# The City of Cape Town has added 418-thousand jobs over the current local government term, more than the next four largest metros combined: Johannesburg, eThekwini, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni. This is according to Statistics South Africa’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey data from quarter one 2022 to the latest quarter two 2026. Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says […]
# Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero has called for a stronger partnership between City Power and communities to address the persistent electricity challenges affecting Alexandra. City Power has 40-thousand registered electricity customers in Alexandra, but only around one-thousand-600 are actively purchasing electricity. Morero says the metro cannot introduce a blanket or flat electricity rate for Alexandra, […]
# Die DA-leier Geordin Hill-Lewis vra Tshwane-inwoners om die party ʼn volstrekte meerderheid te gee in die munisipale verkiesing in November. Hy sê koalisieregerings het versuim om bestendige en doeltreffende regering te bied. Spanning het uitgebreek tussen die metro se koalisievennote, met die ANC en EFF wat ActionSA en burgemeester Nasiphi Moya beskuldig dat sy […]
# Die Gautengse Onderwysdepartement het ‘n manlike onderwyser van Minerva Secondary School in Alexandra geskors na verskeie leerders se bewerings van seksuele wangedrag en teistering. Die bewerings hou verband met onbehoorlike kommunikasie tussen die leerkrag en leerders, wat na bewering in Junie begin het en deur WhatsApp en ander interaksies voortgeduur het. Die departement se […]
# DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis is urging Tshwane residents to give the party an outright victory in the November local government elections, arguing that coalition governments have failed to deliver stable and effective governance. Tensions have erupted between the metro’s coalition partners, with the ANC and EFF accusing ActionSA and mayor Nasiphi Moya of reneging […]
# The Gauteng Education Department has suspended a male teacher from Minerva Secondary School in Alexandra, following allegations of sexual misconduct and harassment by several learners. The allegations relate to inappropriate communication between the educator and several learners, which reportedly began in June and continued through WhatsApp and other interactions. The department’s spokesperson, Onwabile Lubhelwane, […]
# The MK Party and United Africans Transformation have applied for leave to appeal a Western Cape High Court order halting public hearings of Parliament’s Section 89 Impeachment Committee into President Cyril Ramaphosa. This follows the Constitutional Court’s refusal last week to hear a direct appeal, saying the matter was not in the interests of […]
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has launched the lawyers in police stations project to help improve criminal investigations and prosecutions. The initiative, run with the police and the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime, will place lawyers at police stations to train officers, improve statements and strengthen case dockets. Following a pilot at Grassy Park, […]
# City Power is stepping up efforts to fight electricity infrastructure crime in Alexandra. This follows the arrest of two suspects for allegedly tampering with electricity equipment over the weekend. One suspect was arrested after residents reported three men digging near a mini substation, while another was arrested in a separate incident. City Power’s Isaac […]
