# Civic organisation Soil of Africa is calling for a comprehensive reform of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme. An investigation by the Public Protector has found more than 40-thousand students were improperly funded at a cost of approximately 5.1-billion-rand. The students were spread across 76 higher education institutions. The organisation’s spokesperson, Luzuko Sofute, says the […]
# The City of Cape Town says it is aiming to forge strong public-private partnerships for more affordable housing. Land parcels with a yield of over 14-thousand affordable units are currently in the active land release pipeline or project packaging stage. This is worth an estimated 26-billion-rand in private sector development capital. Mayoral committee member […]
# The Midvaal Local Municipality says the completed Savanna City Substation will increase electricity capacity and improve distribution. The construction of the 49-million-rand project included the development of key electrical infrastructure in accordance with Eskom standards and specifications. Mayor Peter Teixeira says the project contributed to the local economy, creating at least 25 jobs during […]
# The GOOD Party in the Western Cape has welcomed the arrest of four suspects allegedly linked to an extortion ring, targeting more than 50 Somalian and Ethiopian business owners in Kayamandi and the broader Stellenbosch area. The four comprise three family members from Nyanga, a father and two sons, one of whom is a […]
# The DA in Tshwane has welcomed the investigation into a suspected meter-tampering syndicate. Two residents described to News24 almost identical approaches from a woman calling herself “Petunia”, who allegedly demanded 12-thousand-rand to make their 73-thousand-rand electricity tampering penalties disappear. The DA’s Jacqui Uys says they warned the metro five months ago, after residents approached […]
# The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department Tactical Response Unit arrested a high-profile male suspect in Lenasia South yesterday. TRU officers received credible information regarding a suspect linked to recent gang violence, specifically the shooting incident in Westbury over the past weekend that resulted in four fatalities. JMPD’s spokesperson Xolani Fihla says the suspect was found […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Higher Education and Training says the damning Public Protector report on the National Student Financial Aid Scheme is not entirely surprising, given the persistent governance, administrative and system challenges. According to the report, approximately 40-thousand students across 76 higher education institutions were found to have been improperly funded to the […]
# The City of Cape Town has added 418-thousand jobs over the current local government term, more than the next four largest metros combined: Johannesburg, eThekwini, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni. This is according to Statistics South Africa’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey data from quarter one 2022 to the latest quarter two 2026. Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says […]
# Union federation Cosatu says it supports the South African National Petroleum Company Bill as it could help unlock jobs in the gas, petroleum and energy sectors. The bill provides for the establishment of a state-owned company, giving effect to the Cabinet decision of 10 June 2020 to merge PetroSA, South African Gas Development Company […]
