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The Department of Transport in KwaZulu-Natal NEEDS R50 billion to repair and build roads. This Ministry has stated that it will no longer be able to start new programs because it does not have enough money. The Minister of Transport, Mr Siboniso Duma, told the Transport Committee in the Legislative Assembly, that they need this money to repair all the infrastructure affecting the roads in the province.”We are lagging behind in putting asphalt on many roads in the province. We cannot start other new projects due to lack of funds,” said Duma.Members of the Legislature complained that there are many…

EXPLAINERIran says it launched retaliatory strikes on US bases in the region after America launched new attacks inside Iran.Published On 11 Jun 202611 Jun 2026Iran says it has launched retaliatory strikes against US forces in the region, with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claiming attacks on bases in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan, according to Iranian state media reports.The escalation came after the US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) announced it had carried out strikes against multiple targets inside Iran, describing the operations as acts of “self-defense” amid soaring tensions between Washington and Tehran.US President Donald Trump had earlier warned that…

Ernst Roets (Photo: Provided)Lex Libertas in an open letter to Dr. Interior Minister Leon Schreiber called for the department’s proposed digital identity regulations to be withdrawn until serious questions about the system’s security, feasibility and impact on civil liberties are answered.Also read: Pressure group raises alarm over AI-driven population registerThe proposed system forms part of the department’s broader Intelligent Population Register (IPR) plan to modernize South Africa’s population register and identity management. The digital ID will enable citizens to verify their identity electronically by means of a central digital platform linked to biometric data. The government argues that the system…

ALMOST 72% of people who use different gambling methods and programs in this country see themselves as being able to control their gambling problem.However, a recent study by Yazi, a research program on different situations using WhatsApp, has revealed the shocking news of the situation that many people seem to be facing when they fall into the problem of excessive gambling. This study was conducted by the Yazi program on WhatsApp, and collected the information used by 2,569 people, answering some of the questions they were asked about gambling.Yazi has done this research based on the topic it calls the…

Pieter Groenewald, Minister of Correctional Services. (Photo: DKD/X) If the Department of Correctional Services (DKD) had a functional electronic monitoring system in place, it would not be looking for more than 29,000 missing parolees today. “The minister is not to blame. But this administration is responsible for correcting this with a credible outcome-based plan,” DA MP Janho Engelbrecht said in parliament this week about the parolees. Parliament’s portfolio committee on correctional services met this week specifically to discuss this issue. “The main reason for this meeting is the missing parolees and we have to admit that if we had a…

Durban University of Technology (DUT) will rely on its 30 members to perform well in the Comrades Marathon on Sunday.The members of DUT are made up of former students, students and staff from different fields who are expected to do well in this competition which is coming back for the 99th time this year, which will start from Durban and wrap up in Pietermaritzburg.The theme of this year’s competition is Ska Fela Moya, which is Suthu – which means Endless Moya in Zuu, and is intended to encourage those who will run in it to not run out of breath.Those…

A garbage collector carries garbage bags to a garbage truck in downtown Johannesburg on November 7, 2025. (Photo: EMMANUEL CROSET / AFP) The FF Plus says the Johannesburg metro board’s proposed salary agreement of R10.3 billion with the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) is unsustainable and comes at a time when the metro is already under serious financial pressure. Franco de Lange, FF Plus councilor in the Johannesburg metro council, says the ANC-led coalition’s decision to enter into the agreement over the next two years is irresponsible given the city’s deteriorating financial condition. According to De Lange, no organization…

Concern has arisen in the leadership as well as in the community of Zimbokodwen, Kwa Makhutha, over the discovery of a large number of human bones dumped in this area. It is said that a number of bones with human heads were found in a roadside garbage dump on Monday.According to the local councillor, Mrs Thabsile Zungu, the festival was hit by a drug addict, who is said to have come across bones while digging through the rubbish, looking for something to use as usual.”When he opened the black plastic bags, he found that inside there were bones wrapped in…

(Photo: Pieter Cloete/Maroela Media) The latest economic growth figures and a credit upgrade by Fitch Ratings indicate that South Africa is slowly but surely making progress, but experts warn that the country is still far from the growth levels needed to reduce unemployment and poverty. Statistics South Africa announced that the gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.5% on a quarterly basis in the first quarter. The announcement follows shortly after credit rating agency Fitch Ratings raised South Africa’s long-term credit rating from BB- to BB. Also read: GDP grows by 0.5%: SA cannot flounder like this Fitch attributed the…

The bill also aims to make AI chatbots safer by establishing a digital regulator to set safety standards.Published On 10 Jun 202610 Jun 2026The Canadian government has introduced a new digital safety bill that would ban social media for children under 16, with exemptions for platforms that meet certain safety standards, months after Australia enacted the world’s first social media ban for children.The bill, unveiled on Wednesday, also aims to make artificial intelligence chatbots safer by establishing a digital regulator to set safety standards, a government official said.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listIts introduction in parliament comes weeks…