# The High Court in Pretoria has heard that former Defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s Bruma home underwent extensive luxury renovations, including gold-leaf ceilings, underfloor heating and custom-made home decorations. Interior decorator Nomsa Shabangu testified that she received about 1.7-million-rand in cash over several years for the renovations and furnishings, which the state alleges were funded […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare vra die onmiddellike opskorting van die Inligtingsreguleerder se opdrag dat werknemers onmiddelik moet terugkeer werk toe. Die vakbond sê werknemers is gedwing om na die Woodmead-kantore terug te keer ondanks ‘n onopgeloste verbodskennisgewing van die Departement van Indiensneming en Arbeid. Woordvoerder Claude Naicker sê die reguleerder verontagsaam werkplek-veiligheidswette en versuim […]
# Die DA het ‘n mosie van sensuur ingedien teen die speaker van die Gautengse wetgewer, Morakane Mosupyoe, oor ‘n reis van 5,9-miljoen-rand na Venezuela in November verlede jaar. Woordvoerder Solly Msimanga sê die uitgawes was verkwistend en die reis van min waarde aangesien Brand South Africa die land reeds op die toerisme-geleentheid verteenwoordig het. […]
# The DA tabled a motion of censure against Gauteng Provincial Legislature Speaker Morakane Mosupyoe over a 5.9-million-rand trip to Venezuela in November 2025. The party’s Solly Msimanga alleges the expenditure was wasteful and the trip offered little value, as South Africa was already represented at the tourism event by Brand South Africa. He says […]
# The FF Plus has raised concerns over the City of Cape Town’s proposed municipal planning By-law amendments, saying it undermine transparency and meaningful public participation. The party’s Pieter Janse van Vuuren says the changes place an unfair burden on residents to monitor planning decisions and could limit the role of community organisations in objecting […]
# CapeNature honoured firefighters and field rangers who battled one of the Western Cape’s toughest wildfire seasons during an appreciation event in Velddrif yesterday. CEO Ashley Naidoo says crews responded to 107 wildfire incidents that burned more than 215-thousand-900 hectares, helping to protect communities, infrastructure, and biodiversity. Western Cape MEC for Local Government, Environmental Affairs, […]
# SANParks is celebrating the 60th anniversary of Augrabies Falls National Park in the Northern Cape, marking six decades of conserving one of South Africa’s most iconic natural landmarks. Proclaimed on 5 August 1966, the park protects a unique arid ecosystem, the 56-metre Augrabies Falls and an 18-kilometre granite gorge. SANParks’s JP Louw thanked employees, […]
# The Public Servants Association calls for the immediate suspension of the Information Regulator’s return-to-office directive, saying employees are being forced back to the Woodmead offices despite an unresolved prohibition notice issued by the Department of Employment and Labour. The union’s Claude Naicker says the regulator is disregarding workplace safety laws and failing to honour […]
# Die onderwysaktivis Hendrick Makaneta vra groter beskerming van onderwysers ná die moord op ‘n onderwyser wat in Tsakane in Brakpan, Gauteng, saam met leerders skool toe gestap het. Hy sê dis nie net die verlies van ‘n onderwyser nie, maar ook ‘n nasiebouer wat sy lewe gewy het aan die vorming van kinders se […]
