# Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has welcomed the renewed rail devolution commitments in the draft National Rail Masterplan released for public comment by Transport minister Barbara Creecy. The plan outlines an ambitious two-trillion-rand vision for repositioning South Africa’s underperforming rail sector as the backbone of the country’s logistics and transport system by 2050. Hill-Lewis says […]
# The Gauteng Roads and Transport Department says it is continuing to intensify its road safety enforcement through high-impact stop-and-search operations. In the week of 20 to 26 of this month, over 100 minibus taxis were discontinued. The department’s spokesperson, Lesiba Mpya, says enforcement efforts also targeted operators’ behaviour, issuing more than 900 manual and 772 […]
# A total of 15-thousand-367 suspects were arrested in nationwide police operations between the 20th and 26th of this month. The arrests include 284 alleged drug dealers and two-thousand-241 suspects for possession of drugs, with the highest number of arrests recorded in the Western Cape. Police spokesperson, Vincent Mukhathi, says they continue to record significant […]
# The City of Tshwane has strongly condemned the circulation of false and misleading information regarding the distribution of Expanded Public Works Programme application forms. Individuals are falsely claiming to represent the metro and are directing residents to collect EPWP forms from an alleged Soulbent Project Office in Saulsville. Mayoral committee member for Community and Social Development Services, […]
# The GOOD Party says Basic Education minister, Siviwe Gwarube, should be applauded for her quick response by asking the National Treasury to investigate alleged irregularities in the 1.6-billion-rand textbook procurement. A News24 report showed Lighthouse Publishers received a quarter of the tender to produce new materials. GOOD’s secretary general, Brett Herron, says the company […]
# The DA has expressed concern at the state of governance at South African Airways. Last week, the Auditor-General warned that the state-owned airline could face closure within the next 12 months if mounting financial and operational pressures are not addressed. SAA received 38-billion-rand from the fiscus between 2018 and 2024. The DA’s Chris Hunsinger […]
# The City of Cape Town’s enforcement agencies arrested 338 suspects in the past week, and of those, at least 108 were caught driving under the influence of alcohol, which is one of the highest counts so far this year. Public Emergency Communication Centre dispatched assistance to a total of one-thousand-820 incidents. Mayoral committee member […]
# The DA in Tshwane is requesting an investigation into Defenders of the People councillor Rufus Mphahlele, who serves as the Section 79 Housing Committee chairperson. In a leaked voice recording, Mphahlele allegedly states that a businessman who donated over 300-thousand-rand to his party was later assisted in securing a city tender. The DA’s Dana Wannenburg says he further claims to have fought for the […]
# Union federation Cosatu says government’s extended fuel levy relief for May and June is a positive step forward. This is to cushion consumers from the international oil price spike and the fiscal pressures facing the country. Cosatu’s Matthew Parks says more relief may be needed if the Middle East conflict continues. He says they fear […]
