# The City of Cape Town has set aside more than six-billion-rand over the next three years to upgrade electricity infrastructure and improve the reliability of power supply. The funding will be used to upgrade the electricity grid, expand clean energy projects, improve street lighting, strengthen energy security and reduce reliance on Eskom. Mayoral committee […]
# Social Development minister Dina Pule has promised to reduce long queues at the South African Social Security Agency offices and improve access to social grant services. Briefing the media on plans to strengthen the social development sector and improve the social grants system, Pule said more than one-thousand contract workers will be recruited to […]
# Toll road company Bakwena Platinum Corridor says motorists are already benefiting from improved traffic flow after the partial opening of a new dual carriageway section on the N4 between Marikana and Buffelspoort in Rustenburg in North West. The project forms part of the 37-kilometre N4 dualling upgrade aimed at improving safety, capacity and traffic […]
# The GOOD Party has asked the Public Protector for an investigation into the City of Cape Town’s handling of the proposed sale of the Good Hope Centre. The party alleges procedural irregularities, including the public disclosure of confidential bid information by mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis before bidders were formally notified. GOOD secretary-general Brett Herron says […]
# The Motor Industry Staff Association calls on the Gauteng and North West governments to urgently resolve the North West Transport Investments crisis and restore reliable public transport services. The union says many commuters in Hammanskraal remain stranded and relying on taxis, despite an earlier promise that buses would be available. MISA spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola […]
# KwaZulu-Natal Transport and Human Settlements MEC Siboniso Duma says road safety operations will be intensified. This after 36 schoolchildren were found travelling in an overloaded minibus taxi near Park Rynie on the first day of the new school term. Spokesperson Ndabezinhle Sibiya says the taxi was impounded and the driver, who was not carrying […]
# AfriForum says the government must urgently crack down on crime in the number plate industry to stop the spread of counterfeit and cloned number plates. The organisation says weak law enforcement has made it easier for criminals to commit offences and avoid detection. AfriForum’s Louis Boshoff welcomed the decision to delay the rollout of […]
# Defence and Military Veterans deputy minister Bantu Holomisa has called for greater collaboration between the public and private sectors to modernise the South African National Defence Force and address critical funding shortages. Speaking at the defence industry lekgotla in Pretoria, Holomisa said innovative partnerships could help upgrade military infrastructure, housing, equipment and technology without […]
# Public Works and Infrastructure minister Dean Macpherson has ordered an investigation into more than six-thousand-200 state-owned homes occupied by government officials. Macpherson has also requested a plan to identify properties that are no longer needed and could be sold, redeveloped or removed from the state’s portfolio. He says selling unnecessary properties will reduce costs […]
