# The Amazon rainforest is becoming a major oil frontier, holding nearly 20-percent of global oil and gas reserves identified since 2022. This expansion threatens the ecosystem and indigenous communities. Climate Home News reports that over 80 oil blocks are overlapping ancestral lands and 38 are within protected areas. Despite efforts to reduce oil activities, […]
# The City of Johannesburg has assured residents that proposed tariff increases for the 2025/26 financial year will not be finalised until public consultations conclude on 10 May. This comes as concerns rise over proposed hikes, including 4.6-percent for property rates. Other increases include 12.41-percent for electricity, 13.9-percent for water and sanitation, and 6.6-percent for […]
# Cape Town firefighters and former Springbok player James Dalton are gearing up for the Two Oceans Half Marathon this weekend. Firefighters Jermaine Carelse and Renaldo Duncan are participating in the marathon to raise funds for a much-needed Volunteer Wildfire Services vehicle. The team hopes this vehicle can help improve emergency response in the metro. […]
# The City of Tshwane has received up to four-thousand disputes regarding its recently published property valuation roll. Many residents are claiming that their homes are overvalued. There are fears that this could lead to higher rates, though the draft budget proposes a four-percent decrease in property rates. Mayor Nasiphi Moya says rising property values […]
# A crash near Warden on the N3 Toll Route has caused major traffic delays. Two heavy motor vehicles collided in the early hours of this morning leaving both Johannesburg-bound and Durban-bound lanes obstructed with traffic stacked on-site. The crash involved a spill of a highly flammable substance being transported by one of the trucks. […]
# The ANC Women’s League in the Western Cape is calling for the government of national unity to declare gender-based violence a national disaster. The members marched to Parliament on Wednesday, joining nationwide protests triggered by the rape of a young girl in the Eastern Cape last October. The league’s provincial treasurer, Lumka Tamboer, told […]
# The Gauteng Investment Conference, starting today, is aiming to attract over 300-billion-rand in investments. The event will showcase the province as a prime investment destination, focusing on infrastructure, manufacturing, and green energy. It is expected to draw more than 50 global companies. With participation from investors across Africa and beyond, the conference seeks to […]
# Experts say the record low winter sea ice in the Arctic is signalling a major climate change crisis. The Arctic sea ice has reached a maximum extent of 14.33-million square kilometres, the lowest since records began 47-years ago. The National Snow and Ice Data Centre’s Julianne Stuva told Reuters the extent of the Arctic […]
# The DA is concerned about the ongoing laundry crisis at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital. This as patients and staff continue to face shortages of clean linen due to malfunctioning in-house laundry machinery and inadequate services from the Dunswart provincial laundry. The party’s Jack Bloom says the situation risks delaying non-emergency surgeries and increasing infection […]
