# Gauteng Transport MEC Kedibone Diale-Tlabela has strongly condemned recent attempts to vandalise and steal road infrastructure across the province. This follows an incident on the R24 on Saturday, where suspects allegedly tried to steal cables along the route. The MEC emphasised that such actions endanger lives and significantly compromise the safety of all road […]
# Green Connection has expressed concern about the affordability of nuclear power, particularly the high upfront capital costs, the risk of construction delays, and the cost overruns that have been experienced worldwide. This comes as Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment minister, Dion George, has upheld the 2017 decision to grant Eskom environmental authorisation to build and […]
# Minister of Electricity and Energy, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, says the environmental approval for a new nuclear facility in Cape Town is an important step in the country’s future energy mix. This comes as Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment minister, Dion George, has upheld the 2017 decision to grant Eskom environmental authorisation to build and operate a […]
# Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba has emphasised the urgent need for the National Dialogue to succeed for the benefit of the poor and marginalised. Key organisations behind the initiative, including Thabo Mbeki Foundation and Desmond and Leah Tutu Foundation, have withdrawn from the planning process and the National Convention, set to take place on Friday. […]
# Police have offered a 150-thousand cash reward for information on the whereabouts of Jabulani Moyo, an awaiting trial prisoner who shot and killed two detectives in Roodepoort, Gauteng, on Friday. At the time of the incident, the two officers were transporting Moyo from the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court back to prison. In Mpumalanga, Sergeant Lawrence Mtshweni […]
# The fight for community-led education enters a new phase with draft regulations on school admissions now open for public comment. While school governing bodies retain policy-setting powers, final authority rests with provincial heads of department. Freedom Front Plus spokesperson Wynand Boshoff argues this weakens community control and redefines public schools as state institutions:
# At least 20 KwaZulu-Natal municipalities are at risk of losing funding from the National Treasury. This is due to the municipalities’ failing to come up with strategies to reduce and prevent unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure. Among the municipalities fingered are Impendle, Zululand, Jozini, Endumeni, Msunduzi, and Newcastle. In a letter to KZN […]
# The South African Weather Services has issued a severe weather warning for the Western Cape and Namaqua regions. Level 2 impact-based warnings will be in effect for damaging waves and winds along the coastline starting from midnight on Saturday. Gale-force winds and waves of up to six metres high between Cape Columbine and Plettenberg […]
# A local court case can continue against a man wanted by UK authorities for 76 counts of sexual assault of young boys. The Wynberg Regional Court in Cape Town dismissed former Rondebosch Boys’ Preparatory teacher Iain Wares’s application to have the charges against him thrown out. Magistrate Vanessa Miki ruled the state had enough evidence […]
