# Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya says the metro’s capital budget has not kept pace with the scale of development. South Africa’s capital has secured commitments worth 86-billion-rand to help upgrade the metro, lift economic growth and create jobs. Moya says at the current pace of investment, it would take 36-years to fund the infrastructure that Tshwane […]
# eThekwini Municipality says a diverse group of local arts and craft small businesses have begun trading at the Galleria Heritage Pop-Up Market. This is a public-private collaboration between eThekwini and Galleria Mall, aimed at supporting small businesses through market access and visibility. This year’s market features more than a dozen local entrepreneurs, offering everything […]
# Eastern Cape Health MEC Ntandokazi Capa has called on law enforcement to act swiftly and find the armed suspects, who hijacked a delivery vehicle outside New Brighton Clinic in Gqeberha yesterday. The suspects held up the delivery team at gunpoint and fled with a private bakkie transporting Central Chronic Medicine Dispensing and Distribution packs. […]
# The GOOD Party is calling on the government to immediately remove all pre-qualification barriers to accessing the Social Relief of Distress grant. The party says the South African Social Security Agency continues to delay or deny SRD payments, even to approved beneficiaries, due to technical barriers such as unverified banking details or pending identity […]
# Johannesburg Water says it will invest more than 800-million-rand in sustainable solutions to address ongoing challenges with its Commando system infrastructure. The system lacks adequate reservoirs, bulk lines and pump stations, making it extremely vulnerable to service interruptions. The Commando system supplies water to communities, including Brixton and Crosby. Johannesburg Water says it has […]
# The DA is calling on minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, to table the long-promised Whistleblower Protections Bill in Parliament without delay. The party’s Glynnis Breytenbach says the brutal murder of Bouwer van Niekerk, shot dead at his law firm while working to expose corruption, has confirmed that South Africans are now […]
# The GOOD Party says there is no proper plan in Cape Town to deal with gang violence. Eighty-one-percent of all murders in the province occur within the City of Cape Town. Gang-related murders continue to drive violence, making up one in five killings. GOOD’s secretary general, Brett Herron, says that over a year since […]
# The South African government has expressed concern about the indiscriminate attacks on civilians emanating from a Russian attack, which killed pensioners in the village of Yarova, in Eastern Ukraine. The Russian airstrike on Yarova in the Donetsk province killed 24 people and injured 19. Department of International Relations and Cooperation’s spokesperson, Chrispin Phiri, says […]
# Saftu has expressed deep concern over the persistently sluggish and unsustainable economic growth in the second quarter of this year. SAFTU’s spokesperson, Asive Dyani says gross domestic product has revealed that the economy recorded a measly 0.8-percent growth, mining rose by 3.7-percent and trade by 1.7-percent. She says this stagnation stems from the government’s refusal […]
