# The City of Cape Town says there has been an increase in complaints related to the behaviour of delivery motorcycle drivers. Traffic Services issued fines for 103 traffic transgressions during an enforcement operation held in Athlone yesterday, targeting delivery motorcycles. Traffic Services spokesperson, Maxine Bezuidenhout, says delivery companies must ensure that they properly vet […]
# WaterCAN says the City of Johannesburg’s water crisis has become a human rights emergency threatening lives, livelihoods, and residents’ dignity. The organisation is set to protest at mayor Dada Morero’s office next month, calling for water justice. The metro is facing a severe and recurring water crisis caused by ageing infrastructure and insufficient maintenance due to budget constraints. […]
# ActionSA says the professionalisation of local government demands far more than degrees and bureaucracy; it requires integrity, courage, and the trust of the community. This comes as the local government elections are scheduled to be held next year. ActionSA’s Funzi Ngobeni says many of the people who have presided over collapsing municipalities have long CVs, […]
# Social Development minister Sisisi Tolashe has reaffirmed her department’s commitment to transparency, accountability, and sound financial management. The overall audit outcome of the department for 2024/2025 is a qualified audit opinion with findings, while the South African Social Security Agency received an unqualified audit opinion. Appearing before Parliament’s portfolio committee on Social Development, Tolashe highlighted […]
# The City of Tshwane says it is working to address past underinvestment at the Tshwane Fresh Produce Market, and to enable farmers and traders to work in a safe, clean and efficient space. In August, a court ordered the metro to ensure the market is fire and smoke detection compliant, and purchase generators and evaporator […]
# Education activist, Hendrick Makaneta, says the burning of buildings and disruption of learning at the University of Fort Hare in the Eastern Cape is deeply troubling and cannot be justified. Students have been protesting at the Alice campus since Monday over Vice-Chancellor Sakhela Buhlungu’s alleged failure to deal with mismanagement at the institution. The […]
# Government says it has noted the ongoing operations by law enforcement agencies and the subsequent public interest they have generated. Members of the National Intervention Unit, Special Task Force, and Crime Intelligence, raided the homes of suspended deputy National Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya and chief of staff to on-leave Police minister Senzo Mchunu, Cedrick […]
# The DA in Tshwane is meeting with AfriForum’s head of its private prosecution unit, advocate Gerrie Nel today. The DA’s Cilliers Brink says the party wants to discuss cases such as the irregular tender awarded for the upgrade of the Rooiwal Waste Water Treatment Plant awarded to Blackhead Consulting, the outfit of ANC benefactor […]
# Eastern Cape police say the situation at the University of Fort Hare’s campus in Alice remains tense due to ongoing student protests. Police spokesperson Siphokazi Mawisa says eight students were arrested for public violence and business burglary on Tuesday. They appeared before the local Magistrate’s Court yesterday and the case was postponed to next […]
