# Statistics South Africa says 85-percent of people aged 16 years and older identified addiction, substance or alcohol abuse as the leading cause of violence against women and children. Spokesperson Boitumelo Mooketsi says the latest victims of crime report from the governance, public safety and justice survey indicates more than 80-percent of women and men […]
# The Motor Industry Staff Association says the government must urgently introduce a plan to recycle old vehicles while protecting and creating jobs. The union warns without proper recycling rules, South Africa could lose access to the European market, putting billions of rand in exports and many jobs at risk. MISA spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola says […]
# The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse has welcomed Eskom’s decision to stop its process to cut electricity to parts of Johannesburg after the city settled five-billion-rand in overdue debt. OUTA says the immediate threat of power cuts has been removed, but questions remain about how the debt was paid and whether the solution will last. […]
# Beaufort West Municipality in the Western Cape has adopted a funded budget for the first time in six years, marking progress in its financial recovery. The municipality was placed under a financial intervention in 2022 after struggling to pay its bills and staff. Since then, it has improved its audit results and qualified for […]
# Bontebok National Park in the Western Cape has reopened to the public after suffering major damage in floods in May. The floods damaged chalets, the picnic site and the main access road, with repairs expected to cost about 12-million-rand. Repairs to the remaining facilities and trails are still underway. Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment […]
# FNB has won four Africa-level awards at the 2026 Global Finance World’s Best Consumer Digital Bank Awards. The bank was named Africa’s Best Mobile Banking App, Best User Experience Design, Best in Transformation, and Best Information Security and Fraud Management. It also received several South African awards and will now be considered for the […]
# The DA in Limpopo is calling for urgent repairs to the D447 road between Kgapane and Tzaneen, posing a danger to road users. The party states a 19-million-rand rehabilitation project was supposed to be completed by August last year, but the road remains in poor condition. The DA’s Marie Helm says parts of the […]
# Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the city’s new policing nerve centre in Goodwood will improve the response to crime. The eight-thousand-square-metre joint public safety operations centre will bring together policing resources and technology, including drones, body cameras, CCTV, number-plate cameras and artificial intelligence. Hill-Lewis added the city now has more than three-thousand-800 officers, […]
# CapeNature will introduce new fees for commercial filming at reserves across the Western Cape from the first of next month. The new tariff structure will charge productions according to their crew size, with a new category for major productions with more than 100 people. Fees will also increase for permits, base camps and environmental […]
