# Die regering waarsku landsburgers om padveiligheid voorop te stel met die Paasnaweek wat voorlê. Altesaam 335 sterftes is in die 2024-Paasnaweek aangemeld teenoor 252 in 2023. ʼn Woordvoerder van die regering se kommunikasie- en inligtingstelsel, Nokululeko Mtshali, sê die regering het die Paasnaweek-padveiligheidveldtog verlede maand bekendgestel as deel van sy 365-dae Padveiligheidprogram:
# Die Stad Kaapstad sê die voortslepende vandalisme aan stormwater-infrastruktuur en onwettige storting in die stormwaterstelsel, het ʼn groot uitwerking op die algemene werking van die metro se stormwaterstelsel. Hierdie onwettige aktiwiteite lei tot plaaslike oorstromings wanneer dit baie reën. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Stedelike Mobiliteit, Rob Quintas, sê die koste om infrastruktuur te herstel en […]
# Die vakbond, Saftu, sê hy is bekommerd oor die styging in lewenskoste en gevolglike verswakking van die werkersklas se lewenstandaard. ʼn Onlangse meningspeiling van Debt Rescue South Africa het onthul huishoudings is verplig om te besnoei op noodsaaklikhede soos kos en vervoer bloot sodat die ligte kan aanbly. Saftu-woordvoerder Newton Masuku sê die krisis […]
# Today is World Art Day, a celebration to promote the development, diffusion, and enjoyment of art. This year’s theme is A Garden of Expression: Cultivating Community Through Art. Today is also the birthday of Leonardo da Vinci, one of the most famous artists in history. UNESCO says art nurtures creativity, innovation, and cultural diversity, […]
# Die DA sê dit is ‘n bespotting dat slegs een-duisend-500 gesondheidsposte in die staat geadverteer word, terwyl daar tienduisend vakatures is. Daar is gemiddeld een dokter vir elke tweeduisend pasiënte in die staat se gesondheidsorgstelselsel. Michele Clarke van die DA sê hospitale en klinieke het ver te min personeel, is geheel en al onderbefonds […]
# City Power sê hy gaan regstappe doen teen News24 en joernalis, Khaya Koko. Dit hou verband met ʼn artikel wat Maandag verskyn het, met die opskrif: “POWER CONNECTIONS: Fake qualifications and poor appointments – why City Power is crumbling”. City Power se woordvoerder, Isaac Mangena, sê die bewerings in die artikel is ongegrond. Hy […]
# Eskom says it remains focused on a balanced and diversified energy mix based on existing coal and nuclear and introducing gas for baseload power, as well as renewables, energy storage systems, and pumped hydro. The power utility has issued a tender seeking private partners for a separate Renewable Energy Business, to accelerate the deployment […]
# Transnet’s biggest union, the United National Transport Union, has threatened to strike after wage talks collapsed at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration on Monday. Untu rejects Transnet’s unchanged offer for a wage increase of six-percent annually in the first two years starting April 1st, and 5.5-percent in the third year. The union […]
# Minister in the Presidency responsible for Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation, Maropene Ramokgopa, has welcomed the appointment of Mcebisi Jonas as South Africa’s special envoy to the US. The former deputy Finance minister will advance the country’s diplomatic, trade, and bilateral priorities. He will also lead negotiations, foster strategic partnerships, and engage with US government […]
