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There will be fun in Durban this weekend as the long awaited weekend of the Metro FM Music Awards has arrived.This year’s event will be held at the ICC in Durban, on Saturday.It is expected that different celebrities will be seen in this city as they will attend tomorrow’s event.From Monday, the Metro FM station has been broadcasting in Durban in different areas, in order to persuade people to attend the event.This week there were events leading to a big event; there was one to donate learning resources to schools in Durban, there were also events where musicians taught about…
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(File photo: Josh Hild/Pexels) The DA asks that the minister of justice and political development must accept responsibility for the delay in the disclosure of the national register for sex offenders. Adv. Glynnis Breytenbach, the DA’s spokesperson on justice and constitutional development, made a written request about this to the chairman of the portfolio committee on justice and constitutional development. “On February 25, 2025, Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi pledged to make the register available by the end of that month, without considering the privacy implications. A few days later, on March 1, she backtracked and pledged to transform the necessary legislation…
Lt. genl. Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi (Photo: GCIS) From the DA to the FF Plus to AfriForum, gen. Fannie Masemola’s provisional suspension as national police commissioner welcomed. Dr. Johan Burger, a police expert and former policeman himself, is however “slightly disappointed” in pres. Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to suspend Masemola as the national police commissioner – even if it was done with Masemola’s consent. And this is because, to date, Masemola has never been directly implicated in corruption or interference in the police, Burger explained to Maroela Media when asked. “His only sin is that he apparently did not carefully comply with the…
The theft of electricity and other municipal services is a serious offence. (Photo: Provided) Two persons were arrested and a large illegal power connection in Pretoria, for which residents reportedly paid R45 000, was disconnected during a targeted enforcement operation in the industrial area in Pretoria. Flora Monamana, mayoral committee member for corporate and shared services in the Tshwane metro, says the operation was carried out along Research Street in the city at a site where illegal recycling facilities were operated on municipal land. She says officials were resisted with violence at the scene. They then returned later to complete…
(Photo: Stevepb/Pixabay)Simon is a skilled and experienced truck driver. Today he takes the long way again with an important export load that he has to take across the border. He sighs deeply, because he knows what the congestion of trucks looks like at South African border posts.Hold-ups, delays, lost time, frustration.Imagine today things are different: The customs and excise process is easy and fast, Simon does not even have to get out of the truck to verify his identity, he does not need to open the cargo container for inspection and the truck in front of him is already through…
24 April 2026 Elisma van der Watt How would you like to share the article? Photo for illustration. (Photo: X) Nine law enforcement officers from Gauteng are expected to appear in the Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg on Friday on charges of corruption, extortion and trespassing. The suspects were apprehended by the Falcons in several areas in the early hours of the morning on Thursday. Col. Katlego Mogale, spokesperson for the Falcons, says a complaint was received on Wednesday that three suspects arrived at a warehouse in Crown Mines, followed by six metro police officers. They apparently indicated that they wanted…
Mzinyathi District Municipality has appointed a new manager led by Mayor Mrs. Thembisile Mchunu. The person elected to this position is Mr. Mlungisi Ntanzi who previously held the position.Mrs Mchunu said that she has a lot of confidence in Ntanzi’s leadership that she will be able to do things the right way. He described this position as the backbone of the municipality’s operation.”I have no doubt that Ntanzi will be able to do a good job in this position. The best thing is that he was already involved in it and that will enable him to continue with something he…
General Fannie Masemola, National Police Commissioner. (Photo: GCIS) Pres. Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to Suspending National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola is yet another indication of the increasing instability that prevents law enforcement from fulfilling its most basic mandate – the protection of South Africa and its people. Dereleen James, ActionSA MP, says this event contributes to a growing pattern of suspensions at the highest levels of law enforcement, including that of Police Minister Senzo Mchunu. “Although this suspension was widely expected, given the seriousness of the allegations against Masemola, South Africans cannot be expected to accept a cycle of acting appointments.…
When Donald Trump announced an extension of the ceasefire with Iran on Wednesday, the US President did not provide a deadline for the resumption of talks, simply saying the US would continue its near-one-week blockade on Tehran and wait for Iran’s “proposal” for further talks.But he has another deadline to worry about – one coming up at home in the US Congress.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listTrump has until May 1 to obtain congressional approval under the War Powers Resolution (sometimes referred to as the War Powers Act). It states that he must limit deployments in any ongoing…