# South Africans are being urged to register or update their voting details before voter registration closes on Friday, which is also proclamation day. The Electoral Commission’s CEO Sy Mamabolo told the media voters must be registered in the voting district where they live to cast their ballot in the 4 November local government elections. […]
# The Electoral Commission says the voters’ roll has grown to more than 29-million ahead of the 4 November local government elections. Nearly two-million voter registration transactions were recorded during the final registration weekend, including almost 292-thousand first-time registrations. KwaZulu-Natal recorded the highest turnout, followed by Gauteng and the Eastern Cape. IEC CEO Sy Mamabolo […]
# Eskom has welcomed the Presidency’s first-phase electricity reform report and supports plans for an independent state-owned transmission system operator. The power utility has also welcomed efforts to reduce municipal debt, now standing at 119-billion-rand, describing it as vital to the utility’s long-term financial sustainability and energy security. Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says the reforms […]
# The Western Cape government has launched its first Infrastructure ministerial roundtable, bringing together government, business and industry leaders to accelerate infrastructure development in the province. Infrastructure MEC Tertuis Simmers also announced plans to release seven parcels of land for more than ten-thousand housing opportunities and signed partnership agreements to support infrastructure development and economic […]
# Traderbag urges South African retailers to move away from plastic shopping bags. It warns consumers are carrying the growing financial and environmental cost. The company’s Declan Cherry says shoppers often pay more than the government levy without knowing how the money is used, while only a small percentage of plastic bags are recycled. Cherry […]
# Action Society says it will continue monitoring the case against deputy president Paul Mashatile’s eight VIP protection officers after the trial was postponed to February next year. The accused dubbed the Blue Light Mafia, face charges linked to the 2023 assault of motorists on the N1 highway in Johannesburg, an incident that sparked widespread […]
# Newly appointed ActionSA Gauteng election ambassador Ayanda Allie says she’s looking forward to the next chapter of her political career. The former Build One South Africa’s member of the Gauteng legislature, who was expelled from the party last week over allegedly unpaid tithes, struck a positive tone at her ActionSA unveiling, thanking her former […]
# A new Global Entrepreneurship Monitor report indicates South Africa’s entrepreneurs have plenty of ideas, but not enough support to turn them into successful businesses. The report, compiled by Stellenbosch Business School, the University of Johannesburg, North West University and the Small Enterprise Development and Finance Agency, ranks South Africa’s support system 7th lowest out […]
# ActionSA has appointed the former Build One South Africa member of the Gauteng legislature, Ayanda Allie, as its provincial election campaign ambassador ahead of the 4 November local government elections. The announcement follows her recent departure from BOSA, where she was the party’s only representative in the legislature. ActionSA president Herman Mashaba says Allie […]
