# The City of Cape Town says private developers who invest in the demarcated Urban Development Zones, and meet the conditions of the South African Revenue Service will now qualify for tax incentives until March 2030. The Urban Development Zone encourages the private sector to invest in and develop commercial and residential properties in inner-city […]
# Tshwane deputy mayor, Eugene Modise, says they are grateful to the Rand Water Foundation for building four life-changing boreholes in Langkloof, Sokhulumi, Sizanani, and Rethabiseng. This partnership focuses on improving water access, promoting water conservation, and enhancing water infrastructure within the metro. Modise says Tshwane and the Rand Water Foundation are turning commitment into impact:
# Global technology giant, Huawei, has awarded bursaries worth two-million-rand to high-achieving ICT students at the Tshwane University of Technology. This is part of a collaboration between the university and Huawei, which aims to support top-performing students and advance TUT’s presence in the digital space. Meanwhile, through the TUT-Huawei ICT Academy, more than one-thousand students have […]
# University of Witwatersrand and Johns Hopkins University professor of Philosophy, Lucy Allais, has made history. She is the first female South African philosopher elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Current members of the Academy represent innovative thinkers in every field and profession, including more than 250 Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners. […]
# The DA in Gauteng will conduct an oversight inspection at identified hotspots in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni, today. The party’s Crezane Bosch says theft and vandalism of infrastructure continue to undermine service delivery and disrupt the lives of residents. She says the effects of these criminal activities include the formation of sinkholes, traffic light failures, toxic fires […]
# The DA in the Western Cape says it is unacceptable that a Warrant Officer at Lentegeur police station remains on duty after being convicted of multiple counts of fraud. He was implicated in the alleged sale of police dockets and found guilty in at least two internal disciplinary processes. The DA’s Nicholas Gotsell says, […]
# Solidarity says it welcomes the US government’s acknowledgement of the brutality and uniqueness of farm attacks in South Africa. This follows an investigation by the US State Department’s Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights and Labour. It found that farm attacks are not ordinary crimes, but that in certain documented cases, victims are tortured or […]
# The Eastern Cape government says it is making significant progress in its efforts to resettle the affected families following the June floods that killed 103 people. Relocation operations have resumed in the Mnquma Local Municipality in the Amathole district and the King Sabata Dalindyebo Municipality in OR Tambo. The provincial government’s spokesperson, Khuselwa Rantjie, says […]
# International Relations and Cooperation minister, Ronald Lamola, says South Africa is anti-war and prefers dialogue over violence. He addressed the United Nations two-state solution conference in New York on Tuesday, aimed at resolving the longstanding Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Lamola says there cannot be peace while the very existence of the Palestinian people is being threatened […]
