# The City of Cape Town’s MyCiTi project along AZ Berman Drive is now 31-percent complete, with new signboards showing what the area will look like once complete by January 2027. Mayoral committee member for Urban Mobility, Rob Quintas, says a reliable, affordable, and dignified Bus Rapid Transit service is on its way. He says […]
# The DA in Gauteng is demanding that the provincial Department of Education immediately suspend its decision, instructing no-fee-paying schools to be responsible for the payment of their utility bills and historical debt. This is until legal procedures and capacity assessments have been completed. The DA’s, Sergio Isa Dos, says these schools serve underprivileged communities who […]
# The Tshwane University of Technology, in collaboration with the University of Pretoria and the University of South Africa, have launched a research project. The project is to determine the feasibility and sustainability of establishing South African tax clinics to provide free tax education and support to unrepresented taxpayers. TUT says based at universities as […]
# The City of Tshwane has partnered with Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni to tackle the rehabilitation of the Kaalspruit Catchment. The metro says that over the years, with rapid urbanisation and the increasing number of informal settlements near embankments, the river stream from Kaalspruit has deteriorated in quality. Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya’s spokesperson, Zintle Mahlati, says illegal […]
# The DA in the Western Cape says it continues to support the use of small, medium, and micro enterprises in provincial infrastructure development, to promote inclusive economic growth. The provincial Department of Infrastructure has facilitated over 189-million-rand in direct benefits to SMMEs over the past 12 months. The DA’s, Dirk Wessels, says this investment enabled the implementation […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says the case which was meant to serve as evidence of a deeply entrenched culture of racism at Stellenbosch University, has ended in the accused being found not guilty. Former student Theuns du Toit, who was charged after urinating on the belongings of a fellow student in 2022, has been […]
# The GOOD Party says the devolution of policing powers alone will not put an end to the bloodshed on the streets in the Western Cape. One-thousand-and-68 people were killed in the province between January and March this year, which is a four-percent drop from the same period last year. GOOD’s secretary general, Brett Herron, […]
# South African Federation of Trade Unions’ general secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi, says the country’s G20 Presidency must champion the interests of the global South. South Africa’s presidency, which ends on the 30th of November, is under three themes: Solidarity, Equality, and Sustainability. Vavi says as part of the G20 presidency, South Africa should also rebuild […]
# Cosatu in Gauteng has welcomed premier Panyaza Lesufi’s decision to revive the Nasi Ispani programme to benefit young people in the province. Thousands of people were left jobless when their temporary Nasi Ispani contracts abruptly ended due to budget constraints. Cosatu’s provincial chairperson, Amos Monyela, says they are mindful that these are not decent […]
