# The City of Ekurhuleni will be holding public participation meetings this week over its plans to partner with independent power producers, in a bid to address electricity generation needs. The metro is planning to appoint multiple IPPs for various electricity generation technologies to a capacity of one-thousand-500-megawatts. The appointed IPPs will be awarded 20-year […]
# The DA in the Western Cape is congratulating all the winners of the 60th Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards. South Africa’s most prominent and longest-running theatre awards were held at the Cape Town Stadium on Sunday. Each year, the judging panel comprising local critics, journalists, writers, and drama educators, evaluate approximately 90 productions staged […]
# The DA in Gauteng says the security costs at provincial hospitals have doubled, even though patients are suffering from a hiring freeze at short-staffed hospitals. According to an official reply to DA questions in the Legislature, 72-million-rand a year is spent on security at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital alone. The DA’s Jack Bloom says […]
# Police minister Senzo Mchunu has expressed outrage at the weekend’s attack on community-based patrollers in the Marry Me informal settlement in Soshanguve, Pretoria. Five community-based patrollers were shot dead and seven injured. Mchunu’s spokesperson, Kamogelo Mogotsi, says preliminary investigations reveal the victims had been confronted by five people on the street when a quarrel […]
# Die vise-kansellier en rektor van die Universiteit van die Witwatersrand, professor Zeblon Vilikazi, sê hy is geëerd om steeds die instelling – ‘n nasionale skat – te lei en werklik ‘n verskil in die samelewing te maak. Die Wits-raad het Vilakazi vir ‘n tweede en laaste termyn verkies wat strek van Januarie 2026 tot […]
# Die Gautengse provinsiale wetgewer se komitee oor Gesondheid en Welstand is daartoe verbind om tuberkulose as topprioriteit te beskou. Dis vandag Wêreld Tuberkulose-dag dit beklemtoon die stryd teen tuberkulose, een van die wêreld se dodelikste aansteeklike siektes. Volgens die Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie eis tuberkulose jaarliks meer as 1,5-miljoen lewens. Die voorsitter, Ezra Letsoalo, sê almal moet […]
# The DA in the Western Cape says instead of acting as secure rehabilitation centres, prisons in the province have effectively become command centres for gang violence and extortion. The Inspecting Judge of Prisons, Judge Edwin Cameron, recently questioned whether the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services does enough to change the conditions in correctional facilities. […]
# Die gemeenskapsorganisasie Jozi My Jozi sê hy wil graag deel wees van die presidensiële werkgroep wat Johannesburg moet heropbou. Dit volg op president Cyril Ramaphosa se onlangse aankondiging dat hy ‘n groep saamstel om dienslewering in die metro te verbeter. Innocent Mabusela van Jozi My Jozi het die noodsaaklikheid van dié samewerking beklemtoon. Hy […]
# University of the Witwatersrand vice-chancellor and principal, professor Zeblon Vilakazi, says he is honoured to continue to lead the institution, a national treasure, that makes a real difference in society. The Council of Wits voted for Vilakazi to serve his second and final term, which will run from January 2026 to December 2030. Vilakazi […]
