# The Eastern Cape’s Walter Sisulu University has launched its Toastmasters Club, a significant milestone in its commitment to producing confident, articulate and career-ready graduates. Toastmasters is an international programme designed to help individuals improve their public speaking, communication and leadership skills through practice and feedback. WSU’s Khanyisa Mbali says it is very important to […]
# Two wanted suspects were killed in a shootout with KwaZulu-Natal police officers in Inanda yesterday evening. The suspects were wanted for the murder of a police officer, attempted murder, and a string of armed robberies. Police spokesperson, Robert Netshiunda, says they followed up on intelligence regarding the whereabouts of the suspects, which led them […]
# Gauteng police is monitoring the area around Pharoe Park, in Germiston, Ekurhuleni, following yesterday’s eviction protest. Residents blocked the entrances to streets with rubble and burning tyres in an attempt to prevent officials from evicting them. Police spokesperson, Thabiso Makgato, says they were executing a court order relating to evictions of unlawful occupants in the […]
# The City of Cape Town’s energy teams attended to more than nine-thousand-800 streetlight repairs over July, out of a total of approximately 35-thousand electricity-related service requests. Parow, Goodwood, Mitchells Plain, Gugulethu, Wynberg and Muizenberg experienced the highest number of streetlight-related repairs with over seven-thousand-200 combined cases. Mayoral committee member for Energy, Xanthea Limberg, says the […]
# The DA in the Western Cape has welcomed the provincial Department of Education’s decision to expand the School of Skills curriculum to more schools. This curriculum offers learners practical, vocational training that better prepares them for the job market, further studies, and entrepreneurship. The DA’s Leon van Wyk says currently there are seven-thousand-676 learners enrolled in technical high school subjects, which is an increase of one-thousand-220 from last […]
# The University of Pretoria raised 620-thousand-rand as part of its inaugural Giving Month campaign in July. The campaign received support from various organisations, including the Pretoria-based Bulls and Bulls Daisies rugby teams. The UP Giving Month culminated in a Food Pack-a-Thon on the Hatfield Campus, where hundreds of volunteers donated more than two-thousand-600 non-perishable […]
# The DA in Gauteng says the Merafong Municipality has wasted four-million-rand on a draft organisational structure that does not comply with the Municipal Staff Regulations of 2021. The assessment was issued in an interim review by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. The DA’s Ina Cilliers says the department states that the municipality’s […]
# The City of Tshwane says it has been notified by Magalies Water about a planned water shutdown at the Themba Water Treatment Plant, Renstown Reservoir and Tower today. The shutdown will be from 7am until 5pm. The metro’s spokesperson, Lindela Mashigo, says the team will carry out the installation of a flow meter. He […]
# Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, will today conduct an oversight visit to two major road rehabilitation projects, in Irene, Tshwane and in Midrand, Johannesburg. The purpose of the visit is to assess the work currently underway and the current state of the projects. The department’s spokesperson, Lesiba Mpya, says the Road P122 rehabilitation project […]
