# The National Council of SPCAs has welcomed a renewed focus on humane solutions to the elephant population crisis in the North West. This follows an investigation into the deaths of 75 elephants at Madikwe and Pilanesberg Game Reserves, between August 2024 and January 2025, due to starvation during severe drought conditions. Members of parliament’s […]
# Major road closures are expected as Philip Kgosana Drive will host the Speed Classic Cape Town this weekend. The High-octane hillclimb racing returns to Cape Town after a six-decade absence. The 1.8-kilometre course will be closed in both directions, with the main closure beginning at 5am on Thursday. Speed Classic Cape Town project director, […]
# The DA is demanding answers from minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Angie Motshekga. This follows reports that a South African National Defence Force truck and crane drove one-thousand-200-kilometres from Oudtshoorn to Pretoria, to remove tree stumps at Major General Edward Mulaudzi’s private home in Waterkloof Ridge. The DA’s Chris Hattingh says they want […]
# The City of Johannesburg’s Rea Vaya phase 1C expansion, the Sandton bus rapid transit station, is on track for completion by the fourth quarter of this year. The aim is to revolutionise commuter experience in one of the metro’s busiest commercial districts. Features like tactile paving, wheelchair ramps, audio-visual announcements, and level boarding will […]
# Western Cape Mobility MEC, Isaac Sileku, has condemned the shooting that occurred on the R300 in Cape Town on Monday, which claimed the life of a mini-bus taxi official. The official belonged to the Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association. Two of his bodyguards were wounded in the shooting. Sileku has urged the public and industry […]
# The South African Friends of Israel says after years of diplomatic blunders and ideological prostituting, the ANC has shown it cannot be trusted to represent the country internationally. It is demanding that the ANC relinquish control of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation and hand it over to a government of national unity. […]
# ActionSA has expressed concern at reports that some students are using their National Student Financial Aid Scheme allowances to gamble on online betting platforms. Last year, according to the National Gambling Board’s report for the 2023/2024 financial year, 1.1-trillion-rand was wagered in the South African gambling industry. This is 40.2-percent more than the previous […]
# Eskom has simplified the compliance and registration process for customers who generate their own electricity through small-scale embedded generation systems, such as rooftop solar panels. The power utility’s residential customers may now have their systems signed off by a Department of Labour-registered person, instead of requiring approval from an Engineering Council of South Africa-registered […]
# The Western Cape Department of Infrastructure has modernised its road maintenance “yellow fleet,” reducing the average age of vehicles by over 20 years and increasing the fleet’s replacement value to two-point-eight-billion-rand. MEC of Infrastructure, Tertuis Simmers says investments include remote monitoring, solar-powered radio networks, and new machinery for graders, tractor-loader-backhoes, and water trucks:
