# The City of Cape Town has set aside more than six-billion-rand over the next three years to upgrade electricity infrastructure and improve the reliability of power supply. The funding will be used to upgrade the electricity grid, expand clean energy projects, improve street lighting, strengthen energy security and reduce reliance on Eskom. Mayoral committee […]
# The Forum for South Africa says the permanent forfeiture of 325-million-rand in assets linked to alleged Tembisa Hospital fraud suspect Hangwani Morgan Maumela is a major step in the fight against corruption. The forum’s Tebogo Mashilompane believes more stolen assets must be recovered, and everyone involved in the scandal, including public officials, must be […]
# Toll road company Bakwena Platinum Corridor says motorists are already benefiting from improved traffic flow after the partial opening of a new dual carriageway section on the N4 between Marikana and Buffelspoort in Rustenburg in North West. The project forms part of the 37-kilometre N4 dualling upgrade aimed at improving safety, capacity and traffic […]
# The GOOD Party has asked the Public Protector for an investigation into the City of Cape Town’s handling of the proposed sale of the Good Hope Centre. The party alleges procedural irregularities, including the public disclosure of confidential bid information by mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis before bidders were formally notified. GOOD secretary-general Brett Herron says […]
# The Motor Industry Staff Association calls on the Gauteng and North West governments to urgently resolve the North West Transport Investments crisis and restore reliable public transport services. The union says many commuters in Hammanskraal remain stranded and relying on taxis, despite an earlier promise that buses would be available. MISA spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola […]
# KwaZulu-Natal Transport and Human Settlements MEC Siboniso Duma says road safety operations will be intensified. This after 36 schoolchildren were found travelling in an overloaded minibus taxi near Park Rynie on the first day of the new school term. Spokesperson Ndabezinhle Sibiya says the taxi was impounded and the driver, who was not carrying […]
# AfriForum says the government must urgently crack down on crime in the number plate industry to stop the spread of counterfeit and cloned number plates. The organisation says weak law enforcement has made it easier for criminals to commit offences and avoid detection. AfriForum’s Louis Boshoff welcomed the decision to delay the rollout of […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad het meer as ses-miljard-rand opsygesit om elektrisiteitsinfrastruktuur oor die volgende drie jaar op te gradeer en die betroubaarheid van kragvoorsiening te verbeter. Die geld sal gebruik word om die elektrisiteitsnetwerk op te gradeer, skoonenergieprojekte uit te brei, straatbeligting te verbeter, energiesekerheid te versterk en die afhanklikheid van Eskom te verminder. Die […]
# Die Forum for South Africa sê die permanente verbeurdverklaring van 325-miljoen-rand se bates wat met die beweerde Tembisa-hospitaalbedrogverdagte, Hangwani Morgan Maumela, verbind word, is ‘n belangrike stap in die stryd teen korrupsie. Tebogo Mashilompane van die Forum glo meer gesteelde bates moet teruggevind word, en almal wat by die skandaal betrokke is, insluitend openbare […]
