# Minister of Water and Sanitation Pemmy Majodina says government is auditing water treatment works to assess their condition, with particular attention to Gauteng because of its large population and unreliable water supply in some areas. This comes as the gastrointestinal illness cases linked to contaminated water in the Bronkhorstspruit area in Tshwane have risen to […]
# The City of Cape Town invites applications for next year’s junior city council programme, which offers young people an opportunity to develop leadership skills and learn how local government works. Applications will open on the first of next month. Learners who will be in grade ten or eleven next year and live in Cape […]
# The Public Servants Association says stronger safety measures are urgently needed to protect Statistics South Africa field workers after an employee was allegedly attacked with a knife in Viljoenskroon in the Free State. The worker narrowly escaped serious injury, while their vehicle was damaged. The PSA’s Lynsie Pelser calls for emergency alert devices, improved […]
# Police arrested 17-thousand-914 suspects during nationwide crime-fighting operations in the past week, as preparations for the festive season intensify. They also arrested 267 alleged drug dealers, dismantled two clandestine drug laboratories in Gauteng and the North West, and seized cocaine worth more than 200-million-rand at OR Tambo International Airport after it arrived from Brazil. […]
# The Information Regulator has fined FNB one-million-rand and Central Johannesburg TVET College 500-thousand-rand for contraventions of the Protection of Personal Information Act. The bank was fined over security weaknesses that exposed customers’ personal information, while the college was penalised for unlawfully sharing personal data and failing to follow the regulator’s directives. The regulator’s Nomzamo […]
# South African National Parks says Kruger National Park’s Skukuza rest camp main gate in Mpumalanga will be temporarily closed from 2 November until 4 December for essential roof repairs. Visitors will be redirected to a temporary entrance via Hippo Circle Street, near the Skukuza medical surgery, through AM Spa and Skukuza Safari Lodge. SANParks’ […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare sê sterker veiligheidsmaatreëls is dringend nodig om veldwerkers van Statistiek Suid-Afrika te beskerm, nadat ‘n werknemer na bewering in Viljoenskroon in die Vrystaat met ‘n mes aangeval is. Die werker het ernstige beserings ontkom, terwyl hul voertuig beskadig is. Lynsie Pelser van die vakbond doen ‘n beroep op die instelling […]
# Die polisie het die afgelope week 17-duisend-914 verdagtes tydens landwye misdaadbestrydingsoperasies aangekeer, te midde van voorbereidings vir die feestyd. Hulle het ook 267 vermeende dwelmhandelaars in hegtenis geneem, twee geheime dwelmlaboratoriums in Gauteng en Noordwes gesloop en beeslag gelê op kokaïen ter waarde van meer as 200-miljoen-rand by die OR Tambo Internasionale Lughawe wat […]
# Die Inligtingsreguleerder het FNB met een-miljoen-rand beboet, en die Johannesburg-Sentraal TVET-kollege ’n boete van 500-duisend-rand opgelê, weens oortredings van die Wet op die Beskerming van Persoonlike Inligting. Die bank is beboet weens sekuriteitsleemtes wat kliënte se persoonlike inligting blootgestel het, terwyl die kollege beboet is omdat hulle persoonlike data onregmatig gedeel het en versuim […]
