What to Watch: Untie, How to Train your Dragon

Tensions are simmering in Westbury, where some residents say they’ve been shut out of key Police Ministry engagements aimed at tackling crime and gangsterism. Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia met with selected community leaders in Sophiatown but others claim they were never informed. Community leader Eugene Dooms says he only…

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s new inquiry into apartheid-era crimes stumbled this week, proceedings were abruptly postponed to November 26, following objections to evidence leader Advocate Ishmael Semenya. Lawyers for the Justice Department and the NPA questioned Semenya’s impartiality, pointing to his past prosecutorial involvement. Retired Judge Sisi Khampepe, who…

The long-awaited rollout of the AARTO traffic demerit system has hit yet another red light. Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has pushed the implementation to July 1,2026 - a delay from the planned December start date. The Department of Transport says several municipalities simply aren’t ready, citing gaps in training, system…

Johannesburg is getting a facelift. Mayor Dada Morero and Member of the Mayoral Committee for Environment Sithembiso Zungu have kicked off a massive clean-up drive aimed at restoring Joburg’s image ahead of the upcoming G20 Summit. Teams have been repainting shopfronts in Hillbrow and sending inspectors into the streets to…

The UN Human Rights Office has sounded the alarm over escalating violence in el- Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, now under siege by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces. UN representative Li Fung described the city as “a city of grief,” saying civilians who survived 18 months of siege are now…