# Volkswagen Group Africa announced the production of its 500-thousandth Polo for the export market. The vehicle rolling off the Kariega plant assembly line in the Eastern Cape was an ice blue, right‑hand‑drive Polo destined for the UK, one of the group’s main export markets. The current model has been in production at the plant since 2021. […]
# Lilanga High School in Diepdale, Mpumalanga, forces about one-thousand learners to share two overflowing pit toilets, raising serious health and dignity concerns. The issue, ongoing for years, persists despite a 1.6-million-rand allocation in 2020 for upgrades that were never implemented. Experts say poor planning and underfunding have delayed sanitation improvements. Learners reportedly resort to […]
# The City of Johannesburg is calling on residents to comment on its draft Integrated Development Plan, 2026/2027 budget, and proposed tariffs. Proposed increases include 8.63-percent for electricity, 12.5-percent for water and 3.6-percent for property rates. The metro’s spokesperson, Nkosana Lekotjolo, says public participation is key to shaping service delivery and future planning priorities for […]
# Die MK-party het regstappe ingestel teen die voormalige Nasionale Direkteur van Openbare Vervolging, Shamila Batohi. Hy vra die terugtrekking van die besluit van 2019 om aanklagte van afpersing te laat vaar teen die voormalige hoof van die Valke in KwaZulu-Natal, Johan Booysen, en sy medebeskuldigde, Johannes van Tonder. MK se adjunkpresident, John Hlophe, betoog […]
# The MK Party has launched another legal bid against former National Director of Public Prosecutions, Shamila Batohi. It wants the 2019 decision to withdraw racketeering charges against former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head, Johan Booysen and co-accused Johannes van Tonder set aside. MK Party deputy president, John Hlophe, argues in his affidavit at the High Court […]
# Die DA in Gauteng sê meer kon gedoen word om Dinsdag se verwoestende brand by die Riverlea High School in Johannesburg te verhoed. Dis die tweede brand wat vanjaar by dié skool plaasvind. Verskeie klaskamers, ʼn laboratorium en ʼn biblioteek is verwoes en meer as 300 leerders word hierdeur geraak. Sergio Isa Dos Santos […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad het begin met veranderinge en opknappingswerk aan die keerwal by Zeekoevlei in die Valsbaai-natuurreservaat. Die projek sal ander mediumtermyn-ingrypings versterk om die algehele watergehalte van dié Ramsar-terrein te verbeter. Die onderburgemeester en burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Ruimtelike Beplanning en die Omgewing, Eddie Andrews, sê tydens die projek sal die keerwal by Zeekoevlei verlaag […]
# Die GOOD-party sê die voortslepende rioolverstoppings in Wesbank en Philippi is ʼn openbare krisis wat die DA-geleide Stad Kaapstad volgens die party afskeep. Die party sê inwoners in Wesbank is weke lank blootgestel aan onverwerkte riool en baie het siektes aangemeld wat hiermee verband hou. GOOD se woordvoerder, Siyabulela Mamkeli, sê in Hlungulu-straat in […]
# The DA in Gauteng says more could have been done to prevent Tuesday’s devastating fire at Riverlea High School in Johannesburg. The fire, which is the second in a year, destroyed several classrooms, a laboratory and a library, affecting over 300 learners. The DA’s Sergio Isa Dos Santos says, despite the Gauteng Department of […]
