# The Southern African Alcohol Policy Alliance says the recent mass shootings have exposed gaps in how liquor outlets are licensed, located and monitored, especially in poor, densely populated areas. Eighteen people were killed at a tavern in Wedela on the Gauteng West Rand, and ten at an entertainment venue in Lwandle, Cape Town, over the […]
# Dele van die Johannesburgse middestad en Marshalltown is steeds sonder elektrisiteit na Saterdag se groot brand by die Johannesburg-Sentraal-substasie. Die jongste kragonderbreking volg slegs ‘n dag nadat kragtoevoer herstel is ná ʼn onderbreking van twee weke. City Power se woordvoerder, Isaac Mangena, sê tegniese spanne het bewyse gevind van moontlike kabeldiefstal en opsetlike beskadiging […]
# Kaapstadse owerhede het die afgelope naweek meer as drie-duisend oproepe om hulp ontvang, terwyl die aanmelding van ongelukke 58-persent hoër was. Die metro se noodsentrum het drie-duisend-en-20 oproepe ontvang waarvan 235 vir aanranding was en 138 vir ongelukke. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Veiligheid en Sekerheid, JP Smith, sê wetstoepassingsbeamptes het ook beslag gelê op dwelms […]
# Parts of the Johannesburg CBD and Marshalltown remain without power following a major fire at the Johannesburg Central Substation on Saturday. The latest power outage hit just a day after electricity was restored following a two-week-long outage in the same area. City Power’s spokesperson Isaac Mangena says technical teams have found evidence of suspected […]
# The City of Cape Town authorities handled more than three-thousand calls for assistance over the past weekend, with accident reports up by 58-percent. The metro’s emergency centre received three-thousand-20 calls, including 235 assault-related reports and 138 accidents. Mayoral committee member for Safety and Security, JP Smith, says law enforcement officers also confiscated drugs and […]
# George se munisipale raad het sy Gekonsolideerde Raamwerk vir Kapitaalbesteding vir 2026/2027 goedgekeur en aanvaar. Dit verskaf riglyne vir beplanning en watter infrastruktuurprojekte voorkeur kry. Projekte word oorweeg volgens faktore soos diens-agterstande, groei, infrastruktuurbehoeftes, bekostigbaarheid, tegniese gereedheid en moontlike maatskaplike en ekonomiese voordeel. Die munisipaliteit se woordvoerder, Debra Sauer, sê infrastruktuurprojekte moet binne hulle […]
# The George Municipality Council has approved and adopted its Consolidated Capital Expenditure Framework for 2026/2027, which will guide how it plans and prioritises its infrastructure projects. Projects are considered according to factors such as service backlogs, growth, infrastructure needs, affordability, technical readiness and the potential social and economic benefit. The municipality’s spokesperson, Debra Sauer, […]
# Die vakverbond COSATU in Gauteng vra dringende optrede in die Wes-Rand teen onwettige vuurwapens, georganiseerde misdaad en geweld wat met onwettige mynbedrywighede verband hou. Dit volg nadat 18 mense Saterdagaand by ‘n taverne in Wedela, Carletonville, doodgeskiet is. Niemand is nog in hegtenis geneem nie. COSATU se provinsiale voorsitter, Amos Monyela, vra beter polisie-intelligensie […]
# Die Stad Tshwane se koalisieregering het Sarah Mabotsa bedank vir haar diens aan inwoners. Die GOOD-party het haar lidmaatskap opgehef weens skendings van sy grondwet, en gevra dat sy as raadslid verwyder word. Dit beteken haar termyn as die metro se burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Ekonomiese Ontwikkeling word ook beëindig. Burgemeester Nasiphi Moya se woordvoerder, Samkelo […]
