# The Jazz in the Lights Music Festival returns to the Johannesburg Zoo on Saturday, where jazz fans will be able to delight in local and international performances. The lineup includes veteran bassist/composer, Carlo Mombelli, Thandiswa Mazwai, Amanda Black, and The Brothers Move On. Speaking to the SABC, City of Johannesburg’s Arts, Culture, and Heritage director, […]
# Eskom het ʼn belangrike mylpaal in ‘n reuse-infrastruktuurprojek bereik met die aansluiting van Kusile-kragstasie se laaste eenheid by die nasionale kragnetwerk. Eenheid ses sal 800 megawatt by die netwerk voeg. Kusile se susterprojek, Medupi-kragstasie, se eenheid vier sal die einde van die maand weer by die netwerk gevoeg word. Eskom se woordvoerder, Daphne Mokwena, […]
# Afval wat invloei in die riviere wat deur die Wieg van die Mensdom, noordwes van Johannesburg vloei, bedreig die ekonomie en die omgewing. Behandelde water van die Percy Stewart-watersuiweringsaanleg word in nabygeleë riviere en spruite uitgelaat. Die direkteur van die Vereniging vir die Wieg van die Mensdom-wêreld-erfenisgebied, Trevor Brough, het aan die SABC gesê […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad se Departement van Veiligheid en Sekuriteit het in sy konsepbegroting voorgestel metropolisiespanne word aan gebiede toegewys. Volgens die voorstel ontvang elke wyk in Kaapstad sy eie aangewese groep gekwalifiseerde en toegeruste metropolisiebeamptes. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Veiligheid en Sekuriteit, JP Smith, sê die spanne sal ʼn gemeenskapspolisiërings- en bewysgebaseerde benadering volg om […]
# Operation Shanela in Atteridgeville and Laudium resulted in the arrest of 320 suspects over the weekend. They were apprehended for various criminal offences including murder, armed robbery, rape and gender-based violence. Police spokesperson, Johan van Dyk, says 27 undocumented individuals were also detained and are currently awaiting legal processing for deportation:
# Die 60ste Fleur du Cap-teatertoekennings is Sondag in die Kaapstad-stadion aangebied om erkenning te gee aan die room van die land se teaterbedryf. Albert Pretorius is as beste akteur aangewys vir sy rol in Othello, terwyl Emily Child die toekenning ontvang het vir beste vrouespeler in A Streetcar Named Desire. Dean Barley was die […]
# Save South Africa Civic Movement says the lack of visible policing in settlements in Gauteng is leading to more crime. This comes after five community patrollers were shot dead, and seven others injured, in an attack in the Marry Me informal settlement in Soshanguve at the weekend. The movement’s spokesperson, Tebogo Mashilompane, says this […]
# Eskom has reached a crucial step towards completing one of South Africa’s largest infrastructure projects, by adding the Kusile power station’s final unit, unit six, to the national grid. This will add 800-megawatts to the grid. Meanwhile, Kusile’s sister project, Medupi power station, will see its unit four return to operation by the end […]
# Pollution in the rivers flowing through the Cradle of Humankind northwest of Johannesburg poses significant environmental and economic challenges. Treated water from the Percy Stewart Wastewater Treatment Plant is released into nearby rivers or streams. Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site Association director, Trevor Brough, told the SABC that untreated or partially treated sewage […]
