Cleaning Services Tender Debacle Leaves Durban Taxi Ranks Littered With Human Waste

A decision by the eThekwini municipality to cancel a tender for cleaning public toilets at taxi ranks has left many ranks littered with human waste, engulfed in stench, and putting commuters at risk of infection.

The issue started over a year ago when the ANC-EFF-IFP-NFP-run eThekwini municipality cancelled the cleaning services tender.

Sources said this comes after the tender to clean the taxi ranks was flagged by the Auditor General (AG) as irregular. The AG flagged theREAD MORE

A United States fugitive wanted for the alleged rape and sexual assault of his minor daughter has been arrested in Gqeberha, South Africa, following an international operation led by INTERPOL South Africa and local law enforcement agencies.

The 56-year-old American citizen was arrested on Wednesday at his home in Kabega Park, Gqeberha, after authorities traced him to the Eastern Cape several years after he allegedly fled the United States.

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The Chief Whip of the MK Party, Mmabatho Nthabiseng Mokoena-Zondi, was arrested on Thursday morning in Cape Town following allegations of fraud and extortion involving fellow party members. The arrest was confirmed by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks).

Mokoena-Zondi, aged 46, is expected to appear before the Cape Magistrate’s Court later today, 28 May 2026, where she will face charges linked to alleged financial misconduct during her tenure in the party.

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Politics is about power. Power can oppress. Power can liberate. And power gained from the mandate of struggling people can be squandered. South Africa has become a laboratory where that squandering has been tested to its limits.

Conferences like this one are meant to be a reality check. The question is simple: Is South Africa the picture of what liberation promised? Honesty in grappling with that question is what brings scholarship back to politics. Out of that scholarship,READ MORE

The Border Management Authority (BMA) confirmed on Thursday that border guards, working alongside law enforcement agencies, seized a large quantity of methaqualone — commonly known as “ABBA” and used in the manufacturing of mandrax — during a stop-and-search operation conducted on 27 May.

According to the BMA, the truck was travelling from Malawi into South Africa when it was flagged for inspection at the busy border post, one of the region’s key commercial and migration corridors linking SouthREAD MORE

The launch of a groundbreaking employee wellness campaign targeting tuberculosis (TB), HIV and AIDS in South Africa’s private security sector has been hailed as a major intervention aimed at improving the health, dignity and wellbeing of thousands of security officers across the country.

The initiative, launched by The Association of Private Security Owners of South Africa (TAPSOSA) with support from the Safety and Security Sector Education and Training Authority (SASSETA), took place in Johannesburg on Wednesday.

TheREAD MORE

The Border Management Authority (BMA) says it successfully processed nearly 300 Ghanaian nationals for repatriation from South Africa following extensive immigration checks at OR Tambo International Airport.

According to a statement issued by the BMA on Thursday, Commissioner Dr Michael Masiapato confirmed that 295 Ghanaians departed South Africa on a chartered flight arranged by the Ghanaian government through its High Commission in Pretoria.

The repatriation operation comes amid heightened tensions on social media over undocumented migration andREAD MORE

Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos has revealed the 26-man squad to represent South Africa at the FIFA World Cup to be co-hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada from 11 June.

Broos announced the team at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, in the presence of the country’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa.

Bafana Bafana have been drawn in Group A, alongside co-hosts Mexico, as well as Korea Republic and Czech Republic.

Broos’s men will open theREAD MORE

Mozambique has entered a new chapter in the regulation of its media sector after President Daniel Francisco Chapo officially promulgated a new package of communication laws aimed at reshaping the country’s broadcasting and press landscape.

The legislative package includes the new Social Communication Law, the Broadcasting Law, and the Law governing the Higher Council for Social Communication. According to the Presidency, the reforms seek to modernise Mozambique’s legal framework for the media sector in line with constitutional principlesREAD MORE

The new mathematical approach enables precise identification of material phases, supporting advances in metallurgy, environmental science and resource recycling

Researchers at South Ural State University (SUSU), a partner of TV BRICS, have developed a novel method that allows scientists to determine the composition of materials based on their known chemical elements, identifying both the types of compounds present and their quantities. The innovation is expected to support practical applications in metallurgy and environmental research, reports the university’s