# The Freedom Front Plus has strongly objected to the City of Tshwane’s intention to approach the Court of Appeal, in a bid to retain the right to bill residents for the controversial cleansing levy of 194.37-rand per month. In July, the High Court in Pretoria ruled against the levy, declaring it unlawful, invalid and […]
# FNB chief economist Mamello Matikinca-Ngwenya says the FNB/BER consumer confidence index retreated from negative-ten to negative-13 in the third quarter of this year. She says the decline in the overall index to negative-13 means that consumer sentiment moved even further south of the average index reading of negative-one since 1994. Matikinca-Ngwenya says this is […]
# Free Market Foundation CEO, David Ansara says South Africa’s economic freedom ranking is disappointing, but not surprising. He says according to the foundation and Canada’s Fraser Institute 2025 annual report, South Africa ranks 83rd out of 165 countries and territories. Ansara says people living in countries with high levels of economic freedom enjoy greater prosperity, […]
# A total of 95 illegally erected structures were demolished at Mabopane Station during an enforcement operation. Tshwane Metro Police spokesperson, Isaac Mahamba says all structures were demolished in accordance with the city’s by-laws. He says the public is urged to follow the guidelines whenever they wish to extend or put up structures, doing so without permission […]
# The civil rights organisation Cape Forum says the country’s Khoi and San groups must begin to act in ways that will put an end to the mockery that is being made of them over, among other things, mutual disputes over positions and traditions. Cape Forum chairperson, Heindrich Wyngaard, says that if the Khoi and San groups […]
# The Gauteng MEC of Roads and Transport, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, says the Gauteng Transport Inspectorate will continue to deal with widespread non-compliant practices on the provincial roads. Last week, the inspectorate issued a total of two-thousand-886 infringement notices and one-thousand- 886 through the e-force electronic system. The department’s spokesperson, Lesiba Mpya, says this is part of the province’s broader […]
# Tshwane District police have demolished 176 illegal structures in Rietgat and Loate during a well-coordinated Integrated Governmental Law Enforcement Operation earlier this week. This follows concerns raised by community members about illegal, informal structures erected on public land, obstructing pedestrian movement, and creating an environment conducive to criminal activity. Police spokesperson, Johan van Dyk, […]
# The City of Cape Town says the Potsdam Wastewater Treatment Works in Milnerton has reached 60-percent completion. Currently one of the Western Cape’s largest infrastructure projects at a cost of 5.2-billion-rand, construction began in April 2023 and is expected to be completed in late 2027. Mayoral committee member for Water and Sanitation, Zahid Badroodien, […]
# The Gauteng Health Department has confirmed that power supply has been restored at the Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital in Tshwane. A power outage linked to theft and vandalism of electricity infrastructure left several areas without power for over a week. The department’s spokesperson, Motalatale Modiba, says the facility had activated contingency measures and operated on backup generators […]
