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MAKEKASIGREAT©®™ @KASIBC_AFRICA  ONLINE EDITOR @KASIBC_AFRICA  Security Cluster Action Plan To Curb Mafia State The DA demands a joint Security Cluster plan by 31 October to fix the justice system. Corruption and inefficiency let criminals act with impunity . Crime and lawlessness block growth and jobs. The rot in the South African Police Service currently on national display is a symptom of the collapse of our entire criminal justice system . South Africans face unprecedented levels of crime on a daily basis, and our criminal justice system is clearly not fully up to the task of investigating, prosecuting and punishing crime. The DA reiterates our call for the Ministers of Justice, Correctional Services , Police, and State Security account for their departments' joint failures in curbing the rise of impunity and present a combined plan to save the South African criminal justice system. The reasons for the destruction of criminal justice and the rule of law in South Africa...

MAKEKASIGREAT©®™ @KASIBC_AFRICA  ONLINE EDITOR @KASIBC_AFRICA R777 Million Tshwane Water Tanker Jackpot Water tanker operators seem to be the biggest beneficiaries of ANC-coalition mayor Nasiphi Moya ’s first year in office. More than anything else the period will be bookmarked by a staggering increase in water losses and water tanker spending . Between the 2024 financial year , when Tshwane was governed by a DA-led coalition , and the 2025 financial year , when the city was taken over by an ANC/EFF/ActionSA coalition , water tanker spending increased by 455% from R140 million to R777 million. This was revealed by a News24 exposé on Sunday. The emergency supply of water to formalised areas by water tanker trucks is now the single biggest operational expenditure item of the City’s Department of Water and Sanitation . It even surpasses capital spending on pipe replacements. In places that do have taps and potable water, tankers are only meant to be deployed if bulk suppliers rest...

MAKEKASIGREAT©®™ @KASIBC_AFRICA  ONLINE EDITOR @KASIBC_AFRICA  Fair Representation and better Governance in Qwaqwa’s Ward Demarcation The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Maluti-a-Phofung (MAP) is taking proactive steps to rectify the flawed ward delimitation proposals presented by the Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) in Qwaqwa . The DA has spent two weeks redesigning the illogical proposals to ensure fair representation, accessible governance, and improved service delivery for all affected communities. Last month, the demarcation board held a public participation meeting in Qwaqwa. Their proposals for new ward definitions were not received enthusiastically by the community. The Board needed to ensure that wards met a specific range of registered voters, and five wards were too small (8, 9, 15, 20, 21), and two were too large. (30, 34). To achieve this, voting districts needed to be rearranged in a way that ensured every ward was geographically contiguous. When questioned abou...

MAKEKASIGREAT©®™ @KASIBC_AFRICA  ONLINE EDITOR @KASIBC_AFRICA  FINDINGS OF THE RTMC INVESTIGATION INTO THE LIMPOPO BUS CRASH PRETORIA The Minister of Transport, Ms. Barbara Creecy and the Deputy Minister of Transport, Mr. Mkhuleko Hlengwa , have officially received a preliminary report regarding a bus crash following an investigation by the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC). The crash led to a tragic loss of 43 lives and scores of passengers injured on Sunday 12 October 2025 on the N1 North , Limpopo .  The investigation by the RTMC has led to the following findings: SPEEDING AND UNROADWORTHINESS That a major contributing factor to the cause of the bus crash was the driver of the bus who drove at a speed too high for the conditions down the mountain pass. During the mechanical investigation, it was also established that the bus and trailer only had five (5) out of the ten (10) brakes in operational condition and that one (1) brake on the bus had no braking ...

MAKEKASIGREAT©®™ @KASIBC_AFRICA  ONLINE EDITOR @KASIBC_AFRICA   GDE DISPELS FALSE “HUNGER STALKS GAUTENG PUPILS” CLAIMS The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) notes with concern the misleading and alarmist headline published by a national publication, titled “Hunger Stalks Gauteng Pupils.” This claim is factually incorrect and has caused unnecessary alarm among the public and school communities. It is unfortunate that the publication chose to ignore the detailed official response by the Department on this specific matter and selectively used minimal information while disregarding some facts shared by the Department prior to publishing.  To set the record straight, the matter relates specifically to one service provider operating under the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) in Tembisa, Ekurhuleni .  The Department became aware on Wednesday, 15 October 2025, that this service provider refused to accept a newly allocated delivery schedule and consequentl...

MAKEKASIGREAT©®™ @KASIBC_AFRICA  ONLINE EDITOR @KASIBC_AFRICA  Premier Lesufi wishes the Matric Class of 2025 well in the  upcoming final exams   Gauteng Premier, Panyaza Lesufi , has extended his best wishes to the  Class of 2025 as they prepare to sit for the National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations, which officially commence on Tuesday, 21 October 2025.  Gauteng has consistently maintained its position among the top three performing provinces in the NSC examinations .  In 2024, the province achieved an impressive 88.4% pass rate, placing it third nationally behind the Free State (91%) and KwaZulu-Natal (89.5%).  This year, a total of 188,057 candidates have registered to write the NSC exams in Gauteng, (144,315 full-time and 43,742 part-time learners). The examinations will take place at 1,007 centres across the province (741 public schools, 267 independent schools, and 25 designated centres).   Throughout the year, the...

MAKEKASIGREAT©®™ @KASIBC_AFRICA  ONLINE EDITOR @KASIBC_AFRICA  NATIONAL DIALOGUE ENTERS NEXT PHASE TOWARDS APPOINTMENT OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE The National Dialogue process has reached a pivotal stage with the completion of the nomination of sectoral representatives to the National Dialogue Steering Committee .  The first National Convention held on 15-16 August 2025 approved the mandate, responsibilities and composition of the Steering Committee, and agreed that each of the identified sectors would hold consultations to decide on nominees to serve on the Steering Committee and its sub-committees. No less than 26 sectors have to date submitted nominations for the Steering Committee. The list of nominated Steering Committee members has been handed over to the Eminent Persons Group (EPG) for quality assurance. For its part, the EPG will submit its recommendations to the President in his role as head of state and convener of the National Dialogue for finalisation. Once ...