# Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities minister, Sindisiwe Chikunga, announced that government has appointed Lady Mariéme Jamme as Special Envoy for Technology and Artificial Intelligence. The department’s spokesperson, Cassius Selala, says the appointment reinforces South Africa’s vision of a digitally inclusive society where technological innovation drives opportunity, equality, economic participation and sustainable development. Lady […]
# The Activists and Citizens Forum has applauded the Madlanga Commission for continuing with its work without police crime intelligence boss, Feroz Khan. Khan sustained catastrophic internal injuries when he was shot in Houghton, Johannesburg last week. Forum spokesperson, Dennis Bloem says evidence from Khan’s devices and presented by evidence leader Adila Hassim before the Commission, is […]
# ActionSA in Johannesburg demands that Thuso House be reopened immediately, after the Sheriff of the High Court reportedly attached the City of Johannesburg’s assets. The party’s Mpumi Edward says Thuso House is a critical municipal facility where thousands of residents seek assistance with billing enquiries, municipal accounts, and other essential customer services. She says any […]
# The DA in the Eastern Cape has welcomed the return of its provincial Leader, Andrew Whitfield, to the provincial legislature in Bhisho. Whitfield will assume the role of Leader of the Official Opposition, building on the success of his predecessor, Vicky Knoetze, who will assume the role of Chief Whip. He says he will be filling the legislature vacancy […]
# Eskom continues to maintain additional system capacity, with four-thousand-844-megawatts in cold reserve due to excess capacity, providing further assurance of system adequacy. The power utility spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena says last week, average unplanned outages declined to nine-thousand-850-megawatts, compared to 14-thousand-981-megawatts during the same period last year. She says this is representing a reduction of […]
The South African Local Government Association says it continues to advocate for constructive engagement between municipalities and communities. This followed the violent service delivery protests in Ratanda, in Lesedi Local Municipality, Gauteng, resulting in the tragic loss of life and the torching of the mayor’s property on Friday. SALGA spokesperson, Motalatale Modiba says residents are […]
# The Gauteng government has confirmed that Rand Water will lift the 20-percent supply restriction on the Lesedi Local Municipality, restoring full water access to residents. This decision follows ongoing protests in Ratanda over water supply challenges, which tragically resulted in the loss of two lives. Government spokesperson, Elijah Mohlanga says premier Panyaza Lesufi strongly […]
# Mpumalanga acting provincial police commissioner, Zeph Mkhwanazi, strongly condemned a fabricated false video circulating on social media claiming that a Namibian truck diver was assaulted during an anti-migrant march. Police spokesperson Mavela Masondo says the incident depicted in the video did not occur during the protests. He says a Namibian national who is employed […]
# The City of Cape Town says a record 625.5 kilometre of sewer pipelines have been proactively jet-cleaned as part of winter readiness, exceeding the City’s annual target by more than threefold. Valued at 207.9-million-rand, this investment in preventative maintenance helps reduce the risk of sewer blockages and overflows caused by foreign objects, illegal stormwater connections and increased […]
