# The George Municipality in the Western Cape says disaster teams are on standby as another cold front is expected. The South African Weather Service says a cold front is expected to slip south of the country by Wednesday morning. This will introduce cold to very cold daytime temperatures in places over the interior of […]
# Cosatu says even though graduate unemployment has increased, Statistics SA has found that those with a tertiary education fare better in the labour market than those with a matric or less education. Graduate unemployment in quarter one of this year increased to 11.7-percent from 8.7-percent compared to the same period last year. Cosatu’s spokesperson, […]
# The DA in Gauteng says residents in East Johannesburg suburbs have suffered 144 power outages since January last year, due to failures at the Observatory and Bellevue substations. About 100-thousand people are affected in Observatory, Yeoville, Bellevue, Cyrildene, Bruma, Dewetshof, Bez Valley, Kensington, Malvern, and surrounding suburbs. The DA’s Jack Bloom says according to […]
# ActionSA says it is appalled by the revelations that the Gauteng Department of Education is transferring debt burdens to schools. Many non-fee-paying schools across the province are facing the threat of having their electricity and water cut off. This as the department has abruptly reversed its 2024 decision to cover utility bills. ActionSA’s John […]
# Minister of Human Settlements, Thembi Simelane, will from today embark on a three-day visit to the Eastern Cape following floods which claimed the lives of 90 people. The minister will meet with the provincial and municipal leadership to deliberate on the necessary response, required interventions and work that has been done to assist flood […]
# Twelve passengers were killed when a truck and a bus collided head-on on the R34 Road near Vryheid in KwaZulu-Natal last night. Both drivers of the bus and the truck survived the crash and are in the hospital. Provincial Transport and Human Settlements spokesperson, Ndabezinhle Sibiya, says they are establishing facts around reports that […]
# National police commissioner Fannie Masemola has announced that before the end of this month, police will be advertising the recruitment of five-thousand-500 police trainees to join its ranks. He says their training will commence between January and February next year. Masemola says they have increased the age limit to join the police to 35 in line […]
# Police minister Senzo Mchunu has expressed concern about the increasing taxi violence in the country. He was speaking in Pretoria today during an announcement about significant changes to enhance service delivery within the SAPS. Mchunu says they want to send a warning to the taxi industry, not to sustain it through violence and non-compliance. They also […]
# National police commissioner Fannie Masemola says from 2018 to 2023, more than 57-thousand police officers have progressed to higher ranks. Masemola briefed the nation on human resources related priorities within the police in Pretoria. He says for this financial year, they are considering progressing ten-thousand constables and sergeants that are more than eleven years in their […]
