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Man held for attempting to bribe SIU investigator

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has welcomed the arrest of a Mpumalanga man by the Hawks for allegedly trying to ‘bribe’ an SIU investigator in a COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) tender investigation.“The man was arrested by the Hawks’…

Zikalala hands over water tankers to Ugu disaster centre

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala has handed over six water tankers and four vehicles valued at approximately R12 million to the Ugu District Municipality Disaster Centre, to ensure that the community has access to water.Zikalala handed over the wat…

Extensive damage to Medupi’s Unit 4 generator after explosion

An explosion at the Medupi Power Station’s Unit 4 generator on Sunday night has resulted in extensive damage, says Eskom.The incident occurred at around 22:50 on Sunday night.“The incident occurred during the activity to displace hydrogen with carbon d…

SA-Kenya JCC to bolster relations

International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Dr Naledi Pandor, will participate in the inaugural South Africa-Kenya Joint Commission for Cooperation (JCC), which gets underway today in Kenya.“The JCC will seek to strengthen the bonds of friendship…

Working on Fire team to assist in Canada

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment’s Working on Fire programme will on Tuesday evening deploy 109 firefighters and management officials to the province of Manitoba in Canada, to assist with firefighting efforts in that country.Th…

SA records 6 787 new COVID-19 cases

South Africa has recorded 6 787 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2 540 222 since the outbreak.“This increase represents a 21.7% positivity rate,” the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said…

Gauteng online school applications open

The Gauteng Education Department says Phase 1 of the 2022 admissions online application period is open from today until 3 September 2021, for learners who are currently in grade 7.Phase 2 of the 2022 admission period will commence on 13 September 2021 …

City of Johannesburg elects new Mayor

Johannesburg has a new Executive Mayor after Jolidee Matongo was elected to lead the city unopposed during an extra-ordinary council meeting on Tuesday.The City of Johannesburg has been without an Executive Mayor since Geoff Makhubo succumbed to COVID-…

Committee embarks on inquiry into intelligence services failures

The Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (JSCI) Chairperson Jerome Maake has recently received an approval from the Houses of Parliament to embark on an inquiry into allegations of intelligence failures by the intelligence services.Maake said that …

Expereo announces the grand opening of their new Center of Excellence in Dubai

Dubai Office – Raed and Irwin DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Aug. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Expereo, the leading global provider of managed Internet, SD-WAN, SASE, and Cloud Access solutions, announces the opening of their brand new state of the art 10,000 sq. ft Customer Support Excellence Center in Dubai,

Suspects arrested and a large quantity of dagga seized: Rietbron

RIETBRON – SAPS endeavours to remove illicit drugs from our streets yielded positive results when two suspects aged 32 and 37-years-old were arrested for being in possession of a large amount of dagga.It is alleged that during the early hours of this m…

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