# Rugby: The City of Cape Town is rolling out an expanded free park and ride service on Saturday when the Mother City will host the Springboks as they face Australia in their second Rugby Championship match at the Cape Town Stadium. Mayoral committee member for Safety and Security, JP Smith, says the free MyCiTi […]
# Today is World Mosquito Day, a day to raise awareness of the dangers posed by mosquito-borne diseases, and the ongoing efforts to combat the world’s deadliest creature. This year’s theme is Accelerating the Fight Against Malaria for a More Equitable World. Mosquito-borne diseases kill more than one-million people and infect up to 700-million each […]
# The DA in Gauteng is calling on Roads and Transport MEC, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, to work with the Department of Community Safety and the police to curb lawlessness in the taxi industry. Last week, an e-hailing driver was shot and burnt inside his car, while two others sustained injuries at the Maponya Mall in Soweto. The […]
# The City of Tshwane says it has managed to reach its annual title deeds target in Soshanguve. The annual target was set at two-thouand-500, and the metro has been able to hand over two-thousand-632 title deeds. Tshwane’s Housing and Human Settlements spokesperson, Samkelo Mgobozi, says residents continue to be urged to refrain from selling […]
# Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya says they continue to make progress in the illumination of communities as recorded at the weekly service delivery war-room. There have been 91-thousand-581 lights fixed across the metro. Moya’s spokesperson, Zintle Mahlati, says many of the streetlights in the metro are vandalised through theft, which increases the service delivery backlog:
# Three suspects were killed in a shootout with Hawks officers in Mamelodi, Pretoria, yesterday evening. One AR rifle and two pistols were recovered. Hawks spokesperson, Christopher Singo, says members of the Hawks Tactical Operation Management Section received information about a group of suspects who were allegedly in possession of illegal firearms in Stoffelpark extension […]
# National police commissioner Fannie Masemola has directed the deployment of Western Cape Serious Violent Crime investigators to track down and arrest all the suspects involved in the brazen attack on three members of Parliament in Philippi, Cape Town. The chairperson of Parliament’s portfolio committee on Police, Ian Cameron, and two of his DA colleagues […]
# Africa’s fastest and most feared snakes can be a key player in tracking pollution, while at the same time keeping ecosystems healthy. This is according to new research from the University of the Witwatersrand. The study, conducted on snakes captured in Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, has revealed that heavy metals such as lead, arsenic, cadmium […]
# The University of Johannesburg has moved nine places in the 2025 UniRank Top 200 Universities on Facebook. The university has risen from 61st globally in 2024 to 52nd this year. UJ’s digital platforms have become a direct extension of the university’s 2035 strategic plan. The university’s Social Media and Marketing Projects Manager, Michelle Radikariki, […]
