# The GOOD Party says the DA’s controversial attempt to turn the Jive Cape Town Funny Festival into a party-political fundraiser has been cancelled. The festival received 600-thousand-rand in public sponsorship from the City of Cape Town, a violation of the Events Policy, which strictly prohibits public funds being used to support political parties. The GOOD’s, Jonathan […]
# Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya has committed to approving an agriculture strategy in partnership with the agricultural business sector. The mayor recently convened an engagement with stakeholders from the agricultural, food, and beverage sectors to chart a new path for inclusive growth, sustainability, and innovation in the agriculture sector. Moya’s spokesperson, Zintle Mahlati, says they […]
# The City of Tshwane has set up WhatsApp channels, which will provide immediate access to service delivery information in all its 7 regions. The channels will be administered by regional officials and the metro’s communication practitioners. Mayor Nasiphi Moya’s spokesperson, Zintle Mahlati, says the channels are not intended to be used for political messaging, and are […]
# The EFF Youth Command has condemned the murder of 14-year-old Likhona Fose, a Grade 8 learner from Ikusasalethu Secondary School in Braamfischerville, Gauteng. She was reported missing by her family on Saturday when she did not return home. Her mutilated body was found in a veld not far from her home in Roodepoort on […]
# The DA in the Western Cape says it reaffirms its call for the devolution of certain policing powers to the City of Cape Town Metro Police Service and law enforcement authorities in the province. This comes after six people were shot and killed in Wesbank gang violence over the last three weeks. The DA’s, […]
# The Eastern Cape Health Department has adopted the use of the Central Supplier Database quotation system, which has been developed by the National Treasury. The CSD serves as the source of all supplier information for all spheres of government. The department’s spokesperson, Sizwe Kupelo, says this new system will help reduce duplication of effort and […]
# FNB senior economist, Koketso Mano, says with harvesting of summer crops in full swing, the latest fuel cut will boost farmers’ profitability as it accounts for almost 13-percent of input costs in grain production. Both grades of petrol have gone down by five cents a litre. Motorists are also now paying 37-cents less for diesel […]
# The DA says the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development has failed to process existing claims despite having had the legal framework, time, and funding to do so. To date, over 52-billion-rand has been spent on land restitution. The DA’s, Sonja Boshoff, says more than five-thousand-700 land claims lodged before the original 1998 […]
# The City of Tshwane has welcomed the breakthrough in the ongoing investigation into the illegal transfer of about 11-million-rand into fraudulent municipal accounts. A former director and accountant within the metro, Tienka Abbort, who has been evading arrest in connection with this matter, was recently apprehended and appeared before the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on […]
