# The South African Police Service’s Basic Police Development Learning Programme recruitment application process is closing today. By yesterday, police had received more than 927-thousand applications, with over 527-thousand from young women. National police spokesperson, Athlenda Mathe, says Gauteng has brought in the most applications, followed by KwaZulu-Natal:
# The Public Servants Association is calling on the government to demonstrate leadership, transparency, and urgency in its response to the challenges outlined in the South African Reserve Bank’s 2024/2025 annual report. In the report, Governor Lesetja Kganyago stated that South Africa is entering a more fragmented and less growth-friendly global environment. PSA’s spokesperson, Claude […]
# The GOOD Party in the Western Cape has reiterated its call for the Council for the Built Environment report into the deadly George building collapse to be tabled before Council without further delay. Thirty-four people lost their lives and 28 others were seriously injured when a partially built five-storey building collapsed in May last year. […]
# Walter Sisulu University’s Student Chapter of the South African Association of Public Administration and Management has launched a donation drive to support families affected by the recent deadly Eastern Cape floods. A total of 103 people died and thousands were displaced in the June floods, with the OR Tambo and Amathole districts being the […]
# University of the Witwatersrand physicist professor, Andrew Forbes, and University of Cape Town paediatric neurosurgeon professor, Anthony Figaji, are the recipients of the 2.5-million-rand Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award. The prize rewards high-calibre scholars who are engaged in cutting-edge and internationally significant research. Research by Forbes could unlock the viability of quantum computing, while Figaji’s […]
# As part of the Nelson Mandela Charity Drive, City Power teams will be donating blankets, assisting with cleaning, and caring for the elderly at the Itlhokomeleng Home for the Aged and Disabled today. This forms part of Nelson Mandela International Day commemorations. City Power’s spokesperson, Isaac Mangena, says they are committed to making a […]
# The DA in the Western Cape has welcomed the continued prioritisation of housing for the poor by the provincial Department of Infrastructure. The department has invested more than 5.8-billion-rand in subsidies between 2020 and 2025, averaging over one-billion-rand per year, despite persistent budget cuts by the National Treasury. The DA’s Dirk Wessels says this investment supports critical […]
# With today being Nelson Mandela International Day, University of Pretoria’s vice-chancellor, professor Francis Petersen, is calling on everyone to join the institution in standing up against student hunger and financial exclusion. This year’s theme is, It’s still in our hands to combat poverty and inequity. Petersen says he believes former president Nelson Mandela would […]
# The Tshwane District Police is calling on road users, particularly taxi drivers, to obey the rules of the road. Twenty-two vehicles were impounded for contraventions of the Road Traffic Act in Sinoville and Kameeldrift during Operation Shanela yesterday. Police spokesperson, Johan van Dyk, says traffic officers also issued 260 Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences […]
