# City Power has appealed to the police and the Department of Defence for military intervention to help secure the City of Johannesburg’s power grid. This is due to the escalating theft, vandalism and sabotage of critical electricity infrastructure reported across the metro. In the latest incident, the Braamfontein Substation was vandalised, and cables were […]
# Western Cape MEC for Social Development Wendy Kaizer-Philander is calling on members of the public and police to help protect social service professionals. This follows another hijacking involving a departmental vehicle in Khayelitsha. Kaizer-Philander says 20 injury on duty reports linked to these incidents have been recorded. She adds social service professionals must be […]
# Union GIWUSA is calling on Finance minister Enoch Godongwana to announce an emergency, state-led jobs plan to address unemployment in today’s Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement. The country’s official unemployment rate rose to 33.6-percent in the second quarter of this year. GIWUSA president Mametlwe Sebei says the plan should include mass public employment programmes, direct […]
# ActionSA in Tshwane says the EFF is entitled to demand accountability, but it cannot pretend to be an opposition party in a government in which it serves. This comes as the EFF has opened a criminal case against Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya and the City Manager over the failure to chlorinate water at the […]
# Forum for South Africa says it expects Finance minister Enoch Godongwana to present practical solutions to South Africa’s economic challenges, particularly slow economic growth, high unemployment and the rising cost of living. The minister will table the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement in Parliament today. Forum leader Tebogo Mashilompane says National Treasury must prioritise meaningful […]
# Teachers union SADTU says the medium-term budget policy statement must demonstrate a clear political and fiscal commitment to creating decent jobs, alleviating poverty and ensuring that every learner and educator has the resources and opportunities needed to thrive. Last year’s budget saw cuts to the School Infrastructure Backlogs Grant. SADTU’s spokesperson Nomusa Cembi says […]
# Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya says she has engaged Rand Water to provide technical expertise and support in accelerating the rehabilitation and upgrading of the Bronkhorstspruit Water Treatment Works. The metro supplied unchlorinated water for three weeks without warning communities in Bronkhorstspruit that it was unsafe, as 408 people reported gastrointestinal illness. Moya says Rand […]
# A total of 17-thousand-160 suspects were arrested for various crime offences during a week of coordinated crime-fighting operations across all nine provinces. The arrests were made through the simultaneous execution of Operation Shanela and National Festive Season Operations, targeting violent crime, organised criminal networks, drug trafficking and illicit trade. Police spokesperson Vincent Mukhathi says […]
# The Communist Party of Swaziland has expressed solidarity with students, workers and young people in France protesting against the rising cost of living. The CPS raised concerns over mass arrests, the alleged targeting of minors and police action against student protesters, accusing the government of responding to public grievances with austerity and repression. It […]
