# The Gauteng Department of Education acknowledged the delays in the release of school subsidies which were expected to be deposited into the respective school accounts by 15 May. Spokesperson Onwabile Lubhelwana says the department will ensure that the disbursement of the funds will start next month. He says the funds cover essential operational expenses […]
# The DA in the Western Cape maintains that safety requires SAPS to implement targeted structural interventions by expanding investigative powers to provinces and municipalities. The latest police crime statistics for the fourth quarter show that murders in the province decreased by 8-percent, from one-thousand-68 cases between January and March last year to 983 cases in […]
# The DA in Gauteng says it will urgently engage acting Police minister Firoz Cachalia to devolve certain policing powers to the provincial level, enabling a more efficient and responsive crime-prevention strategy. The party’s Crezane Bosch says the latest fourth quarter crime statistics released by police revealed that Gauteng accounted for 54.8-percent of all kidnapping cases […]
# The City of Cape Town has called on the Police Ministry to address its ongoing failure of the criminal justice system, especially when it comes to securing convictions for illegal and prohibited firearms confiscated by City Enforcement. The city tracked one-thousand-763 cases linked to illegal firearms and ammunition between January 2023 and March 2026. Mayoral committee […]
# COSATU in Gauteng has expressed deep concern and outrage following the findings by the Public Protector that the Departments of Health and Infrastructure Development unduly delayed repairs to Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital after the devastating fire of April 2021. COSATU chairperson, Amos Monyela, says public institutions entrusted with safeguarding healthcare infrastructure must be held […]
# The City of Cape Town says MyCiTi fares are highly likely to increase from July due to high diesel price. Since March this year, the city has been absorbing diesel price increases on behalf of MyCiTi commuters, and will continue to do so through June. Mayoral committee member for Mobility, Rob Quintas, says as […]
# The Freedom Front Plus in Johannesburg has warned mayor, Dada Morero, that the metro’s growing financial burden and crumbling infrastructure are hampering service delivery to residents and ratepayers. The party says the metro has R72-billion-rand in outstanding debt and a shocking 220-billion-rand infrastructure maintenance backlog. FF Plus Franco de Lange says this week, Council is scheduled to consider […]
# The South African Artificial Intelligence Association and the Western Cape government have launched a new provincial artificial intelligence cluster to grow the AI sector in the province. The initiative will focus on AI policy, governance and infrastructure and aims to strengthen innovation, attract investment, and create jobs over the next three-years. The association’s Nick […]
# RISE Mzansi het aangekondig Lukhona Mnguni is sy burgemeesterskandidaat vir die Stad Johannesburg in die komende plaaslike regeringsverkiesing in November vanjaar. Mnguni sê tot dusver is die Johannesburgse burgemeestersveldtog gelei deur twee mense wie se beste jare reeds verby is en wat ‘n droom van vergange dae aan inwoners wil verkoop eerder as een […]
