# The City of Tshwane says the Themba Water Treatment Plant remains shut after a sewer spill contaminated the Apies River, which feeds into the Leeukraal Dam. The plant was closed last Friday as a safety measure, and operations will only resume once the water quality is safe. The city’s Lindela Mashigo says roaming water […]
# Die DA in Gauteng het sy ‘Het Jy Geweet?’-begrotingsveldtog van stapel gestuur om inwoners voor dié maand se begrotingstoewysing in te lig hoe hulle belasting bestee word. Die party sê sy veldtog sal finansiële wanbestuur onder premier Panyaza Lesufi blootstel, insluitend betalings aan e-tol-skuld, munisipale reddingsboeie en begrotingstekorte. Die skadu-LUR vir Finansies, Ruhan Robinson, […]
# The City of Tshwane has welcomed the arrest of three municipal workers linked to the attempted theft and vandalism of a seven-million-rand transformers at the Claudius Substation in Laudium last year. The City’s spokesperson, Lindela Mashigo, says the incident severely compromised the city’s power infrastructure. He commended SAPS for swift action, stressing that such […]
# Drie amptenare van die Tshwane-metro se munisipale depot is vanoggend in hegtenis geneem. Hulle word beskuldig dat hulle transformators van sewe-miljoen-rand van die Laudium-substasie gesteel het. Polisiewoordvoerder Samuel Thine beweer hulle is deel van ‘n transformator-sindikaat. Thine sê die diefstal is gekoppel aan die omgewing se ernstige kragonderbrekings wat noodsaaklike infrastruktuur in gevaar stel […]
# City Power sê met die nuwe elektrisiteitstariewe wat vandag in werking tree, sal die gemiddelde verhoging 11,66-persent wees op die Residensiële Vooruitbetaalde Hoë-tarief. Dit is hoofsaaklik as gevolg van verhogings in energiekoste. Die vaste maandelikse koste, ‘n 70-rand diensfooi en 130-rand netwerk-kapasiteitsprys by onveranderd. City Power se woordvoerder, Isaac Mangena, sê ‘n kliënt wat […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad het bykomende wetstoepassingsbronne herontplooi ter ondersteuning van SAPD-operasies wat gemik is op bekende bende- en afpersingsbrandpunte. Beamptes verbonde aan die Wetstoepassingsbevorderingsplan het Saterdag ‘n bestuurder en passasier in Gugulethu in hegtenis geneem vir die besit van ‘n gelaaide aanvalsgeweer. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Veiligheid en Sekerheid, JP Smith, sê die ontdekking het […]
# City Power says as new electricity tariffs comes to effects today, customers on the Residential Prepaid High tariff will see an average increase of 11.66-percent, primarily due to increases in energy charges. The fixed monthly charges, 70-rand service charge and 130-rand network capacity charge, will remain unchanged. City Power spokesperson Isaac Mangena says a typical customer consuming 800-kilowatt-hour-per-month […]
# Three officials from the City of Tshwane’s municipal depot have been arrested this morning, accused of stealing transformers worth seven-million-rand from the Laudium substation. Police spokesperson Samuel Thine alleges they are part of a transformer syndicate. Thine says the theft is linked to the area’s severe power cuts jeopardising essential infrastructure and crippling the […]
# The DA Gauteng has launched its ‘Did You Know?’ budget campaign to inform residents how their taxes are being spent ahead of this month’s budget vote. The party says the campaign will expose financial mismanagement under premier Panyaza Lesufi, including e-toll debt payments, municipal bailouts, and budget deficits. Shadow MEC for Finance, Ruhan Robinson, […]
