Four months after the department of water and sanitation had opened five sluice gates to reduce the Vaal Dam capacity, which resulted in flooding in low-lying areas near the riverbank, the department has issued a warning of a possible repeat.

Speaking on the readiness of the G20 summit in Sandton, Godongwana said the state is perfectly aware of the poverty in the country and that the government is grappling with the issue daily and has put extensive measures in place to mitigate its impact.

Heavy rainfall that keeps battering many parts of Johannesburg has wreaked havoc with electricity supply, resulting in City Power getting more than 2,000 calls from frustrated residents on Monday morning.

International relations minister Ronald Lamola says the upcoming G20 summit in Johannesburg will move forward with a leaders’ declaration in the absence of the US.

“We are finished with your dog [Thandolwethu], but we want our R30,000. We would have dropped it off at your doorstep...The other one [her younger brother] is next.”

Gauteng and several other provinces are bracing for a turbulent start to the week as the South African Weather Service warns of continued severe weather conditions.

The Ngaka Modiri Molema municipal manager, Allan Olehile Losaba, has been ordered to repay R4.6m lost due to payments made to a water trucking company with questionable invoices. This decision was made by Auditor-General Tsakane Maluleke.

Black Business Councils lauds power utility’s leaders for renewed stability

A KwaZulu-Natal police officer is under investigation following findings that early in January, he accessed the police system and cleared the criminal record of Shadrack Sibiya’s associate James Stuart Scharnick

KwaZulu-Natal police are set to clarify cases related to James Stuart Scharnick following his accusations against Lt-Gen Dumisan Khumalo of perjury and defamation at the Madlanga commission.