# The GOOD Party in the Western Cape has reiterated its call for the Council for the Built Environment report into the deadly George building collapse to be tabled before Council without further delay. Thirty-four people lost their lives and 28 others were seriously injured when a partially built five-storey building collapsed in May last year. […]
# Die DA eis die onmiddellike herroeping van die tydelike aanstelling van ʼn onopgeleide, 29-jarige brigadier as hoof van sigbare polisiëring in die Moot-distrik in Pretoria. Die brigadier was onder talle senior lede van Misdaadintelligensie wat ʼn paar weke gelede gearresteer is in verband met bewerings van bedrog, korrupsie en misbruik van die SAPD-geheimediens se […]
# AfriForum beskuldig die Stad Tshwane dat hy sy eie regulasies oor die Brandweerdiens oortree. Die burgerregte-organisasie sê ‘n aantal begraafplase en ander munisipale terreine, soos oop stukke veld en die stuk veld langs paaie, hou ‘n ernstige brandgevaar in omdat hulle nie behoorlik in stand gehou word nie. Tarien Cooks van AfriForum sê die […]
# Residents and indigenous communities in the Musina-Makhado area have rejected a proposed ferrochrome and alloys smelting plant within Limpopo’s contentious Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone. They are concerned that the project will devastate local water sources, kill culturally significant indigenous trees, and generate harmful air pollution. Earthlife Africa’s Thabo Sibeko says, despite environmental protection, officials […]
# Walter Sisulu University’s Student Chapter of the South African Association of Public Administration and Management has launched a donation drive to support families affected by the recent deadly Eastern Cape floods. A total of 103 people died and thousands were displaced in the June floods, with the OR Tambo and Amathole districts being the […]
# University of the Witwatersrand physicist professor, Andrew Forbes, and University of Cape Town paediatric neurosurgeon professor, Anthony Figaji, are the recipients of the 2.5-million-rand Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award. The prize rewards high-calibre scholars who are engaged in cutting-edge and internationally significant research. Research by Forbes could unlock the viability of quantum computing, while Figaji’s […]
# Spanne van City Power sal vandag as deel van die Nelson Mandela-insameling vir liefdadigheid komberse skenk en help om bejaardes van die Itlhokomeleng-tehuis te versorg. Dit is deel van die internasionale herdenking van Nelson Mandela-dag. City Power se woordvoerder, Isaac Mangena, sê hulle is daartoe verbind om ‘n positiewe verskil te maak en op […]
# Die DA in die Wes-Kaap het die provinsie se departement van Infrastruktuur se voortgesette prioritisering van behuising vir armes verwelkom. Die departement het van 2020 tot 2025 meer as 5,8-miljard-rand in subsidies belê. Dit is gemiddeld meer as 1-miljard-rand per jaar, ondanks die Nasionale Tesourie se volgehoue besnoeiings aan die begroting. Dirk Wessels van […]
# ʼn ActionSA-lid van die Gautengse wetgewer, Emma More, lei vandag op Internasionale Mandela-dag partylede en aktiviste om Mandela-dag in Cosmo City te vier. Hulle gaan ʼn huishouding met ʼn kind aan die hoof se huis opknap. Die sewe sibbe wat onlangs hul ouers verloor het, het finansiële probleme. ActionSA sê hulle gaan die huis […]
