JOHANNESBURG, September 14 – Two metro police officers have been murdered in separate incidents in Johannesburg and Tshwane in Gauteng, with one suspect arrested for the Johannesburg incident. Both incidents happened on Thursday. The off-duty member of the Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) was disarmed and shot dead while walking in Hillbrow. Police said two […]
JOHANNESBURG, September 10 – Council and entity flags will fly at half-mast in honour of the three brave firefighters who lost their lives battling the deadly blaze at the 23-storey Bank of Lisbon building in the CBD. Firefighters Simphiwe Moropane (28), Khathutshelo Muedi (37) and Mduduzi Ndlovu (40) lost their lives last week on Wednesday while battling the […]
JOHANNESBURG, August 15 – Joburg Mayor Herman Mashaba on Wednesday slammed as “political point-scoring” the decision by Gauteng provincial government to institute an investigation into the allegations of procurement maladministration in the City of Johannesburg. This comes after MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) and Human Settlements‚ Dikgang “Uhuru” Moiloa, this week called for Premier David […]
JOHANNESBURG, May 2 – The city of Johannesburg has completed the recruitment of 1,500 additional metro police officers who are currently undergoing training to help fight crime, mayor Herman Mashaba said on Wednesday. Mashaba, whose Democratic Alliance wrested control of the city from the ruling African National Congress after 2016 municipal elections by forming an alliance with […]
JOHANNESBURG, May 2 – The city council in Johannesburg, which is controlled by the opposition Democratic Alliance, faces a “staggering” back log in delivering services to residents inherited from the ruling African National Congress, Mayor Herman Mashaba said on Wednesday. In a speech on the state of the city, Mashaba said Johannesburg was saddled with […]
JOHANNESBURG, April 10 – The families living in an abandoned building which partially collapsed in the city centre, killing three children, had been asking for emergency accommodation for eight months, the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI) revealed on Tuesday. Two other children aged five and six were injured when a wall collapsed on […]
JOHANNESBURG, February 21 – Mayor Herman Mashaba on Wednesday said he had referred himself to the Council Ethics Committee following allegations that he hired a financial expert employed by his wife’s firm to do a presentation on benefits of insourcing, which would result in the cancellation of some contracts. Mashaba said in response to reports […]
JOHANNESBURG, January 31 – Joburg Mayor Herman Mashaba said on Wednesday that he had caught out 31 officials who allegedly received about R2.7 million in kickbacks from a single service provider registered on the City’s and Municipal Owned Entities (MOEs) database. Mashaba said that the service provider, who is based in Mondeor south of Johannesburg, received business […]
JOHANNESBURG, January 29 – Joburg Mayor Herman Mashaba on Monday suspended two employees who worked for the City’s group finance department for allegedly fraudulently transferring R800,000 to a company of attorneys. Mashaba said that the two were part of a syndicate of internal and external individuals, who swindled money from a customer’s account to an […]
JOHANNESBURG, January 3 – The African National Congress (ANC) in Johannesburg said on Wednesday that it rejected the appointment of David Tembe as the City’s metro police new chief, accusing the Democratic Alliance-led administration of flouting recruitment and appointment processes. This comes after Joburg Mayor Herman Mashaba announced earlier in the day that the veteran […]