# City Power says the 280-rand charge to sectional property title holders reflected in some of its public documents, including the business plan and the tariff report, was a slight administrative error and will not be implemented. The amount was part of the proposals tabled during the Integrated Development Plan public engagement process, specifically intended for sectional title property […]
# The eThekwini Municipality council has adopted the metro’s 70.9-billion-rand budget for the 2025/2026 financial year. The budget prioritises infrastructure rehabilitation and economic development. Mayor Cyril Xaba says a major highlight of the budget is the adjusted tariff increases. He says these include a 12.72-percent increase in the electricity tariff as guided by the National […]
# The DA in the Western Cape has welcomed the release of the Auditor-General’s 2023/2024 Local Government Audit outcomes. Out of 41 clean municipal audits nationally, 20 were achieved by municipalities in the province, accounting for 49-percent of total clean audits. This is despite the province only being home to 12-percent of municipalities in the country, with 30 out of 257 nationwide. The DA’s, […]
# Reik na ʼn Droom het die 14-jarige Sacha Willemse van Upington in die Noord-Kaap se droom ʼn werklikheid gemaak. Die talentvolle jong swemmer wat aan ʼn lewensbedreigende siekte lei, het onlangs sy sportheld, die Olimpiese gouemedalje-wenner Chad le Clos, in Kaapstad ontmoet. Dis vandag Pantoffeldag en Reik na ʼn Droom se bemarkingshoof, Ivor Cleary, […]
# ActionSA in Ekurhuleni has welcomed the decision to insource key municipal services, particularly for essential workers like cleaners, security personnel, and waste collectors. The metro will insource essential services, 700 permanent cleaners and 290 permanent Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department officers, who will look after strategic offices and buildings. ActionSA’s, Phillip Dolo, says reducing reliance on contractors […]
# Limpopo-polisie het ʼn ondersoek begin na die dood van ʼn lid van die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag by Lulekani-township buite Phalaborwa. Die polisie sê die man is gisteroggend talle kere geskiet terwyl hy op pad was werk toe by die 7-SAI-bataljon in Phalaborwa. Vyf leë koeëldoppies is op die toneel gevind en die soldaat se […]
# ‘n Personeellid van Laerskool Dalmondeor in die suide van Johannesburg is in hegtenis geneem vir die beweerde seksuele aanranding van ‘n graad 2-leerder. Die woordvoerder van die Gautengse Onderwysdepartement, Steve Mabona, sê haar ma beweer die kind is verlede Woensdag deur die algemene assistent in een van die skool se kleedkamers aangerand. Hy sê […]
# Limpopo police have launched an investigation following the killing of a South African National Defence Force member at Lulekani township outside Phalaborwa. According to police, the man was shot multiple times while on his way to work at the 7-SAI battalion in Phalaborwa on Thursday morning. Five empty cartridges were found at the scene, […]
#Reach For A Dream turned the dream of 14-year-old Sacha Willemse from Upington in the Northern Cape into a reality. The gifted young swimmer living with a life-threatening illness recently got to meet his sporting idol, Olympic gold medallist Chad le Clos, in Cape Town. With today being Slipper Day, Reach For A Dream’s head […]
