# After a raid in 2024 that resulted in several arrests, the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure has announced steps to recapture government-owned buildings in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, that have been occupied illegally. Deputy Minister Sihle Zikalala states that Operation Bring Back targeted abandoned and hijacked structures. The project was carried out in cooperation […]
# South African low-cost airline FlySafair announced the launch of a new direct route between Cape Town and Hoedspruit in Limpopo, enhancing accessibility to the Kruger National Park. The town is surrounded by private game reserves. The new route, set to begin on the second of October, will operate three times a week. One-way flights for the newly launched route […]
# The Institute of Race Relations says government pays lip service to economic transformation, yet its conduct tells citizens it is dedicated to fake transformation. The institute handed over the #NoMoreRaceLaws Bill petition to the Department of Employment and Labour on behalf of more than 12-thousand-300 South Africans who signed it. IRR’s Nomakhosazana Meth says driving inclusion […]
# Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero has reaffirmed his commitment to address to prioritise road infrastructure, enhance mobility and restore service delivery. He launched the War on Potholes in Region B, Ward 90 on Thursday. In April, South Africa’s largest short-term insurer, Santam, revealed that claims for pothole damage in Gauteng were up 25-percent from January […]
# RISE Mzansi is calling for a strong supervisory structure for the work that Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MECs do. COGTA minister Velenkosini Hlabisa tabled his department’s nearly 400-billion-rand budget in Parliament on Thursday. RISE Mzansi’s leader, Songezo Zibi, says on top of the national taxes citizens pay, they are also crippled by municipal […]
# The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa Gender Structure is calling on its members and staff in all regions to make donations to victims of last month’s deadly Eastern Cape floods. The floods claimed 103 lives in Mthatha and Butterworth, with six-thousand-869 households affected and four-thousand-724 people still homeless. Numsa’s spokesperson, Phakamile Hlubi-Majola, says some of […]
# Mdluli Safari Lodge, on the edge of the Kruger National Park next to Numbi Gate, is a working example of a land claim turned into a successful community tourism initiative. Director of the lodge, Chris Schalkwyk, says the vision was birthed by Chief MZ Mdluli. It took 4 years to get the land back […]
# The Department of Agriculture has officially lifted the ban on Brazilian mechanically deboned meat and chicken, after an eight-week suspension. The ban was triggered by a case of bird flu on a single farm in Rio Grande do Sul, which cut off 95-percent of South Africa’s mechanically deboned meat supply. Merlog Foods’ Georg Southey […]
# The DA in Gauteng, led by provincial leader Solly Msimanga, will conduct an oversight inspection at the Akasia Police Station in Tshwane today. Akasia is among the top 40 police stations for attempted murder, sexual offences and contact crimes in the province. The DA says the delegation will meet with the leadership at Akasia […]
