# Cosatu sê hy is vol vertroue dat die Wet op Openbare Aankope enige uitdagings in die hof sal weerstaan. Dit volg nadat Kaapstad se burgemeester, Geordin Hill-Lewis, die Konstitusionele Hof genader het om die wet onregmatig te verklaar. Hy voer aan talle prosedurele vereistes is nie nagekom toe die wetgewing verlede jaar deur die […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse regering sê wetstoepassers se teenwoordigheid in Langa is verskerp. Dit volg ná ʼn taxi-verwante skietvoorval Maandag wat twee lewens geëis het. Niemand is nog in hegtenis geneem nie. Die LUR vir Mobiliteit, Isaac Sileku, sê hierdie moorde beroof gesinne van geliefdes en bedreig die hele minibus-taxibedryf en die gemeenskappe wat hulle dien:
# The DA in Johannesburg says it has uncovered a slew of neglected city-owned properties in La Rochelle, Ward 57. The party’s, Bongani Nkomo, says among these buildings is a heritage site, which has been reduced to a drug den and an informal shelter for a handful of illegal squatters. He says Johannesburg Property Company-owned […]
# University of Pretoria’s senior lecturer in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, doctor Bernard Coetzee, has been recognised as part of The Explorers Club 50’s Class of 2025. Founded in 1904, The Explorers Club says the cohort of 50 explorers are changing the world through vital work in their communities and globally to […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare sê hy is geskok deur die onveilige en onhigiëniese hantering van voedsel by die Kalafong-hospitaal in Atteridgeville, Pretoria. Die vakbond het onlangs ʼn oorsigbesoek aan die hospitaal gebring en bevestig dat voedseldiens-werkers verplig is om onbedekte maaltye aan sowat 700 pasiënte te verskaf. Dit word toegeskryf aan ʼn tekort aan […]
# AfriForum warns that the City of Cape Town’s plans for the implementation of new tariff structures for water, sanitation and electricity are in breach of municipal legislation and the Constitution. The proposed tariff structures are in the metro’s 2025/2026 draft budget. AfriForum’s Jurie Ferreira says the proposed tariff structures amount to arbitrary cross-subsidisation, place […]
# Cosatu says it is confident that the Public Procurement Act will withstand any constitutional court challenges. This comes as the City of Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis, has approached the Constitutional Court to have the Act declared unlawful. He argues that several procedural requirements were not met when the legislation passed through Parliament last year. […]
# The Public Servants Association says it is alarmed by unsafe and unhygienic food handling practices at Kalafong Hospital in Atteridgeville, Pretoria. The PSA recently conducted an oversight visit at the hospital and confirmed that food service employees are being compelled to deliver uncovered meals to approximately 700 patients. This is owing to a shortage […]
# The Western Cape government says the presence of law enforcement has been intensified in Langa. This follows a taxi-related shooting which claimed the lives of two people on Monday. No arrests have been made yet. Mobility MEC Isaac Sileku says these killings are robbing families of loved ones and placing the entire mini-bus taxi […]
