# The City of Tshwane says it has been notified by Magalies Water about a planned water shutdown at the Themba Water Treatment Plant, Renstown Reservoir and Tower today. The shutdown will be from 7am until 5pm. The metro’s spokesperson, Lindela Mashigo, says the team will carry out the installation of a flow meter. He […]
# Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, will today conduct an oversight visit to two major road rehabilitation projects, in Irene, Tshwane and in Midrand, Johannesburg. The purpose of the visit is to assess the work currently underway and the current state of the projects. The department’s spokesperson, Lesiba Mpya, says the Road P122 rehabilitation project […]
# Die DA sê dit is kommerwekkend dat die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag nie kan naspoor of SAPD-arrestasies vir onwettige vuurwapenbesit tot vervolging of skuldigbevindings lei nie. Die Wes-Kaapse polisie het tussen Januarie 2020 en Desember 2024 13-duisend-727 arrestasies vir onwettige vuurwapenbesit aangemeld. Slegs een-duisend-745 sake het egter in skuldigbevindings geëindig, terwyl een-duisend-897 van die rol geskrap […]
# Mahindra South Africa has opened a new vehicle assembly facility at the Dube TradePort special economic zone in KwaZulu-Natal. The facility can assemble more than one-thousand Pik Up single- and double-cab models per month, with capacity to increase as demand grows. It has also been designed to accommodate new models Mahindra plans to launch in […]
# University of Fort Hare Fine Arts lecturer, Natasha Bezuidenhout, has been named among the top five finalists for the 2025 Bag Factory Artists’ Commission. The Bag Factory is a non-profit contemporary visual art organisation in Johannesburg. Artists have been asked to create work that reimagines studio spaces as collaborative, sustainable, and community-centred environments. Bezuidenhout’s proposal […]
# The City of Cape Town’s Recreation and Parks Department will once again allow flowers to bloom ahead of spring by halting mowing at parks and public open spaces. Cape Town is widely recognised as being the most biodiverse city in the world. Mayoral committee member for Community Services and Health, Francine Higham, says the […]
# The City of Tshwane says the Electricity and Energy Business Unit is making progress in eliminating service interruptions by stabilising problematic electricity networks. The metro says upgrades have been done to the low voltage networks in Proclamation Hill and Fortsig in Region 3 to reduce power failures. Mayoral committee member for Utility Services, Frans […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus het gister se gewelddadige betoging wat gelei het tot die brand in die Binnelandse Sake-gebou in Germiston, Ekurhuleni, sterk veroordeel. Twee verdagtes het volgens berigte tydens die betoging ʼn petrolbom in die gebou gegooi wat ontplof en die brand veroorsaak het. Monique Kriek van die VF Plus sê inwoners van die […]
# The DA says it is concerning that the National Prosecuting Authority cannot track whether SAPS arrests for illegal firearm possession lead to prosecutions or convictions. Between January 2020 and December 2024, Western Cape police reported 13-thousand-727 arrests for illegal firearm possession. However, only one-thousand-745 cases ended in convictions, while one-thousand-897 were struck off the roll. […]
