# The Freedom Front Plus is demanding that the Ekurhuleni Municipality urgently attend to the severe sewage pollution crisis at the Boksburg Lake. The party’s Denise Janse van Rensburg says the lake has turned into a toxic cesspool where raw sewage flows freely, causing a terrible stench. She says the metro’s dereliction is endangering the […]
# The City of Cape Town’s Public Empowerment and Development Department has launched the Food Gardens Project. In collaboration with the Western Cape Government’s Community Development Worker Programme, the project aims to tackle food security by feeding thousands of residents and upskilling the community. A total of 150-thousand-rand has been invested, which will help ten […]
# South African universities are being transformed into engines of innovation through the Entrepreneurship Development in Higher Education Programme. The programme equips students with entrepreneurial skills and fosters innovation, creating socially conscious and sustainability-driven leaders. Director of Entrepreneurship at Universities South Africa, doctor Edwell Gumbo, says supporting young innovators and embedding entrepreneurship into the very fabric […]
# Gauteng police, together with its law enforcement partners, will officially launch its Safer Festive Season operations at the Tsakane Stadium in Ekurhuleni today. The operations are an effort to prevent and combat crime through heightened police operations and visibility. This is to ensure that residents and visitors feel safe, while those going on holiday […]
# The ANC president, Cyril Ramaphosa, will formally bestow the movement’s highest honour, the Isithwalandwe/Seaparankoe Award, on centenarian struggle veteran doctor Tlou Theophilus Cholo. This is in recognition of his lifelong service to the liberation of South Africa. The ANC says Cholo, who dedicated his life to fighting apartheid and championing workers’ rights, spent 16 […]
# The DA says it has long maintained that the State Information Technology Agency has become a stumbling block to modern governance that has left SAPS and Home Affairs trapped in inefficiency, corruption, and technological decay. Deputy minister of Police, doctor Polly Boshiela, has confirmed that SAPS has broken ties with SITA. The DA’s Mzamo Billy […]
# Build One South Africa leader, Mmusi Maimane, will address the official launch of the Thuto App at Amandasig Secondary School in Pretoria today. Using artificial intelligence, Thuto delivers curriculum-aligned lessons that reinforce what learners are already studying in class. The platform also incentivises learning by rewarding students with Thuto Coins, which encourages financial literacy […]
# The Free Market Foundation says South Africa’s 2025 International Property Rights Index score fell to four-thousand-915, placing the country 3rd in Africa and 61st globally. While legal and political protections improved slightly, intellectual and physical property rights declined. The foundation’s Martin van Staden says the report warns that South Africa’s Expropriation Act undermines private […]
# The Public Servants Association is extending wishes of support and encouragement to the matric class of 2025, as the learners prepare to write the final examinations. The National Senior Certificate examinations begin next week. PSA’s Claude Naicker says this is a significant milestone that reflects years of learning, sacrifice, and determination as well as […]
