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JCPS concerned over AB Xuma Local Municipality instability

Thursday, September 3, 2026

The Justice, Crime Prevention and Security (JCPS) Cluster has noted with concern the ongoing instability, violent protests, road blockades, intimidation, disruption of schooling, business operations and public services in the Dr. AB Xuma Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape.

KZN Treasury commends arrests linked to alleged fraud

Thursday, September 3, 2026

KwaZulu-Natal Finance MEC Francois Rodgers has commended the Hawks, the National Prosecuting Authority, and other law enforcement agencies for their efforts in investigating and arresting individuals implicated in an alleged R2 million fraud and corruption case involving the eMadlangeni Local Municipality.

Call to use water responsibly amid Spring Day celebration concerns

Thursday, September 3, 2026

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has called on South Africans to rethink how water is used during Spring Day celebrations and in everyday life.

The call follows concerning incidents of water wastage and the mistreatment of members of the public during Spring Day activities on 1 September. 

Call for built environment industry to embrace technology

Thursday, September 3, 2026

Public Works and Infrastructure Deputy Minister Sihle Zikalala has urged the built environment industry to embrace technological innovation to improve safety and performance at construction sites.

Nokuthula Simelane’s story sparks new call for justice

Thursday, September 3, 2026

For more than four decades, the Simelane family has lived with a silence that no family should have to endure: the absence of a daughter, a sister and a young woman whose life was cut short by the machinery of apartheid, yet whose story refuses to disappear.

Public Works welcomes probe into North West road maintenance tender

Thursday, September 3, 2026

The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) has welcomed the proclamation issued by President Cyril Ramaphosa authorising the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) to investigate the awarding of the project for the special maintenance of Road P152/1 from Setlagole and Road P34/4 in Delareyville.