# Die bekroonde Suid-Afrikaanse tromspeler en komponis Kesivan Naidoo, en sy bekroonde ensemble, Kesivan and The Lights, doen Saterdag ‘n spesiale opname by die Baxter-konsertsaal in Kaapstad. Dit is deel van hul nasionale toer getiteld Freedom in Sound. Die toer eer Suid-Afrika se ryk jazz-erfenis om 30 jaar van demokrasie te vier. Kesivan and The […]
# Die Universiteit van Fort Hare het die skrywer, politieke aktivis en prokureur Mda Mda met ‘n eredoktorsgraad in die Regte vereer. Mda, wat 102 jaar oud is, het ‘n deurslaggewende rol in die apartheidsera gespeel om minderbevoorregtes te verteenwoordig. Hy het in 2019 sy memoir, Struggle and Hope: Reflections on the recent history of […]
# Die premier van KwaZulu-Natal, Thamsanqa Ntuli, sê misdaad is nie slegs ‘n polisiëringskwessie nie, maar ‘n maatskaplike uitdaging wat gesamentlike bestryding vereis. Die polisie se misdaadsyfers toon dat daar tussen Oktober en Desember 2024 een-duisend-493 moorde in die provinsie aangemeld is. Ntuli sê die Raad Teen Misdaad is ingestel as ‘n katalisator om openbare […]
# The GOOD Party in the Western Cape says capital budgets must translate into tangible improvements, not unfulfilled promises and unspent funds. In January, it was reported that the Saldanha Bay Municipality had spent only 20-percent of its capital budget. GOOD’s Ricardo van der Merwe says three months later, this figure stands at just 35-percent, a […]
# Non-profit organisations in Gauteng say they are again facing late payments from the Department of Social Development. According to GroundUp, some NPOs have signed contracts but have yet to receive funds, threatening salaries and essential services. Concerns also persist over new clauses in service-level agreements, including personal liability for directors and the use of […]
# The Western Cape government is currently hosting the 2nd Mediterranean Climate Action Partnership annual meeting in Cape Town. This is an international alliance of subnational governments with a Mediterranean climate covering five continents. Regions with Mediterranean climates include five of the world’s 36 biodiversity hotspots. Western Cape premier Alan Winde says climate change is […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus verwelkom die tugstappe teen 389 lede van die Ekurhuleni Metropolisie wat in Maart aan ‘n onwettige loonstaking deelgeneem het. Die stakers het hoofpaaie versper, salarisaanpassings geëis, en die opheffing van oortydbetalingsperke en onbillike arbeidspraktyke benadruk. Voor-afdankingskennisgewings is aan die EMPD-lede uitgereik en hulle is geskors. Riaan van Zyl van die VF-Plus […]
# Die GOOD-party sê die burgemeester van Johannesburg, Dada Morero, se stadsrede was ‘n meesterklas in politieke propaganda, grootse visies, ambisieuse spertye en verhewe ideale. Die burgemeester het gister die raadsitting in Braamfontein toegespreek. Matthew Cook van GOOD sê terwyl die burgemeester praat van ‘n metro wat vir almal werk, is die realiteit vervalle infrastruktuur, […]
# The Freedom Front Plus in Tshwane has written to mayor, Nasiphi Moya, deputy mayor, Eugene Modise, and city manager, Johann Mettler, urging them to step in and stop the decay of Pretoria North and Akasia. The party’s Rina Marx says Pretoria North, one of the metro’s oldest areas, has little left of its once […]
