# The Limpopo Department of Transport says the R521 road near Polokwane towards Dendron remains closed. This follows a serious accident involving a heavy motor vehicle tanker and a light delivery vehicle last night. The department’s spokesperson, Tidimalo Chuene, says the tanker was carrying hydrochloric acid, which spilt on the road:
# University of Johannesburg professor, Habib Noorbhai’s latest book has broken into the Kindle Top 100 rankings. The book is titled: Roadmap of the Professoriate: Strategic Guidance for Progression from Graduate Student to Professor. It offers practical and strategic guidance for navigating the journey from postgraduate studies to full professorship. Noorbhai says he hopes that […]
# Western Cape Infrastructure MEC, Tertuis Simmers, progress is being made in the upgrading of Louis Fourie Road in Mossel Bay. This 520-million-rand project is the largest provincial government investment in road infrastructure in the Garden Route District Municipal area. Simmers says the project is currently 68-percent complete, and it is still on track to […]
# The Freedom Front Plus has expressed concern over the ongoing uncertainty regarding pensioner discounts on municipal accounts in the City of Ekurhuleni. Several elderly residents have received their municipal bills, payable by 11 August, without the expected discount for which they had already applied. The FF Plus’ Denise Janse van Rensburg says, despite formal […]
# Johannesburg mayor, Dada Morero, will today lead a high-impact service delivery programme in Region D, Soweto. The operation aims to address key service delivery issues such as fixing potholes, clearing sewer blockages, resolving billing inquiries, cleaning illegal dumping sites and repairing streetlights. The metro says the programme is a mayoral priority that was launched in […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says it strongly opposes the City of Tshwane’s plan to potentially sell or lease the historic Pretoria City Hall to the Iranian government. The hall has not been in operation for about a decade now and requires about 200-million-rand to fix. The Iranian Embassy’s cultural division wants to use the […]
# Wilderness has been selected as the Western Cape finalist in kykNET’s prestigious Dorp van die Jaar 2025 – Town of the Year competition. The competition celebrates the best towns in the nine provinces across South Africa and Namibia. George Municipality’s spokesperson, Chantel Edwards-Klose, says winning this coveted accolade will bring significant exposure and investment […]
# ActionSA in KwaZulu-Natal has requested Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC, Thulasizwe Buthelezi, to urgently intervene in the ongoing collapse of governance and oversight in the KwaDukuza Municipality. The municipality has been plagued by reports of instability and a potential collapse since the ANC removed Lindile Nhaca as mayor in a no-confidence vote in December 2024. […]
# South Africa’s trade union federations and the International Trade Union Confederation are calling for the strengthening of industrial policy capacity across Africa. The federations have emphasised that Africa must secure the necessary resources to support sovereign, worker-led development strategies that break the cycle of dependency and underdevelopment. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Zanele Sabela, says they have also […]
