# Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Blade Nzimande, is leading a South African delegation to the 19th Pujiang Innovation Forum in Shanghai, China, which gets underway today and runs until Monday. The Forum takes place in the context of the upgraded bilateral relationship between South Africa and China. The department’s spokesperson, Veli Mbele, says […]
# The City of Tshwane is urging residents to come forward and collect their outstanding title deeds and take an important step towards securing legal ownership of their homes. The metro currently holds four-thousand-792 uncollected title deeds across its seven regions. Mayoral committee member for Human Settlements, Aaron Maluleka, says this represents significant progress from […]
# Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa, says the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Local Government Elections 2026 is intensifying preparations for the November elections. He met with the committee to assess progress, strengthen coordination and make the necessary preparations for the work ahead. A total of 546 registered parties will contest the elections. […]
# The City of Johannesburg has issued an urgent public warning to residents and property owners following an escalation in sophisticated fraudulent schemes targeting municipal account holders. Scammers impersonating City, Johannesburg Water, and City Power officials or contractors are approaching residents through fake emails, SMSs, telephone calls and door-to-door visits. The city’s spokesperson, Poppy Louw […]
# The DA says the ANC-led Tshwane government is celebrating so-called financial recovery based on unaudited financial statements unavailable to the public. Spokesperson Jacqui Uys says firefighting vehicles have been repossessed because of non-payment, while water leaks are escalating and water losses have reached 48-percent. She says residents do not experience financial recovery through unaudited spreadsheets, […]
# The City of Tshwane says several areas in parts of Babelegi and surrounding areas are facing a planned water interruption today. This is due to the critical maintenance of a mechanical component currently underway on the Magalies Water supply system. The metro’s spokesperson, Lindela Mashigo, says this maintenance work is expected to last until […]
# Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero is calling on residents to report illegal electricity connections and help protect electricity infrastructure. The metro’s electricity losses are estimated at around 29-percent, with non-technical losses largely associated with illegal connections, meter tampering, electricity theft and unmetered consumption. Morero says the impact of electricity theft extends beyond the financial losses […]
# The DA says Home Affair’s current digital transformation shows the department is overcoming its historical association with queues, system failures and inefficiency. Minister Leon Schreiber is attending a congress in Dubai this week, showcasing his department’s rapidly accelerating digital transformation. The DA’s Adrian Roos says Home Affairs has embarked on an ambitious programme to […]
# The National Union of Mineworkers says it rejects the gradual privatisation and liberalisation of the country’s electricity grid. President Cyril Ramaphosa has approved the Eskom Restructuring Task Team phase one report, as government looks to establish an independent transmission system operator. NUM’s spokesperson, Livhuwani Mammburu, says transferring transmission assets away from Eskom risks fragmentation, […]
