# The City of Cape Town’s Walking and Cycling Strategy has recently been approved by Council. The municipality’s Urban Mobility Directorate seeks to, over time, reposition walking and cycling as safe, accessible, sustainable and primary modes of transport in Cape Town. Mayoral committee member for Urban Mobility, Rob Quintas says this long-term strategy supports the […]
# The National Institute For Communicable Diseases is calling for heightened awareness against rabies. Rabies is a viral disease transmitted primarily through the saliva of infected animals. The Institue’s doctor Vuyiswa Khumalo says most human rabies cases are linked to dog bites, and the disease is almost always fatal once symptoms appear. She says rabies remains a […]
Eskom says the diesel expenditure is still within budget for the current financial year. Eskom spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena says year-to-date, the power utility spent approximately 3.11-billion-rand on fuel for the open-cycle gas turbine fleet, generating over 520-gigawatt-hour. She says diesel usage is expected to decline further as more units return from long-term repairs and maintenance activities are […]
# The ATM has strongly condemned what it calls the ANC/DA coalition’s latest act of betrayal against the people of South Africa. Communications and Digital Technologies minister, Solly Malatsi announced that government will ease the 30-percent Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment requirement to facilitate the entry of Elon Musk’s Starlink into the South African market. ATM’s […]
# The civil rights organisation, AfriForum has welcomed the South African government’s proposal issued in the Government Gazette for the easing of racial criteria for satellite service companies, such as Starlink, as contained in the broad-based black economic empowerment licencing requirements. The organisation’s Ernst van Zyl says AfriForum has been a major player in the fight to remove the strict […]
# The DA is calling on police and the Department of Correctional Services to offer a public reward for information that can lead to the rearrest of Me-Kayle Timmie and Mikyle Mentoor who went missing at the Pollsmoor Correctional Centre in the Western Cape. The DA’s Nicholas Gotsell says rather than owning up to systemic failures, the department now […]
# Eskom says the power system is stable and demonstrated resilience as a cold front hit some parts of the country this week. Eskom spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena says system constraints remain and adequate emergency reserves are in place and strategically deployed to support demand during winter periods. She says a total five-thousand-760-megawatts of generation capacity is expected to […]
# ActionSA Women’s Forum says unregulated, fly-by-night childcare facilities continue to operate without the necessary certification or adherence to safety standards in the country. The forum’s Modiehi Mashaba says the tragic loss of four children in a fire in Mayfair, Johannesburg on Monday highlights the systemic failure to protect children from unsafe environments. She says […]
# KwaZulu-Natal police have launched a manhunt in search of two suspects who shot and killed four people at a house at Mzomusha area in Dundee on Friday evening. Police spokesperson, Robert Netshiunda says two male victims, aged 31 and 35, were outside the house when two suspects arrived and opened fire at them. He […]
