# The DA in Gauteng has expressed concern about the growing water crisis in the province. Rand Water’s Vlakfontein reservoir is running low, threatening supply to Benoni, Daveyton and Etwatwa. In Johannesburg, communities supplied by the Commando system experience repeated interruptions. In Tshwane, Bronkhorstspruit’s residents cannot use their tap water due to contamination. The DA’s […]
# Union federation COSATU in Gauteng has strongly condemned the alleged rape of a nine-year-old Grade 4 learner by an educator at Busisiwe Primary School in Zola, Soweto. The accused educator handed himself over to the police on Wednesday and made his first appearance at the Protea Magistrate’s Court yesterday, where the matter was postponed […]
# Minister of Social Development, Dina Pule, has welcomed the commitments made by the minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, in the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement, relating to gender-based violence and femicide and strengthening social protection. Government will spend 3.8-billion-rand to recruit over three-thousand-500 social workers to strengthen the fight against GBVF. Social grants will continue […]
# The South African Local Government Association has welcomed the revised White Paper on Local Government, calling it a landmark milestone for reforming the country’s municipal system and restoring public trust. The White Paper lays the foundation for far-reaching legislative, institutional and financial reform of the entire local government system. SALGA deputy president Xola Pakati says […]
# Government has launched an investigation into reported cases of gastrointestinal illness affecting 111 people at Rhodes University in Makhanda and 23 inmates at St Albans Correctional Centre in Nelson Mandela Bay, Eastern Cape. Those affected are experiencing symptoms including severe abdominal cramps, diarrhoea, vomiting and dehydration. Department of Water and Sanitation’s spokesperson Wisane Mavasa says […]
# Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, says South Africa is working to turn China’s zero-tariff treatment for African countries into increased exports, local manufacturing and job creation. China introduced the unilateral preference scheme, which provides duty-free market access for 100-percent of products, with the exception of 47 tariff lines subject to tariff-rate quotas, […]
# Standard Bank says the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement sends a positive signal on fiscal stability, infrastructure investment and increasing private-sector participation. Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana reaffirmed that public debt is now declining and pointed to an infrastructure pipeline of approximately 217-billion-rand through the Infrastructure Fund. The bank’s Umesh Madhav says the real measure […]
# Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya says they are prioritising the protection of communities affected by the gastrointestinal illness outbreak, while accelerating rehabilitation work at the Bronkhorstspruit Water Treatment Works. This comes as the number of confirmed cases has risen to 433, with the outbreak affecting communities including Bronkhorstspruit, Zithobeni, Dark City, Rethabiseng and Sokhulumi. Moya says […]
# KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Thulasizwe Buthelezi, has removed Mandeni Local Municipality councillor Caroline Mthembu from office with immediate effect. The decision follows the conclusion of an investigation into allegations of misconduct against Mthembu. The department’s spokesperson, Siboniso Mngadi, says that after considering the findings and recommendations contained in the investigator’s […]
