The Public Protector South Africa (PPSA) says its investigation into allegations of weak enforcement of food safety and hygiene regulations at food-handling premises, including spaza shops, is nearing completion. The update was contained in a letter dated 8 June 2026 from the Public Protector’s Gauteng Provincial Representative, Vusumuzi Xolani Dlamini, to African Transformation Movement (ATM) parliamentary leader Vuyolwethu Zungula. African Times is in position of the letter which was shared on Monday. The investigation stems from a complaint lodged by…

City Power has intensified its fight against electricity theft and infrastructure sabotage, warning that “no one is above the law” after the arrest of three contractor employees allegedly caught tampering with critical electricity infrastructure in Randburg. The arrests, made during a live intelligence-led operation on Tuesday, 2 June, mark the latest development in the utility’s campaign to combat infrastructure-related crime, which continues to cost millions of rand and threaten the stability of Johannesburg’s electricity network. The suspects, aged between 35…

The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng has intensified calls for urgent intervention in the City of Johannesburg, demanding that President Cyril Ramaphosa place the metro under financial administration amid worsening concerns over collapsing service delivery and the city’s deteriorating finances. The renewed pressure comes after Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana issued a strongly worded letter to Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero, warning of serious breaches of municipal finance laws and regulations. The letter, titled “Transgressions of the Budget Laws and Associated Regulatory…

The City of Johannesburg has intensified its crackdown on illegal outdoor advertising, urging property owners to comply with municipal by-laws following a targeted enforcement operation in Sandton. The City, working alongside the Joburg Property Company (JPC), said the operation formed part of a broader campaign to improve compliance, enhance revenue collection and protect public infrastructure. The multi-disciplinary raid focused on removing unlawful signage and addressing illegal electricity connections linked to advertising structures. Authorities involved in the operation included City Power,…

Tensions over Johannesburg’s worsening water crisis spilled into full view on Wednesday when a frustrated resident interrupted a media briefing by Executive Mayor Dada Morero, demanding answers about when taps in his community would run again. The disruption occurred as Morero addressed journalists about contingency plans to stabilise water supply in parts of the economic hub where residents say taps have run dry for weeks. Seated before microphones from various media houses, including African Times, the mayor was outlining interventions…

Frustration boiled over in parts of Johannesburg on Wednesday as residents without water protested in the streets, accusing authorities of failing to protect a basic human right while the city’s water utility battles system strain and an unprotected strike by some of its own employees. In suburbs supplied by the Commando System, including Crosby, Brixton, Hursthill and parts of Melville, taps have run dry or delivered only a trickle in recent days. Residents say the situation has disrupted schools, businesses…

A showdown is expected to unfold today in the High Court of South Africa (Gauteng Local Division, Johannesburg) as City Power takes on senior government ministers and police officials. The case, brought by the City of Johannesburg’s electricity utility, City Power, against the Police Minister, the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, and several other respondents, in what insiders describe as an attempt to protect the entity from political interference. According to court papers seen by African Times, the Police…

There is a war raging—not of guns, but of manipulated images, falsified polls, weaponised perception, and manufactured narratives. This war is not fought on the battlegrounds of constitutionally sanctioned contestation, but through a deceptive campaign of disinformation led by the Democratic Alliance (DA) and its cohorts in business and media. It is a war camouflaged as democratic engagement, yet it undermines the very ethos of our post-apartheid constitutional order. What we are witnessing is a nefarious recycling of colonial and…

For too long, the Democratic Alliance (DA) has clung to a manufactured myth — that it alone is the benchmark of “clean governance” and fiscal prudence. This arrogant refrain, repeated in every blue pamphlet and press conference, collapses under the weight of actual evidence — especially when held against the City of Johannesburg’s documented audit and financial history. During the DA-led coalition’s reign in Johannesburg from 2016 onward, the city staggered through instability, misgovernance, and audit embarrassment. Not a single…

ActionSA has frowned at the DA’s motion of no confidence against the Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Dada Morero from the ANC, and the Speaker Nobuhle Mthembu from its ranks. The party’s provincial chairperson, Funzi Ngobeni, says this is another opportunistic ploy aimed at exploiting a city already in deep crisis. He added that there is no denying the deep governance crisis that has gripped the City of Johannesburg, as basic services are failing, infrastructure is crumbling, and residents…