THE COURT RULING REGARDING STREET VENDORS AND BY-LAWS

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THE COURT RULING REGARDING STREET VENDORS AND BY-LAWS 

The City of Johannesburg’s MMC for Public Safety, Councillor Dr. Mgcini Tshwaku, acknowledges the judgment delivered by Judge Brad Wanless concerning the City’s management of informal trading. The ruling directs the City to undertake a swift, transparent, and legally compliant process to verify, register, and allocate trading spaces to informal traders in full adherence to municipal by-laws and national legislation.

The court emphasized that this process must uphold fairness, non-discrimination, and constitutional compliance. MMC Tshwaku reiterates the department’s continued support for street traders while highlighting the critical need to maintain law and order. “De Villiers Street had become a potential risk area due to uncontrolled crowds, escalating crime, litter accumulation, and the presence of undocumented foreigners posing security concerns,” said MMC Tshwaku.

The ruling also recognizes the significant economic contribution of informal traders to Johannesburg’s economy and confirms the City’s role as a regulator, rather than a prohibitor, of this vital sector. MMC Tshwaku welcomes the opportunity to participate in the diligent implementation of the court order and to ensure the City fully upholds the legal framework governing informal trading.

The Department of Public Safety, through the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) and Emergency Management Services (EMS), will lead a community outreach programme to inform traders and the public that goods in compliance with the law will not be confiscated.

APPLICATION AND VERIFICATION PROCESS FOR INFORMAL TRADING PERMITS

Informal traders wishing to obtain a permit are invited to participate in the verification and registration process as follows:

• Date: 04 November 2025

• Time: 09:00 – 16:00

• Venue: 66 Jorissen Place, Ground Floor, Opportunity Centre, Braamfontein

Eligibility requirements:

Applicants must present originals and copies of the following documents:

1. South African citizens: Green bar-coded ID or Smart Card ID (subject to verification by the Department of Home Affairs).

2. All applicants (18 years and older): Valid ID, Passport, Asylum Seeker Permit, and/or Refugee Permit.

3. Non-South African citizens: Valid passport with a visa authorizing business operation under the Immigration Act, 2002, or an Asylum Seeker Permit issued under the Refugees Act, 1998.

4. Additional required documents:

• Proof of residence (Municipal bill or landlord affidavit)

• Lease agreement issued by the Johannesburg Property Company (JPC)

• Proof of payment of rent to JPC

• Certificate of Acceptability from Environmental Health

• Fire certificate issued by EMS

Only applicants meeting all legal and regulatory requirements will be registered and allocated trading spaces in line with the court order and municipal by-laws.

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THE RACIST ZIONIST FEDERATION COMPLAINT TO THE HPCSA AGAINST DR. TLALENG MOFOKENG

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THE RACIST ZIONIST FEDERATION COMPLAINT TO THE HPCSA AGAINST DR. TLALENG MOFOKENG

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) condemns in the strongest possible terms the conduct of the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA), which has allowed itself to be weaponised by the apartheid Zionist lobby to persecute Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng — a United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health — for her principled stance against the genocide being committed by Israel in Palestine. In its letter dated 16 October 2025, the HPCSA confirmed that its First Medical and Dental Committee of Preliminary Inquiry had resolved and found Dr. Mofokeng guilty of “unprofessional conduct” under Regulation 4(9) of the Regulations Relating to Inquiries into Alleged Unprofessional Conduct, and imposed a R10,000 fine for “bringing the profession into disrepute” through “inappropriate language on social media”. 

This decision is baseless, politically motivated, and represents a dangerous precedent for professional regulation in South Africa. The HPCSA’s statutory mandate, under the Health Professions Act 56 of 1974, is to protect the public and guide the medical professions in matters of ethical practice and patient care. It is not an instrument for policing political expression or punishing doctors for exercising their constitutional rights to freedom of conscience, belief, and expression. 

Dr. Mofokeng’s social media posts did not threaten patients, violate medical ethics, or compromise her clinical responsibilities. The complaint itself relied on conjecture and ideological bias rather than any evidence of professional misconduct. The persecution of Dr. Mofokeng is therefore political, not substantive, a weaponisation of regulatory processes to silence an activist and a professional who dared to speak against apartheid Israel’s war crimes and genocide. 

As a UN Special Rapporteur, Dr. Mofokeng is entitled to privileges and immunities to allow her to perform her functions independently and without intimidation, in terms of Article VI, Section 22 of the 1946 Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, which protects UN experts from any legal or administrative interference for acts performed in their official capacity. Any action by a global or domestic institution that seeks to penalise her for her official opinions or statements constitutes a breach of international law. 

The EFF wishes to remind the United Nations of their responsibility to protect human rights defenders and that their inactions could be enabling continued harassment, intimidation, defamation and abuse of those UN independent experts who have shown resilience and leadership in a time when multilateral processes didn’t not prevent nor to stop the genocide. 

South Africa’s democratic institutions must remain vigilant against Zionist infiltration and manipulation. Allowing professional regulators to become extensions of foreign political lobbies undermines the integrity of our democracy, our constitutional rights, and our historic solidarity with the oppressed people of Palestine. 

The EFF stands unequivocally with Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health and all activists across the world who face harassment for defending justice, truth, and humanity. We reaffirm our solidarity with the Palestinian struggle, we demand an end to the illegal occupation and reject the cowardice of institutions that bow to apartheid Zionism. 

If the HPCSA chooses to allow itself to be weaponised, it will lose the public trust essential to its mandate. 

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Anti-Gang Unit operations lead to multiple arrests in Eldorado Park, Riverlea, Germiston, Booysens and Westbury

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Anti-Gang Unit operations lead to multiple arrests in Eldorado Park, Riverlea, Germiston, Booysens and Westbury

GAUTENG - The Anti-Gang Unit (AGU) arrested 15 suspects in total commencing on Tuesday, 21 October 2025, for a variety of offenses, including drug possession, possession unlicensed firearms and ammunition, firearm pointing, possession of a stolen vehicle, attempted murder, and possession of counterfeit cigarettes. 

These arrests emanate from numerous targeted operations executed in the various policing precincts.

During these operations, the AGU seized illegal substances, including mandrax tablets,crystal meth, firearms, ammunition, Mylan tablets, cartridges, a stolen vehicle, holsters and illicit cigarettes.

The AGU, in collaboration with specialized units such as the SAPS Crime Intelligence, Tactical Response Team (TRT), Public Order Policing Springs, resulted in the arrests of some of these individuals.

The AGU recovered two (2) 9mm pistols, 14 rounds of live ammunition, two magazines, 17 ziplocks containing crystal meth, a vehicle stolen as per a Norkem Park SAPS case, counterfeit cigarettes, mylan tablets, mandrax tablets, two cartridges and dagga.

A 24-year-old suspect was arrested for attempted murder in Riverlea, and in a separate incident a 43-year-old was arrested for pointing of firearm after both being positively identified by the complainants.

All arrested suspects have since appeared before their respective courts.

We urge residents to remain vigilant and report any criminal or suspicious activities to SAPS Crime Stop on 08600 10111. Alternatively, residents can download the MySaps App on their smart devices to report incidents anonymously.

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Barrydale police confiscate two unlicensed firearms and several rounds of ammunition

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Barrydale police confiscate two unlicensed firearms and several rounds of ammunition

WESTERN CAPE - Concerted efforts by police to remove unlicensed firearms from the streets yielded success when Barrydale police confiscated two unlicensed firearms and several rounds of ammunition at a house in Barrydale.

On Tuesday, 28 October 2025 at about 18:00 members attached to the Barrydale police responded to information of unlicensed firearms being kept at the residence, whilst attending to a domestic related dispute. The members immediately operationalised the information and descended on the premises. A search of the residence ensued leading the members to the bedroom where a firearm was found concealed under a pillow and another in the bedroom cupboard. 

The search took the team to the bathroom where several rounds of ammunition was discovered. Two Browning pistols as well as 235 9mm rounds were confiscated and a 75-year-old woman who was unable to account for the possession thereof was arrested.

The suspect, who was later released, is facing charges of unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition. She is scheduled to make her first appearance in court on 06 November 2025.

Western Cape police management commended the members for their swift response to remove the firearms and ammunition from the community.

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DA condemns Unlawful Imprisonment of Tanzania’s opposition leader

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DA condemns Unlawful Imprisonment of Tanzania’s opposition leader

The DA condemns the unlawful jailing of Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu on false charges.

Ramaphosa and Lamola’s silence shows the ANC’s allegiance to autocrats over democracy.

South Africa must act to defend democracy in SADC or risk regional instability.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the unlawful imprisonment of Tanzania’s opposition leader, Tundu Lissu of the Party for Democracy and Progress (CHADEMA) on trumped-up charges of treason by the Tanzanian government as the country holds its general election today.

The detainment of Tundu Lissu, along with fellow Tanzanian opposition politician, John Heche, marks an alarming trend of democratic backsliding that has become commonplace in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) while the South African government watches on.

The deafening silence by President Cyril Ramaphosa, and Minister of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), Ronald Lamola, on these developments is indicative of the ANC’s allegiance not to the principles of freedom and democracy enshrined in our constitution, but to the African brotherhood of despots which continues to hold Southern African nations hostage to satiate their own greed and desire for power beyond the confines of the rule of law.

President Ramaphosa and Minister Lamola continue to publicly state that South Africa’s foreign policy is underpinned by the values of freedom, democracy, and human rights outlined in the constitution of the republic.

Their words ring hollow as they continue to tacitly endorse and celebrate their SADC counterparts who continue to trample on democracy and silence the voices of their people to prolong the tyranny of African liberation movements turned dictatorships.

Furthermore, South Africa’s pursuit of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is stillborn if liberal democracy and government stability and transparency are not upheld as a vital framework upon which regional African economies can develop and integrate.

It is not in South Africa’s national interest to be surrounded by non-democratic and illiberal nation states which threaten our social and economic stability in turn.

The DA calls on President Cyril Ramaphosa and Minister Ronald Lamola to take seriously their sworn allegiance to the South African constitution, and the wellbeing of Southern Africa’s people, by using our country’s role as a regional power to speak out against the flagrant attack on democracy in Tanzania and SADC at large.

As we have seen in Zimbabwe, our failure to address the democratic backslide in our region ultimately becomes South Africa’s cross to bear.

Today’s election in Tanzania is neither free nor fair when the state apparatus is being used to muzzle opposition leaders and control democratic processes.

It is binding on South Africa to advance freedom and democracy in our region in the spirits of the thousands of our citizens who died fighting for it.

Anything less is an act of submission to the values which would destroy our constitution and its internationally renowned liberal values along with it.

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South Africa R1,5 Trillion Gambling Crisis

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South Africa R1,5 Trillion Gambling Crisis 

RISE Mzansi, in its continued campaign to raise a loud alarm about the R1,5-trillion gambling crisis, has sponsored a matter for discussion during a National Assembly Mini-Plenary debate at 10:00 on Friday, 31 October 2025.

This is a significant point in our work to arrest this social and public health crisis. The debate will allow all political parties represented in the National Assembly to state where the stand on this crisis, which is destroying lives and livelihoods.

The recent annual report of the National Gambling Board raises the alarm, stating that gambling operators have increased their gross gambling revenue from R59-billion in 2023/4 to R75-billion in 2024/25, an annual growth of 26%. Moreover, South Africans spent R1,5-trillion during the 2024/25 financial year on gambling activities, this is an increase from the R1,1-trillion wasted in the previous financial year.

RISE Mzansi will also use the debate to make an announcement about our ongoing efforts to agitate for wide-ranging reforms.

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NPOs DEADLINE FOR 2026/27 FUNDING APPLICATIONS

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NPOs DEADLINE FOR 2026/27 FUNDING APPLICATIONS 

The Gauteng Department of Social Development is reminding all Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs) that the closing date for the submission of funding applications for the 2026/27 financial year is Thursday, 30 October 2025. 

This serves as a final reminder following the extension of the original deadline, which was initially set for 15 October 2025 and later extended by Gauteng MEC for Social Development Faith Mazibuko, to afford NPOs additional time to finalise their submissions. MEC Mazibuko has urged all organisations that have not yet applied to make use of the remaining days to submit their applications to avoid disqualification. “We extended the application period to 30 October to give all NPOs a fair chance to complete their submissions. 

This is the final opportunity, and we urge organisations to respect the deadline. Late applications will unfortunately not be considered,” said MEC Mazibuko. “The Department values the critical role that NPOs play in delivering social services to the people of Gauteng. By working together, we can ensure that services reach those most in need across our province,” she added. 

The Department continues to encourage NPOs to submit applications through the approved channels, including the dedicated email address: 

NPOApplications.Socdev@gauteng.gov.za 

All applications must be accompanied by the required supporting documentation as outlined in the 2026/27 Call for Proposals. 

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