# The City of Tshwane has informed residents that the annual swimming season for its free-standing public swimming pools has ended yesterday. The city’s spokesperson, Lindela Mashigo says despite encountering operational challenges, including a market shortage of liquid chlorine gas cylinders beyond the City’s control, the majority of public swimming pools remained accessible throughout the season. […]
# Roadrunning: The City Town metro says this weekend’s Two Oceans Marathon is set to host over 30-thousand runners across its flagship events. On Saturday, the ultra marathon will take runners on its iconic 56-kilometre journey. Mayoral committee member for Safety and Security, JP Smith says the route for Sunday’s half marathon over 21.1-kilometre route will […]
# The City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Directorate says residents of Imizamo Yethu in Hout Bay are benefiting from a 1.8-million-rand investment in an upgraded sanitation service. During the past nine-months, the directorate has installed more than three-thousand-600 toilets across the metro’s informal settlements. Mayoral committee member for Water and Sanitation, Zahid Badroodien, […]
# Limpopo’s Department of Transport and Community Safety continues to intensify law enforcement operations to ensure the safety of road users and compliance with transport regulations. Over the weekend, traffic officials discontinued the operation of a bus travelling from Zimbabwe with 51 passengers after it was found to be unroadworthy. The department’s spokesperson, Mashudu Mabata, […]
# The Gauteng Department of Health is coordinating the safe and clinically supervised relocation of about 200 mental health patients from the Talisman Foundation in Johannesburg. This comes after the property was put up for sale, with vacating required by 14 May. The department’s Kealeboga Mohajane says a task team will manage individual assessments, find […]
# The Public Servants Association says the South African Revenue Service must be congratulated on surpassing its revenue target for the first time in three decades. SARS has passed the two-trillion-rand mark in net revenue collection for the 2025/2026 financial year, raking in a record 2,010-rand trillion-rand. The improved revenue collections result is 24.7-billion-rand higher […]
# Western Cape premier Alan Winde has condemned the gang-related fatal shooting of three people in two separate incidents in Mitchells Plain yesterday. Two men aged 20 and 22 were killed at the Hazeldene taxi rank, while five others, including a six-year-old child, were injured. In the second incident, a 26-year-old woman was gunned down […]
# Forum for South Africa is calling for a full and uncompromising investigation into the broader criminal network linked to suspended police sergeant Fannie Nkosi of the Gauteng Organised Crime Unit. He faces multiple charges after police found firearms, cash and six undetected case dockets at his home last week. FOSA leader, Tebogo Mashilompane, says […]
# The DA in Gauteng says it is alarmed over the slow progress of capital projects in the Emfuleni municipality, while money is being used poorly and residents are simply not seeing the results. Six out of 23 projects remain only halfway done, including the upgrading of the Moshoeshoe Road. The DA’s Duncan Mthembu says […]
