Johannesburg – The South African Police Service (SAPS) has acquitted all eight officers from the Presidential Protection Services’ VIP Protection Unit who were filmed brutally assaulting civilians on the N1 highway near Olivedale, Johannesburg, in July 2023, a decision labeled a “national disgrace” by Ian Cameron, Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Police. The 20-month […]
The Constitutional Court of South Africa will deliver a landmark judgment today, May 6, 2025, at 14:00, on the constitutionality of section 6(1)(a) of the South African Citizenship Act. This section automatically strips South Africans of their citizenship if they voluntarily acquire another country’s citizenship without prior permission from the Minister of Home Affairs. The […]
Johannesburg’s City Council rejected a motion today to stop the renaming of Sandton Drive to Leila Khaled Drive, advancing a plan that may lead to the closure of the U.S. Consulate located at 1 Sandton Drive. The decision, supported by a coalition of the African National Congress (ANC), ActionSA, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), and Patriotic […]
JOHANNESBURG – Environmental concerns have reached a critical juncture as Anthony Turton, a respected environmentalist, sheds light on the disturbing deterioration of the Vaal River’s trophic status. This technical term, which denotes nutrient load, now poses a serious threat as the river swiftly replicates the ecological challenges witnessed in the Hartebeestpoort Dam, South Africa’s most […]
