South Africa is ready to host the 46th SADC Summit. Regional leaders are gathering in Durban to tackle key issues, from integration and infrastructure to peace and security. Security has been tightened around the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, ahead of the summit. Ditaba Tsotetsi is in Durban and filed this report...

South Africa is ready to host the 46th SADC Summit. Regional leaders are gathering in Durban to tackle key issues, from integration and infrastructure to peace and security. Security has been tightened around the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, ahead of the summit. Ditaba Tsotetsi is in Durban and filed this report...

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By Newsbreak Senior Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - Concern has been raised about the way municipal projects are managed in local government. Forty-five homes at the Kennedy Road Housing Project, west of Durban were handed over last week. This followed the intervention by Parliament's National Council of Provinces- after they found the housing project completely stalled during a 2024 oversight visit. Leader of KZN's delegates to the NCOP Mzamo Billy says it's concerning when Parliament has to intervene to facilitate better governance at a local level...

By Newsbreak Senior Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - Concern has been raised about the way municipal projects are managed in local government. Forty-five homes at the Kennedy Road Housing Project, west of Durban were handed over last week. This followed the intervention by Parliament's National Council of Provinces- after they found the housing project completely stalled during a 2024 oversight visit. Leader of KZN's delegates to the NCOP Mzamo Billy says it's concerning when Parliament has to intervene to facilitate better governance at a local level...

#PODCAST Discussion | NCOP intervention resolves housing project delays at Durban's Kennedy Road #sabcnews

By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - Bootleg alcohol, illicit fuel, and the rampant illicit-cigarette trade endanger lives, rob businesses of income, destroy jobs, fund criminal networks, and undermine the very fabric of the country's economy and society. The reality of this serious matter is what led the Consumer Goods Council to premier a series called "Someone Always Pays". The series is an investigative piece that blows the lid off South Africa's illicit economy, which is estimated at a staggering R1-trillion. Anti-Counterfeiting Specialist, Farrel Frank, explains how the trading of illicit goods affects consumers, retailers and the economy...

By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - Bootleg alcohol, illicit fuel, and the rampant illicit-cigarette trade endanger lives, rob businesses of income, destroy jobs, fund criminal networks, and undermine the very fabric of the country's economy and society. The reality of this serious matter is what led the Consumer Goods Council to premier a series called "Someone Always Pays". The series is an investigative piece that blows the lid off South Africa's illicit economy, which is estimated at a staggering R1-trillion. Anti-Counterfeiting Specialist, Farrel Frank, explains how the trading of illicit goods affects consumers, retailers and the economy...

#PODCAST Consumer Goods Council launch investigative series exposing SA's R1-trillion illicit economy #sabcnews

ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa has given his party's prospective mayors and councillors 100 days to change the face of their wards and municipalities. This is contained in the 65 page ANC 2026 local government election manifesto he unveiled at Riversand Park Diepsloot north of Johannesburg on Sunday. Ramaphosa said within 100 days all ANC local government representatives must have fixed streets lights, fix potholes, stop water leaks and sewage spills. Ntebo Mokobo attended the launch and filed us this report...

ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa has given his party's prospective mayors and councillors 100 days to change the face of their wards and municipalities. This is contained in the 65 page ANC 2026 local government election manifesto he unveiled at Riversand Park Diepsloot north of Johannesburg on Sunday. Ramaphosa said within 100 days all ANC local government representatives must have fixed streets lights, fix potholes, stop water leaks and sewage spills. Ntebo Mokobo attended the launch and filed us this report...

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