# Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says Cape Town has become a beacon of hope for South Africa over the last five years, with record infrastructure investments driving 50-percent of all job growth in the country’s metros. He delivered his final address to council for the term. Hill-Lewis highlighted the record 12.2-billion-rand infrastructure spending, gains in public […]
# Johannesburg Water has joined forces with the Gauteng Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Department to strengthen their partnership with community development workers. This is to promote responsible water use and encourage positive behavioural change across communities. Johannesburg Water’s spokesperson, Nombuso Shabalala, says the prevention of water losses is one of the key indicators of […]
# Die minister van Openbare Werke en Infrastruktuur, Dean Macpherson, sê groter aanspreeklikheid moet deel wees van ‘n uitgebreide poging om sterftes in bouwerk te verminder. Daarby is beter munisipale wette en professionele toesig nodig en die reguleerders moet inligting deel. Hy het inligting bekend gemaak oor vier bou-insidente in Redcliffe in Verulam, Doornkop in […]
# The Alliance of Citizens for Change has strongly condemned the brutal and senseless murder of former Knysna mayor and ANC councillor Ndoda Aubrey Tsengwa. According to a preliminary investigation, the 48-year-old councillor was travelling home with three other people when an unknown assailant opened fire on the vehicle before fleeing on foot in the […]
# Minister of Public Works Dean Macpherson says stronger accountability must be part of a wider effort to reduce construction deaths, alongside better municipal enforcement, professional oversight, and information sharing between regulators. He released findings into four recent building and structural incidents in Redcliffe in Verulam, eThekwini; Doornkop in Soweto; Ormonde in Johannesburg; and the Magnolia […]
# Die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, sê Suid-Afrika en Zimbabwe moet hulle sterk bilaterale verhouding omskep in ekonomiese geleenthede soos belegging, handel, werksgeleenthede, infrastruktuur en beter lewensomstandighede. Hy het gister die ministeriële vergadering van die vierde sitting van die Suid-Afrika-Zimbabwe Bi-nasionale Kommissie in Pretoria toegespreek. Meer as 33 ooreenkomste en memorandums […]
# Die Madlanga-kommissie veroordeel die intimidasie van joernaliste wat die verhore in Pretoria bywoon, en sê dis lede van die media se grondwetlike reg om hul pligte uit te voer. Dit volg na die inhegtenisneming van die omstrede sakeman, Stuart James Scharnick, nadat hy na bewering die Sowetan-joernalis, Herman Moloi, gekonfronteer en gedreig het omdat […]
# ‘n Derde verdagte is in hegtenis geneem in verband met die moorde op twee lede van die Teenbende-eenheid en twee vroue in Reigerpark, Johannesburg, vroeër die maand. Die 27-jarige verdagte is in Ekurhuleni aangekeer na ‘n intelligensie-operasie. Twee ander verdagtes in die saak, die vermeende bendelid Regan Collis en 24-jarige Jamal Meyer, bly in […]
# Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, says South Africa and Zimbabwe must translate their strong bilateral relationship into tangible economic opportunities, including investment, trade, jobs, infrastructure and improved livelihoods. He addressed the Ministerial Meeting segment of the Fourth Session of the South Africa–Zimbabwe Bi-National Commission in Pretoria yesterday. Since the commission was […]
