# Officials are currently on site at munitions manufacturer Denel in Macassar, Cape Town, after a fire broke out this morning. The city’s Fire and Rescue Service dispatched crews from Macassar and Khayelitsha, along with an incident management team, to assist Denel’s fire crews in extinguishing the blaze. Disaster management spokesperson Sonica Lategan says emergency […]
# Suspended Ekurhuleni Metro Police deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi and city manager Kagiso Lerutla have been granted bail at the Boksburg Magistrate’s Court in Gauteng. The pair face charges of fraud, corruption and defeating the ends of justice over an alleged 2019 plot to hire a third party to impersonate Lerutla over a traffic offence. […]
# Die Gautengse LUR vir Onderwys, LebogangMaile, het in die provinsiale wetgewer gesê die provinsie ondervind ernstige oorbevolking in skole. Dit word aangevuur deur ‘n skerp toename in inskrywings wat verband hou met migrasie en verstedeliking. Maile waarsku dat meer as ‘n duisend skole oorvol is, met ‘n tekort van minstens 200 nuwe skole. Hy […]
# Die polisie sê twee onlangse inhegtenisnemings van vermeende dwelmmuile op die O-R Tambo-internasionale lughawe in Gauteng laat kommer ontstaan oor sekerheid en smokkelrisiko’s. Woordvoerder Athlenda Mathe sê die voorvalle weerspieël voortgesette pogings om smokkelnetwerke te ontwrig. In die eerste geval is ‘n Brasiliaanse burger in hegtenis geneem met kokaïen van ongeveer 8,7-miljoen-rand. Minder as […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse Onderwysdepartement vra benoemings vir die Nasionale Onderwystoekennings en moedig skole, leerders en gemeenskappe aan om erkenning te gee aan verdienstelike onderwysers. Die LUR, David Maynier, sê die toekennings vereer onderwysers wat uitnemendheid, toewyding en vernuwing toon in die verbetering van leerderuitkomste. Hy sê die projek beklemtoon die belangrike rol wat onderwysers in […]
# City Power sê uitgebreide herstelwerk word aan die sentrale substasie in die Johannesburgse middestad gedoen nadat ‘n brand die naweek ontstaan het. Dit het ontwrigting veroorsaak in die kragtoevoer na Marshalltown, Selby en ander nabygeleë gebiede. City Power se woordvoerder, Isaac Mangena, sê belangrike toerusting is ernstig beskadig en verwyder, en ander onderdele moes […]
# Police say back-to-back drug-related arrests at OR Tambo International Airport in Gauteng raise concerns about security and smuggling risks. Spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says the incidents reflect ongoing efforts to disrupt trafficking networks. In the first case, a Brazilian national was arrested with cocaine valued at about 8.7-million-rand. Less than 24 hours later, a Dutch […]
# Gauteng Education MEC Lebogang Maile told the provincial legislature the province faces severe school overcrowding driven by rapid enrolment growth linked to migration and urbanisation. He warns over one-thousand schools are operating above capacity, with at least 200 new schools needed. Maile says urgent action is required to ensure equitable access to quality education […]
# The DA in Gauteng says Ekurhuleni’s outdated road surface management system is putting road users at risk, with the last full road assessment done in 2019. The party’s Michael Waters says officials are relying on outdated data, resulting in reactive maintenance, worsening potholes, and unsafe roads. Nearly one in four roads is reportedly in […]
