# The DA in Gauteng is calling on premier Panyaza Lesufi to address the serious infrastructure and resource challenges at the Johannesburg Central Police Station. The party’s provincial leader, Solly Msimanga, did a walkabout on Wednesday, engaging with shop owners and evaluating infrastructure damage around Bree Street, Small Street, and the Carlton Centre. Msimanga says […]
# Repairs to Lilian Ngoyi Street in Johannesburg’s central business district are 77-percent complete following damage from a gas explosion two years ago. Despite some delays due to contractor issues, the City of Johannesburg has announced the road will reopen on August 31. The Johannesburg Roads Agency’s Zweli Nyathi confirmed that most work is finished, […]
# The first group of Cape Town teenagers stranded in Spain after participating in the prestigious Donosti Cup soccer tournament will arrive back in South Africa this afternoon. The BT Soccer Academy players successfully competed in the competition, but flights home could not be paid for from the package pricing. Through interventions from the Western Cape […]
# The DA in the North West has welcomed the extension of the Special Investigating Unit’s probe into the North West Development Corporation. The original proclamation, which was signed by president Cyril Ramaphosa, directed the SIU to probe maladministration related to the establishment of Tokiso Security Services as a subsidiary of the North West Development […]
# The City of Johannesburg’s mayoral committee member for Human Settlements, Mlungisi Mabaso, officially broke ground on Phase 4 of the Riverside View Social Housing Development in Region A on Tuesday. Phases 1 and 2 were completed in September 2023, while Phase 3, launched in 2024, added 184 units. Phase 4 is the final stage […]
# The DA in Gauteng says the failure by the Ekurhuleni Municipality not to renew contracts with funeral parlours to collect bodies from hospital morgues has resulted in indigent residents being unable to bury their loved ones. The National Health Act 61 of 2003 mandates that municipalities should cover the burial costs of indigent individuals. […]
# The DA in the Eastern Cape has welcomed the National Assembly’s adoption of the portfolio committee on Police’s report on the severe gang violence crisis in the northern areas of Nelson Mandela Bay. In May, the party presented a petition to the committee, demanding urgent intervention to stop the rampant gang violence. The DA’s […]
# The South African Communist Party says the appointment of Buti Manamela as the new minister of Higher Education and Training is a positive move in addressing challenges that affect the higher education sector. He replaces Nobuhle Nkabane, who was fired over the now-abandoned Sector Education and Training Authority board selection process. The SACP says […]
# Three City Power employees were arrested in Lenasia, Johannesburg, while attempting to flee the scene with 840 pieces of stolen copper tubing worth 200-thousand-rand stashed inside a disguised box in a company car. City Power security workers spotted the theft during a routine checkpoint inspection. City Power’s Isaac Mangena urges members of the public […]
