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25/09/2025

LEPHALALE, September 25 – Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe will on Friday visit Thungela Resources coal-bed methane project in Lephalale, Limpopo, to assess progress on site development and infrastructure. Mantashe will review work on the refurbishment of five historic wells, new well development, infrastructure construction and the water plant area, the ministry said on Thursday. The project is seen as part of the governments wider push to expand the economy through diversification of the mining industry....

20/09/2025

SOWETO– Democratic Alliance (DA) mayoral candidate Helen Zille vowed to reverse Johannesburg infrastructure collapse and criminal governance during her nomination acceptance speech on Saturday, framing the 2026 local elections as a final chance to rescue South Africa's economic hub from systemic decay. Addressing supporters at a Soweto rally in Mofolo South, Soweto, the former Western Cape, premier criticised ANC-led municipal failures – citing dry taps in Lenasia, crumbling roads on Louis Botha Avenue, and hijacked buildings in Hillbrow as symbols of institutional breakdown....

20/09/2025

SOWETO - Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen named Helen Zille as Johannesburg mayoral candidate on Saturday, framing the 2026 local elections as a decisive battle against municipal decay during a rally at historic Eyethu Cinema in Mofolo South, Soweto now redeveloped into a multi-use entertainment complex featuring a conference hall and shopping mall. Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen named Helen Zille as Johannesburg mayoral candidate on Saturday, pledging to reverse decades of municipal decay he blamed on ANC mismanagement during a rally at revitalised Eyethu Cinema in Soweto…...

18/09/2025

Supreme Court of Appeal on Wednesday overturned environmental approval for Eskom proposed 3,000MW Richards Bay gas power plant, ruling authorities failed to adequately assess climate impacts and conduct inclusive public consultations. In a landmark judgment, the court set aside a 2019 authorisation granted by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment, citing violations of the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA)....

17/09/2025

North West, Moruleng - Supreme Court of Appeal unanimously invalidated three contentious North West Province Premier decision, reinstating tribal leader Kgosi Nyalala Pilane and condemning the Premier bypassing legal protocols in a decades-old leadership dispute. The ruling centred on the 2020 Premier appointment of an administrator to oversee Bakgatla Ba Kgafela tribe and Pilani removal as its leader, the court action deemed unlawful under the North West Traditional Leadership and Governance Act....

16/09/2025

NEW YORK — New United Nations General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock faces mounting criticism for her vocal support of Israeli military actions in Gaza, with watchdogs and academics accusing her of enabling violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) during her tenure as Germany foreign minister. The Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA), citing AntiWar.com, reported Monday that 300,000 Palestinians were displaced this week to al-Mawasi—a coastal strip Israel designates as a “safe zone” despite repeated bombings—amid intensified strikes on Gaza City....

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16/09/2025

CAPE TOWN — Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis seized on backhanded praise from African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday, turning the ruling party’s self-critique into a scathing indictment of its governance record. Ramaphosa stunned delegates at an ANC councillors accountability summit on Monday by admitting: “Those municipalities that do best are not ANC-controlled… they are often DA-controlled.”...

16/09/2025

LEPHALALE — African Transformation Movement (ATM) councillor Sello Jan Moselane will outline a program targeting undocumented foreign nationals in Lephalale Municipality during a live Facebook broadcast on Tuesday, marking the party’s first proposed measures to address migration concerns in the region. Moselane, who holds a Home Affairs portfolio in the municipality, announced the initiative on Monday, citing widespread community anxiety over the issue....

16/09/2025

THABAZIMBI — Two foreign nationals, Cuthbert Derera 30, and Wishborn Fufa 39, faced Thabazimbi Magistrate Court on Monday charged with possession of dagga and violating South Africa’s Medicines Act after authorities intercepted a truck carrying illicit drugs worth R2 million near Lephalale enroute to Groblersbrug border post . Limpopo police spokesperson Colonel Malesela Ledwaba said a joint operation involving Northam SAPS, Thabazimbi SAPS, and Zimbi Security intercepted the vehicle on the R510 highway to Lephalale on September 13....

16/09/2025

DURBAN — KwaZulu-Natal police issued a stern warning against fabricated crime reports on Tuesday after a 26-year-old woman was charged with perjury for inventing a kidnapping story involving a nonexistent infant, while a second woman faces similar charges for falsely accusing her uncle of r**e. Colonel Robert Netshiunda, provincial police spokesperson, said the first suspect claimed three men abducted her "three-month-old baby" in Melmoth, KwaMagwaza area on September 13....

15/09/2025

JOHANNESBURG — African National Congress (ANC) rallied over 4,000 municipal councillors at FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on Monday to launch a Service Delivery and Infrastructure Action Plan targeting chronic water shortages, crumbling roads, and electricity failures in underperforming municipalities ahead of 2026 local elections. President Cyril Ramaphosa set 100-day improvement targets and mandated monthly progress reports, while urging ANC leaders to adopt financial management practices from Democratic Alliance (DA)-governed areas like Cape Town....

12/09/2025

WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Israel and the United Kingdom from September 13-18 to reinforce Washington’s Middle East security commitments and align transatlantic strategies on Ukraine, Iran, and China, the State Department announced on Friday. In Israel, Rubio aims to solidify coordination on ending the Israel-Hamas war, stressing that Hamas must never regain control of Gaza and that the release of all hostages remains nonnegotiable....

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