# The City of Tshwane is calling on business owners and residents to comment on the new Informal Trading and Township Economy draft bylaw. The by-law’s primary goals include promoting social and economic development, ensuring a safe and healthy environment for trading, and establishing better control over informal trading. Mayoral committee member for Economic Development […]
# City Power has strongly condemned the growing misuse of social media by individuals spreading unverified and damaging allegations against authorised personnel and contractors. In a recent incident, a picture of an identification card of technician Sydney Maluleke was circulated across WhatsApp groups. City Power’s spokesperson, Isaac Mangena, says the accompanying message falsely accused Maluleke of unlawfully […]
# The GOOD Party says it has written to the Stellenbosch Municipal Manager in the Western Cape, to urgently address critical infrastructure upgrades at the Jamestown Cemetery. The party recently conducted an oversight visit to the cemetery, where it found serious stormwater drainage issues. GOOD’s, Marius van Stade, says flooding caused by inadequate infrastructure is […]
# The City of Cape Town’s Community, Arts and Culture Development Department says it has assisted 170 early childhood development centres to improve safety and compliance. The department has also trained over 800 ECD staffers in disaster risk and mental health matters this year. Mayoral committee member for Community Services and Health, Francine Higham, says […]
# The DA in the Western Cape says it rejects the ANC’s latest attempt to politicise elderly care. The party’s, Wendy Kaizer-Philander, says it is astonishing that the ANC would presume to lecture on elderly care, given that during their tenure in the province, Social Development services collapsed. She says the ANC continues to fail the elderly in provinces […]
# A total of 328 suspects were arrested for various criminal offences in Sinoville and Kameeldrift in Tshwane during Operation Shanela on Thursday. Police spokesperson, Johan van Dyk, says the suspects were arrested for crimes ranging from gender-based violence-related cases, murder, attempted murder, armed robbery, and rape. He says a roadblock in Kameeldrift led to […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says Africa Day commemorates the great expectations that the leaders of a new, free Africa cherished some 60-years ago. Africa Day this year is being marked under the African Union’s theme, Justice for Africans and People of African Descent Through Reparations. The FF Plus’ Wynand Boshoff says the Organisation of African […]
# The University of the Witwatersrand’s Climate Risk Modelling project has been awarded a grant by the Bezos Earth Fund’s AI Grand Challenge for Climate and Nature. The approximately 925-thousand-rand phase one grant is to help lead the ground-breaking project, aimed at transforming weather forecasting across Africa. The project was selected for its potential to address […]
# The GOOD Party says the City of Cape Town is stripping struggling households of any meaningful ability to manage or reduce their utility costs. The party says in the 2024/2025 financial year, the metro is projecting a profit of R5.586-billion-rand from electricity sales. The GOOD Party’s, Anton Louw says now, the metro claims to […]
