Talking Legal Matters

Speaker of the Johannesburg Council, Nobuhle Mthembu and health and safety officials from the city of Johannesburg conducted inspections at spaza shops in Soweto. The city says the inspections are aimed at ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations and food saftey standards. Phemelo speaks to Mthembu reharding her visit…

An estimated 4,000 illegal miners remain trapped underground in an abandoned mining shaft in Stilfontein, North West, with reports that several may have already died. The Community members have reportedly volunteered to go underground in an attempt to rescue the trapped illegal miners, as police say the conditions are too…

Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says the SABC Bill was withdrawn without Cabinet’s approval. During a briefing on cabinet's outcomes, Ntshavheni Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi did not have the authority to retract the SABC Bill without prior consent from Cabinet. According to Malatsi the bill lacked…

Some Social Relief of Distress grant beneficiaries approved in October are still waiting for their payment. According to the South African Social Security Agency the delay SASSA is because of additional fraud checks. Phemelo speaks to SASSA Spokesperson, Paseka Letsatsi.

Chaos erupted at the Phumla Mqashi informal settlement near Lenasia, Johannesburg, on Tuesday as angry residents chased away Joburg Water technicians who had come to remove illegal water connections. Joburg Water says the connections posed substantial challenges to the municipality’s water network, and contributed greatly to water losses and shortages…