# Water and Sanitation minister Pemmy Majodina says she is satisfied with the progress made at the Rooiwal wastewater treatment works and Klipdrift water treatment plant in Hammanskraal. The minister visited the water treatment plants recently to assess progress on refurbishing and upgrading the two facilities. Majodina says Rooiwal has been a source of pollution […]
# ActionSA in Johannesburg het die afbreek van onwettige strukture en die sluiting van ongereguleerde skrootwerwe in Wyk 97 in Roodepoort verwelkom. Dit volg nadat inwoners gekla het oor verdagte aktiwiteite soos die oprigting van ʼn ongemagtigde vraghouer en die bedryf van onwettige skrootwerwe waarvan een met kabeldiefstal verbind word. ActionSA-woordvoerder Elmari Atterbury sê die stad se […]
# Die Stad Tshwane verwelkom die Vergenoeg-mynmaatskappy se skoolskoenveldtog. Die maatskappy het onlangs meer as 100 pare skoolskoene geskenk aan leerders van die Hosea Kekana High School in Hammanskraal. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Ekonomiese Ontwikkeling en Ruimtelike Beplanning, Sarah Mabotsa, sê baie kinders in Suid-Afrika het nog nooit ʼn paar skoolskoene besit nie:
# Cosatu has welcomed the absorption of 498 workers as permanent employees of the Sol Plaatjie Municipality in the Northern Cape. The workers had previously been employed on a contract basis for a period of between 10 and 15 years. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Zanele Sabela, says this is a victory for workers, as they will now be […]
# As part of the enhanced streetlight focus initiative, City of Cape Town energy teams attended to more than ten-thousand streetlight-related requests between 26 March and 25 April this year. The initiative was launched last year. Mayoral committee member for Energy, Xanthea Limberg, says vandalism, theft and illegal connections across the metro continue to impact […]
# Operation Shanela in Ekangala and Bronkhorstspruit, Tshwane, over the weekend resulted in the arrest of 289 suspects for various criminal offences. These included attempted murder, rape, kidnapping and intimidation. Police spokesperson, Johan van Dyk, says a roadblock in Ekangala resulted in the detention of 15 undocumented foreign nationals:
# The City of Tshwane has welcomed the Vergenoeg Mining Company’s school shoes drive initiative. The company recently donated over 100 pairs of school shoes to learners at the Hosea Kekana High School in Hammanskraal. Mayoral committee member for Economic Development and Spatial Planning, Sarah Mabotsa, says so many children in South Africa have never owned […]
# eThekwini se burgemeester, Cyril Xaba, het die moord op agt mense in Umlazi veroordeel. ʼn Onbekende aantal gewapende aanvallers het Vrydagaand ʼn woonplek in Umlazi U-seksie binnegaan en op die slagoffers losgebrand. Agt mense, ses mans en twee vroue, is op die toneel dood terwyl drie mense gewond is. Xaba vra die polisie om […]
# The GOOD Party’s detailed assessment of the budget reveals that Capetonians will be asked to cough up nearly ten-percent extra on their monthly bills from the City of Cape Town. The metro’s budget will be voted on at a sitting of the council next Thursday. GOOD’s secretary general, Brett Herron, says the deadline for […]
