# The City of Johannesburg has launched South Africa’s first Integrated Spatial Data Platform and Spatial Plan Management System, consolidating spatial data from all departments into a single, user-friendly digital platform. The initiative enables advanced analysis, evidence-based planning, and real-time data sharing, enhancing transparency, accountability, and service delivery. The city’s Virgil James says the platforms […]
# The DA has welcomed Parliament’s House chairperson, Cedric Frolick’s decision to call minister of Higher Education, Buti Manamela, to appear before the Oversight Committee in September. The party’s, Karabo Khakhau, says the minister must account for the growing scandal of new ANC cadre deployments as Sector Education and Training Authorities’ administrators. She says Manamela […]
# Women and Men Against Child Abuse has welcomed the conviction of former preschool teacher Amber-Lee Hughes, who confessed to drowning her boyfriend’s four-year-old daughter in 2023. The High Court in Johannesburg found her guilty of the premeditated murder and rape of Nada-Jane Challita. She will be sentenced in October. WMACA says Hughes should receive […]
# The Freedom Front Plus in Ekurhuleni says frequent power outages in the Wadeville industrial area in Germiston are concerning. The party’s Monique Kriek says one business has indicated that if the outages persist, it will have no choice but to reduce its workforce by 300 employees. She says that it is unacceptable that the […]
# With Fine-free Week coming up in Cape Town, patrons once again have the opportunity to return their outstanding library items without fearing fines. During the previous two amnesty periods, more than 1.3-million-rand worth of library items were returned. Fine-free Week is running from Monday to next Saturday. Mayoral committee member for Community Services and […]
# Producer Responsibility Organisation Petco has partnered with Cape Flats icon DJ Ready D and the Great Cape Ambassador Project to launch a fun and educational recycling competition. Over the next three months, schools across Mitchells Plain will collect as many plastic bottles and jars, and Liquid Board Packaging as they can. The school that […]
# The DA in Gauteng says the rapid collapse in Rand Water’s system storage is being made worse by the failure of municipalities to complete vital water resilience infrastructure. The water utility’s system storage has fallen from around 55-percent to just below 40-percent in under a week. The DA’s Stephen Moore says if this is […]
# Colin Mkosi from Langa in Cape Town is the overall winner of the 2025 Standard Bank Kasi SME National Pitch Challenge. Mkosi won 200-thousand-rand for his business, Cloudy Deliveries, which uses bicycles to do deliveries to local restaurants, supermarkets, and other stores in black communities. Second place went to Sibongile Mongadi’s Uku Hamba from Gauteng, followed by […]
# House duo Black Motion leads the 31st annual South African Music Awards nominations. The group received four nominations, including best dance album for The Cradle Of Art, and best produced album. Amapiano hit-maker Kelvin Momo, Afro-soul singer Sjava and Rapper Blxckier have bagged two nominations each. Nominees for the coveted top five categories, album […]
