# The City of Cape Town says it has addressed 85-percent of verified outstanding road and pavement projects linked to water and sanitation repairs from the 2025/26 financial year. As of the 15th of October, 2-thousand-335 repairs still need to be done. Mayoral Committee Member for Water and Sanitation, Zahid Badroodien, says progress is also […]
# The EFF is calling for the immediate arrest of Tshwane Mayor Nasiphi Moya, accusing her of failing to act on warnings that water from the Bronkhorstspruit treatment plant was unsafe. Several hundred people have fallen ill, including many children aged four and under. The party says the Department of Water and Sanitation told Parliament […]
# The Western Cape police has condemned the mass shooting that claimed five lives and left three people injured in Steenberg on Saturday evening. Police spokesperson, Novela Potelwa, says the victims were drinking at a residence in Blode Street at around eight o’clock when unidentified gunmen entered the property and opened fire indiscriminately. Potelwa says […]
# The South African Weather Service is warning Gauteng residents to take precautions as the province experiences its first official heatwave of the 2026/27 summer season. The heatwave, which began on Friday, is expected to intensify, with scorching conditions forecast to persist until Monday. Pretoria is expected to reach 35-degrees-Celsius, while Johannesburg could hit 33 […]
# ‘n Vyfjarige Belgiese Malinois genaamd Sky, wat brandstigtings-opsporingswerk in die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens verrig het, se nagedagtenis sal voortleef in ’n gedenkteken in Pretoria. Die voorsitter van die Parlement se Portefeuljekomitee oor Polisie, Ian Cameron, sê ’n granietgedenkteken ter ere aan Sky is voltooi en sal by die Gedenktekens vir Diere in Oorlog by die […]
# Die president van die Inkatha-Vryheidsparty, Velenkosini Hlabisa, verwelkom wat hy beskryf as oor die algemeen vreedsame optrede van politieke partye tydens plaaslikeregeringsverkiesingsveldtogte regoor die land. Hlabisa het ‘n veldtog gevoer in Esikhawini, naby Richardsbaai in KwaZulu-Natal. Hy sê vreedsame veldtogvoering is belangrik terwyl politieke partye met kiesers in gesprek tree en Suid-Afrikaners aanmoedig om […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse LUR vir Infrastruktuur, Tertuis Simmers sê aansienlike vordering word gemaak met die padverbeteringsprojek van 1,165-miljard-rand en herstelwerk weens vloedskade langs die Franschhoekpas. Die projek behels padopgraderings, die herseël van padoppervlakke en omvattende herstelwerk ná ernstige oorstromings. Die werk sal na verwagting in Julie 2027 voltooi wees, mits padboutoestande gunstig is. Volgens Simmers […]
# Western Cape Infrastructure MEC Tertuis Simmers says significant progress is being made on the 1.165-billion-rand road improvement project and flood-damage repairs along Franschhoek Pass. The project includes road upgrades, resurfacing and extensive repairs following severe flooding, with completion scheduled for July 2027, subject to favourable construction conditions. Simmers says Franschhoek Pass is expected to […]
# The memory of Sky, a five-year-old Belgian Malinois who served as an arson detection dog with the South African Police Service, will live on at a memorial in Pretoria. The chairperson of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Police, Ian Cameron, says a granite memorial dedicated to Sky has been completed and will be placed at […]
