# President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a Special Official Funeral Category 2 for late Ambassador Mninwa Johannes Mahlangu, to be held next Saturday in Middelburg, Mpumalanga. The 72-year-old former National Council of Provinces chairperson and diplomat died on 24 August after a short illness. Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya says Mahlangu, instrumental in drafting South Africa’s […]
# Die Gautengse LUR vir Omgewing, Ewan Botha het ‘n herwinningsfasiliteit in Vereeniging gesluit omdat hy sonder ‘n afvalbestuurslisensie bedryf word. Botha sê dit is ‘n oortreding van die Wet op Nasionale Omgewingsafvalbestuur. Die fasiliteit het ook wette oor beroepsgesondheid en -veiligheid, arbeid en immigrasie oortree, met tien ongedokumenteerde werkers wat in hegtenis geneem is. […]
# Die Nasionale Energiereguleerder van Suid-Afrika het 111 nuwe opwekkingsfasiliteite in die eerste kwartaal van 2025/26 geregistreer om die energiesektor ‘n hupstoot te gee. Dit beloop altesaam een-duisend-916-megawatt met ‘n geraamde belegging van 51,91-miljard-rand. NERSA-woordvoerder Charles Hlebela sê die energiereguleerder het ‘n gemiddelde ommeswaai van elf werksdae behaal, wat ‘n verbetering is op verlede jaar […]
# Die DA in die Wes-Kaap sê die provinsie verskerp sy stryd teen geslagsgeweld. Die Departement van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling het tydens Vrouemaand 51 programme teen geslagsgeweld van stapel gestuur en twee nuwe ambassadeurgroepe gestig, wat die totaal op 13 te staan bring. Die provinsie befonds ook 19 organisasies en 25 skuilings wat psigososiale, regs- en […]
# The DA in the Western Cape says the province is stepping up its fight against gender-based violence. During Women’s Month, the Department of Social Development launched 51 GBV-focused programmes and established two new GBV ambassador groups, bringing the total to 13. The province also funds 19 organisations and 25 shelters offering psycho-social, legal, and […]
# Gauteng MEC for Environment Ewan Botha has closed a recycling facility in Vereeniging for operating without a Waste Management Licence. Botha says this violates the National Environmental Management Waste Act. The facility also breached Occupational Health and Safety, labour, and immigration laws, with ten undocumented workers apprehended. He stressed the initiative ensures only licensed, […]
# The National Energy Regulator of South Africa has registered 111 new generation facilities in the first quarter of 2025/26 to boost the energy sector. This totaling one-thousand-916-megawatts and an estimated 51.91-billion-rand investment. NERSA spokesperson Charles Hlebela says the energy regulator achieved an average turnaround of eleven working days, improving on last year’s 15. Solar […]
# Die MK-party sê die Stad Kaapstad se besluit om ‘n groot transformator-tender aan Hitachi Energy toe te ken, is uiters kommerwekkend. Die party het kommer uitgespreek oor die nakoming van verkrygingswette, billikheid met betrekking tot swart ekonomiese bemagtiging, en behoorlike omsigtigheid, gegewe Hitachi se vorige wangedrag. Die party se woordvoerder, Nhlamulo Ndhlela, sê parlementêre […]
# The MK Party says the City of Cape Town’s decision to award a major power transformer tender to Hitachi Energy is deeply troubling. The party has raised concerns about compliance with procurement laws, fairness in broad-based black economic empowerment, and due diligence, given Hitachi’s past misconduct. MK spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela says parliamentary questions have […]
