# With just one week away from the matric examinations, Western Cape MEC of Education, Jaco Londt, is appealing to matriculants to use their time wisely and not let anything disrupt their studying. Seventy-one-thousand-302 full-time National Senior Certificate candidates will write the exams in the province. It starts with Computer Applications Technology Practical next Tuesday, […]
# Cape Town’s Energy Directorate has invested 1.1-million-rand in upgrading streetlight infrastructure along 35th Avenue, between Robert Sobukwe Road and Owen Road in Bishop Lavis. This corridor has been severely and chronically affected by repeated incidents of vandalism and theft. Mayoral committee member for Energy, Xanthea Limberg, says in the previous financial year alone, the […]
# The GOOD Party is demanding answers from the Stellenbosch Municipality over the sewer infrastructure at Solms-Delta Farm, which residents say has remained inadequately repaired for more than a year. The party has submitted an official notice of question to the municipal manager. GOOD’s Marius van Stade says the infrastructure was damaged in 2025 when […]
# The City of Cape Town says the illegal occupation of Transnet land along the N1 has been delayed due to a late appeal by the non-profit organisation Ndifuna Ukwazi. The Western Cape High Court had found that the occupiers of the land failed to provide evidence to establish that their eviction would render them […]
# The City of Tshwane says progress is being made in restoring electricity to communities supplied by the Murrayfield and Koedoespoort substations. This follows multiple cable faults after last week’s fire at the Waltloo Substation and disruption at the Njala Infeed Substation. The metro’s spokesperson, Lindela Mashigo, says teams are repairing five identified cable faults, […]
# The Special Investigating Unit has welcomed the judgment of the High Court in Pretoria, dismissing an urgent application brought by businessman Morgan Maumela and the trustees of the MHR Maumela Family Trust. They were seeking to stop the sale of a Ferrari valued at no less than 9.5-million-rand. The luxury vehicle is among assets […]
# The Gauteng Health Department says reports regarding the medical costs associated with the treatment of a two-year-old boy, who is currently receiving care at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria, are incorrect. The child is classified under the Hospital Group category. The department’s spokesperson, Steve Mabona, says that under standard public health regulations […]
# Minister of Human Settlements Thembi Simelane has called for an integrated approach and scaled partnerships across government, the private sector, and financial institutions to tackle the country’s housing backlog. An estimated 2.8 billion people worldwide experience various forms of housing inadequacy, while close to 1.1 billion people live in slums and informal settlements. The department’s […]
# Agricultural organisation TLU SA says the latest fuel price increases will put the agriculture sector under severe pressure. Petrol prices will go up between three-rand-12-cents and three-rand-33-cents per litre from tomorrow; diesel prices by between two-rand-84-cents and three-rand-24-cents a litre, while illuminating paraffin rises by four-rand-77-cents a litre. TLU SA’s Bennie van Zyl says the higher […]
