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By Odwa Bafana Mkentane The Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development says it supports stricter controls and due diligence measures to ensure that the Spaza Shop Support Fund reaches its intended beneficiaries. The committee’s comments follow allegations that funds had been channelled to spaza shops operated by foreign nationals through South African fronts. During an engagement with the Department of Small Business Development and the Small Enterprise Development Finance Agency […]

By Odwa Bafana Mkentane The Western Cape Government says it is taking steps to address ongoing concerns around governance, service delivery and water security in the Theewaterskloof Municipality. Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning MEC Anton Bredell made the comments in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament yesterday, where he outlined the intervention currently underway to stabilise the municipality’s finances and improve its administration. Bredell says the municipality is implementing […]

By Odwa Bafana Mkentane The Western Cape Government says it is taking steps to address ongoing concerns around governance, service delivery and water security in the Theewaterskloof Municipality. Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning MEC Anton Bredell made the comments in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament yesterday, where he outlined the intervention currently underway to stabilise the municipality’s finances and improve its administration. Bredell says the municipality is implementing […]

By Odwa Bafana Mkentane Criminologist and the National Coordinator at Missing Children SA, Bianca Van Aswegen, says children are most vulnerable in the society and when it comes to human trafficking. The comment comes after a Cape Town family was caught allegedly selling their 11-year-old daughter for a measly R100 in the Masincedane informal settlement in Strandfontein. Van Aswegen says family members, friends and community members are involved in the […]

By Odwa Bafana Mkentane The Cape Peninsula University of Technology’s (CPUT) Central Student Representative Council has rejected the university’s Newsflash account of recent council deliberations. The university’s newsflash issued a statement, demanding that the students' demands be withdrawn and that protest action be cancelled, as further consultations on the other demands should happen in an environment conducive to constructive interaction and meaningful input. Students' demand is regarding student finances, historical […]

By Odwa Bafana Mkentane Muizenberg police have registered an inquest for investigation following the death of a 46-year-old female on Saturday night at the Muizenberg police premises. The 46-year-old is alleged to have died after being taken into custody by police. Residents allege that officers were looking for an assault suspect but instead arrested the suspect’s younger sister, who had recently lost a baby and was recovering from a C […]

By Odwa Bafana Mkentane Responding to allegations made by institutions protesting students, Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) spokesperson Lauren Kansley says the protest is about the SRC election period because the issues raised are conflated. A group of CPUT students marched from CPUT District Six campus and through the Cape Town CBD and assembled students from various university residences along the way. Students addressed various issues, including the continuing […]

By Odwa Bafana Mkentane Operations at Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) campuses are on stand still as students are staging a shutdown over various concerns, including the institution’s proposed 2027 financial plan. On Tuesday morning, a group of students staged a march from the University’s District Six campus, making stops at various residences to mobilise more students to join the march. On Friday, students handed over a memorandum of […]

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has opened a theft case against a former board member accused of misappropriating laptops intended for under-resourced schools in the Eastern Cape. According to NSFAS, the former board member, who led the organisation's delegation during the Eastern Cape Donation Drive in March 2026, allegedly kept ten of the 30 laptops that were meant to be distributed to six identified high schools. NSFAS administrator […]