# President Cyril Ramaphosa says increasing the competitiveness of South African industries will continue to depend on reliable enabling infrastructure in energy and logistics. He delivered the keynote address at the 30th Anniversary of the South 32 Hillside Smelter in KwaZulu-Natal yesterday evening. In the last ten years, the Hillside Aluminium smelter has contributed around 35-billion-rand […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus het kommer uitgespreek oor die Stad Tshwane se versoek om ‘n verdere 1,5-miljard-rand in debiteure as ongemagtigde uitgawes af te skryf. Die afgelope 12 maande het die metro byna ses-miljard-rand van sy skuldlas as fiktief of onherwinbaar verklaar. Die VF Plus sê as rekeningkundige truuks gebruik moet word om miljarde uit […]
# Die Tuinroete-distriksmunisipaliteit sê die fokus is op die opspoor van vasgekeerde of ontheemde mense, aangesien weerwaarskuwings vir die streek van vlak agt na vlak ses afgegradeer is. Daar bestaan kommer oor die Knysna-, Bitou-, George- en Oudtshoorn-gebiede. Volgens die munisipaliteit se brandweerhoof, Deon Stoffels, is ongeveer 76 mense in De Vlugt in die munisipale […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile says work to stabilise the Ditsobotla Local Municipality in North West is ongoing, and progress has been made in addressing service delivery concerns. The municipality faces challenges related to inadequate water and sanitation services, unreliable electricity supply, and poor road infrastructure. He visited the municipality yesterday, as part of the government’s […]
# The Freedom Front Plus has expressed concerns about the City of Tshwane’s request to write off a further 1.5-billion-rand in debtors as unauthorised expenditure. In the past 12 months, the metro has recognised nearly six-billion-rand of its debt burden as fictitious or uncollectable. The FF Plus says that if accounting tricks must be employed […]
# The Garden Route District Municipality says the focus is on locating trapped or displaced people, as weather warnings for the region have been downgraded from level eight to level six. Areas of particular concern remain the Knysna, Bitou, George, and Oudtshoorn areas. According to the municipality’s Fire Chief, Deon Stoffels, approximately 76 people are stranded in […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse Rampbestuursentrum sê damvlakke het skerp gestyg ná swaar reën, met verskeie damme wat tans oorloop. Sekere damme in die Tuinroete en die Sentrale Karoo het binne ure vanaf lae vlakke tot meer as 100-persent gestyg, wat kommer veroorsaak oor moontlike oorstromings stroomaf. Colin Deiner van die sentrum sê die vinnige styging ná […]
# Die verhoor van sakeman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala en sy medebeskuldigde sal op 20 Julie in die Johannesburgse Hooggeregshof begin. Matlala en vier ander beskuldigdes staan tereg op 25 aanklagte, insluitend verskeie aanklagte van poging tot moord wat verband hou met verskeie beweerde skietvoorvalle tussen 2022 en 2024. Magaboke Mohlatlole van die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag sê […]
# The Western Cape Disaster Management Centre says dam levels have risen sharply following heavy rainfall, with several dams now exceeding full capacity. Some dams in the Garden Route and Central Karoo rose from low levels to over 100-percent within hours, raising concerns about possible downstream flooding. The centre’s Colin Deiner says the rapid increase, […]
