# The GOOD Party says it stands in solidarity with disabled Capetonians protesting the DA’s decision to cut Dial-A-Ride services, effective from September 8th. The metro says the service is oversubscribed as they experience capacity challenges, with the 28.2-million-rand annual budget being insufficient for the current 40-million-rand operating costs. GOOD’s Roscoe Palm says disabled Capetonians deserve […]
# The DA in Johannesburg is demanding an end to the unreasonable sewage billing of apartments, townhouses, complexes, and retirement units. The party has launched a petition demanding a fair review and reduction of sewerage charges. The DA’s Chris Santana says the billing penalises people who have formal, legal connections to the sewer system, and contradicts […]
# Doctor Tessa Moll has been named as the first University of Cape Town recipient of the prestigious Wellcome Early-Career Award. The award provides funding for already established researchers and teams seeking to pursue bold and creative research ideas, to deliver significant shifts in understanding related to human life, health and wellbeing. Moll’s research explores […]
# The Freedom Front Plus in Gauteng says this month, residents of Ekurhuleni received their utility bills, following months of the metro failing to indicate their actual power consumption on their statements of account. According to a financial report recently tabled to the Council, only 21.9-billion-rand of the budgeted 26.1-billion-rand in electricity revenue has been […]
# The City of Tshwane Section 79 Community and Social Development committee chairperson, Rebecca Monchusi, is calling on communities to demand action and accountability for leaders to prevent gender-based violence. This followed the murder of Kgaogelo Marora by her alleged ex-boyfriend despite having a protection order against him. Monchusi says the committee has written to the metro’s […]
# The University of KwaZulu-Natal says the recently held inaugural KwaZulu-Natal Blind Cricket Ladies Team training camp was a major step forward for disability sport, gender equity, and cricket development in South Africa. This ground-breaking initiative was spearheaded by the KwaZulu-Natal Association of Blind Cricket and saw enthusiastic participation from women across the province, marking the […]
# The Public Servants Association says reports that the South African Social Security Agency is suffering from a 62-percent-vacancy rate are concerning. SASSA confirmed that it is facing a critical staff shortage, with less than 50-percent of permanent positions filled in local offices. PSA’s Claude Naiker says this staff shortage is impacting the provision of professional […]
# The Freedom Front Plus in Gauteng says it views Emfuleni Municipality’s decision to apply to have more of its Eskom debt written off as political theatrics aimed at the 2026 local government elections. The municipality owed the power utility eight-billion-rand, but after applying for the debt relief programme, Treasury wrote off two-billion-rand of this […]
# Government has condemned all forms of violence in schools, which it says undermines learning, safety, and the future of children. Last week, a Gauteng school principal was stabbed while trying to break up a fight between learners from West Ridge High and Hoërskool Roodepoort. In Klerksdorp, North West, several pupils from Hoër Tegniese Skool […]
