# Taxi organisations CATA and CODETA have pledged to end long-standing violence over route disputes in Cape Town. The two organisations met at the Nyanga taxi rank. CODETA chairperson Nceba Enge says the agreement reflects a serious commitment to peace, while CATA chairperson Nkululeko Sityebi stressed differences must be resolved through dialogue and not violence. […]
# The Freedom Front Plus in Gauteng says the Emfuleni Municipality is dishonest by claiming allegations of raw sewage spilling into the Vaal River system are untrue. Municipal manager April Ntuli appeared in the Vereeniging Magistrate’s Court yesterday on seven charges of water pollution and violations of environmental laws. The party’s Gerda Senekal says the […]
# Die GOOD-party gaan voort om hom te beywer vir aanspreeklikheid in die gebouramp in George in die Wes-Kaap. Dis môre twee jaar sedert 34 mense dood en 28 beseer is toe ʼn ontwikkeling van vyf verdiepings ingetuimel het. Woordvoerder Chantelle Kyd sê die polisie-ondersoek is begin Februarie afgehandel en die dossier aan die Nasionale […]
# The GOOD Party continues to call for accountability for the George building collapse in the Western Cape. Tomorrow will mark two years since 34 people were killed and 28 injured when a five-storey development collapsed. GOOD’s Chantelle Kyd says the police investigation was completed at the beginning of February and the docket handed to […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus vra die Stad Tshwane om aandag te skenk aan die kritieke tekort aan vaardige personeel in sy Energie- en Elektrisiteitsafdeling. Die afdeling se koers vir die herstel van foute het tot slegs 37-persent gedaal, met meer as 12-duisend tegniese klagtes wat nog aandag moet ontvang en langer as 90 dae gelede […]
# The Freedom Front Plus is calling on the City of Tshwane to address the critical shortage of skilled personnel within the Department of Energy and Electricity. The department’s completion rate for power faults has dropped to just 37-percent, with more than 12-thousand technical requests outstanding for longer than 90 days. FF Plus’s Nick Pascoe […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse Rampbestuursentrum het die provinsie op ʼn hoë gereedheid-basis geplaas ná ʼn oranje vlak 8-weerskawing vir ontwrigtende reën uitgereik is. ʼn Sterk afsny-laagdrukstelsel sal die provinsie na verwagting teen vanmiddag tref. Die sentrum se woordvoerder, Colin Deiner, sê volgens die voorspelling sal die Tuinroete die swaarste getref word met reënval van 150 tot […]
# The Western Cape Disaster Management Centre has placed the province on high alert, following an Orange Level 8 warning for disruptive rainfall. An intense cut-off low-pressure system is expected to affect the province this afternoon. The centre’s Colin Deiner says the forecast predicts that the Garden Route District will bear the brunt of the […]
# AfriForum sê die onlangse diefstal van wapens by die Lyttelton-weermagbasis in Pretoria beklemtoon weereens die staat se versuim om wapens veilig te bewaar. Minstens drie R4-gewere en ʼn granaat-lanseerder is gesteel toe diewe ʼn gat in die omheining geknip het om toegang tot die perseel te kry. Jacques Broodryk van AfriForum sê dis duidelik […]