to extort in March.
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Mbalula urges SA airlines to begin using Iata mobile travel pass
The pass is a mobile application for travellers to help manage their verified certifications for COVID-19 tests and vaccines.
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MUT doesn’t have funds to meet students’ demands – Acting deputy VC Makua
The SRC at the institution has vowed to sustain protests in a bid to force the university to clear all eligible students for registration, as well as grant funding and academic certificates to postgraduate students regardless of historical debt.
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NGO wants owner held criminally liable after boy (2) burned at Alex creche
The NGO said the principal of the illegal creche not only failed to seek medical care for the child immediately after the abuse, but also chose not to report it to the authorities.
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Mkhize confirms SA to receive over 1m J&J vaccine doses before end of April
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced that more vaccines would be delivered as the country got ready for the second phase of the immunisation campaign next month.
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SA records 1,366 new COVID-19 infections, 62 more people die
Sixty-two more people have died in South Africa after contracting the coronavirus, with the death toll now standing at 53,173.
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Voorstekraal community’s attempts to get rid of drug lords failing
Voorstekraal is a small community 136 kilometres outside of Cape Town; it was once a quiet and safe neighbourhood but 2020 changed all that.
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'Monumental moment': Melomed Hospital in Mitchells Plain has no COVID patients
The facility discharged its last COVID-19 patients two days ago, but a child tested positive there earlier on Thursday
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Cosatu resolves not to abandon ANC ahead of local govt elections
It told journalists that postponing the upcoming elections would only serve to prolong ongoing corruption across the country’s municipalities.
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Niehaus denies claims that RET forces are trying to divide the ANC
The MKMVA spokesperson, who also works in secretary general Ace Magashule’s office and has been linked to the so-called RET forces insists they are merely seeking to support the ANC's own policy on economic transformation in the country.
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Mbalula concerned as pedestrians account for 35% of Easter road deaths
Two hundred and thirty-five people were killed over the Easter long weekend and pedestrians accounted for 35% of the fatalities.
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235 fatalities, over 30k fines issued on SA roads over Easter holidays
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula announced the 2021 Easter road safety statistics on 8 April. He compared this year's statistics with the 2019 road fatalities figures due to the hard lockdown restrictions that were imposed in the country last year.
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MEC Madikizela calls urgent meeting with Santaco over taxi boss murder
Victor Wiwi was shot and killed in Nyanga on Wednesday night, while another person was killed and a third was injured.
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ANALYSIS: This is how SA’s higher education funding system can be more realistic
Ongoing student protests in South Africa have once again highlighted various problems with higher education funding. They boil down to challenges of affordability and sustainability.
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3 cops among those arrested in connection with CT extortions - Cele
The minister has also revealed 106 extortion cases have been opened in the city since January this year.
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Divided ANC appoints 35 young people to resuscitate its Youth League
The party disbanded the structure in 2018 after it failed to elect new leadership, internal squabbles also affected its last national task team
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MUT management vows to act decisively against disruptive student protests
On Thursday, a small group of students staged demonstrations over registration and funding issues, which they claim have been raised since February.
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New Development Bank approves $1bn loan to SA to help recover from COVID
This comes as the country battles record unemployment of around 32.5%.
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Cele: 106 extortion cases opened in CT since January
Concern around extortion across communities grew last year and an extortion priority committee was established.
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Mkhize pleased with vaccination progress in Gauteng
Mkhize is inspecting sites ahead of the phase two vaccination programme.
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Alex family now hopeful after creche teacher charged with attempted murder
In January, the child sustained third degree burns to his buttocks and legs, which led to the teacher's arrest.
