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ONLINE EDITOR @KASIBC_AFRICA  R1.8 billion Mobile Chemical Toilet Tender The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the City of Ekurhuleni will use the Promotion of Access to Information Act to access the report on the City’s R1.8 billion mobile chemical toilet tender compiled by murdered Divisional Head for Forensic Audit, Mpho Mafole . The DA wrote to Mayor Xhakaza demanding that the report be brought to the October 2025 council meeting in the interest of transparency. This request was blatantly ignored. A City Press investigation over the weekend alluded to interference by a senior politician in the City of Ekurhuleni into police investigations relating to the murder of Mafole. This, coupled with Mayor Xhakaza’s refusal to table the report, casts a dark shadow over the City and raises concerns as to the depth of the rot that has taken root in Ekurhuleni. It is imperative that Mafole’s work in uncovering malfeasance and criminality in the City of Ekurhuleni be brought to council and ...

ONLINE EDITOR @KASIBC_AFRICA  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 al...

ONLINE EDITOR @KASIBC_AFRICA  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, a...

ONLINE EDITOR @KASIBC_AFRICA  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...

ONLINE EDITOR @KASIBC_AFRICA  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...

ONLINE EDITOR @KASIBC_AFRICA  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...

ONLINE EDITOR @KASIBC_AFRICA  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 a...