# As the City of Tshwane prepares to host the 2025 Urban20 Mayors’ Summit, mayor Nasiphi Moya is calling on residents to join the metro tree-planting campaign. This past weekend, 20 trees were planted at Bokamoso Care Centre in Ga-Rankuwa. The mayor’s spokesperson, Zintle Mahlati, says three years ago, South Africa committed to planting five-million trees in five-years […]
# Kay Mason Foundation has raised 12.5-million-rand at its recent inaugural Hummingbird Ball hosted in London. The funds will help young underprivileged South African children gain life-changing access to education, mentorship, and leadership development. The foundation’s CEO, Noëline de Goede, says they work to bridge the quality education opportunity gap by empowering young scholars from underserved […]
# The DA in the Western Cape says it is pleased that the provincial Department of Social Development is supporting the formation of a task team on older persons’ care, focused on five key priorities. These are advancing affordable care models, engaging stakeholders, raising public awareness, strengthening workforce development, and enhancing partnerships. The DA’s Wendy Kaizer-Philander says […]
# The City of Johannesburg has expressed alarm at the recent surge in fire-related incidents across the metro. On Monday, a house fire in Mayfair killed four young children. Johannesburg emergency services spokesperson, Robert Mulaudzi, says residents must be careful when using heating devices, including cooking devices and heaters, as colder winter weather approaches:
# The Gauteng Health Department has welcomed the 100-million-rand allocation from National Treasury to help tackle its ongoing challenges. The money is to support the department’s recapitalisation programme, which aims to refurbish and replace outdated critical equipment and machinery in hospitals. The department’s spokesperson, Motalatale Modiba, says an assessment of the current equipment and machinery […]
# The City of Tshwane has welcomed the commencement of the public participation process on the proposed lease land in Pretoria, widely known as the HB Philips Building. Mayoral committee member for Corporate and Shared Services, Kholofelo Morodi, says the HB Philips Building will anchor the July 2025 Property Summit, where over 30 high-value municipal assets will be advertised for […]
# The City of Cape Town has welcomed the life sentences handed down by the Western Cape High Court to the four people, who were convicted of the murders of Law Enforcement officers, Simtembile Nyangiwe and Jan Nieuwenhuys. The officers were shot dead in September 2019 while escorting officials who were upgrading an informal settlement […]
# The DA in Tshwane is demanding the immediate reinstatement of the unstructured supplementary service data application system for Expanded Public Works Programme applicants. The system was introduced to address several critical issues with the previous manual data-capturing process. The DA’s, Thabisile Vilakazi, says these include delays in data capturing due to limited capacity and […]
# The Freedom Front Plus in Gauteng has lodged a complaint with the Human Rights Commission against the Mogale City Municipality. This is for failing to address sewage spilling into a stormwater drain. FF Plus’, Amy Steyn, says that since November last year, sewage has been flowing from a manhole on the corner of Naudé […]
