A draft parliamentary report examining the disbandment of South Africa’s Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) has come under fire after MPs argued that its findings do not go far enough in criticising suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu’s actions. During deliberations by Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) MP Leigh-Ann Mathys said the report failed to state clearly that Mchunu’s decision to dissolve the specialist police unit in December 2024 was irrational. “It must be clear that the directive…
The death toll from a devastating head-on collision involving a sedan and an articulated lorry on the R23 between Perdekop and Standerton in Mpumalanga has risen to five after the only surviving passenger died in hospital. The crash occurred on Monday when, according to preliminary reports, the lorry was travelling from Standerton while the sedan was travelling from Perdekop. The two vehicles collided head-on on the busy route. Initially, the sedan driver and three passengers were declared dead at the…
The North West Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has launched a coffee bean production project in collaboration with the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) to diversify and expand the agricultural sector. The project was launched at the Kgora Farmer Training Centre near Ramatlabama in Mahikeng on Monday. Among its key focus areas will be coffee cultivation, processing and the creation of new economic opportunities for emerging farmers in the province. The department’s MEC, Madoda Sambatha, is confident that…
A troubled North West provincial government’sowned Transport entity (NTI) is facing a growing debt after it flouted acontractual agreement entered with the Gauteng Department of Roads andTransport in 2023.The bus company has been going through a roughpatch, failing to provide public transport to more than 300 000 commutersmostly in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, and surrounding areas and failing topay workers monthly salaries amongst others.The Department MEC, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela,accompanied by senior the officials of the City of Tshwane engaged withcommuters in Hammanskraal…