# The DA wants the Information Regulator to investigate a possible breach of the Protection of Personal Information Act. This follows a data breach involving Gauteng’s e-panic button app. The party’s Michael Waters says residents’ personal information may have been exposed. Waters wants answers on how the breach happened, how long the information was accessible […]
# Western Cape premier Alan Winde says growing the economy and creating jobs were the main focus of his recent visit to the US. He met with US government and business leaders to strengthen trade, investment and tourism ties. The premier also promoted the province’s plans for renewable energy and greater energy security. Winde says […]
# Former Defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has denied asking military contractor Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu for two-million-rand to help secure her husband’s promotion to the South African National Defence Force surgeon-general. The state alleges she intended to use the money to influence then SANDF chief general Solly Shoke. Speaking via an interpreter, Mapisa-Nqakula told the High Court […]
# The Western Cape government is offering funded training and apprenticeships to unemployed young people across all six regions of the province. The programmes include plumbing and electrical work, as well as training in construction, health and safety, surveying and building. The DA’s Dirk Wessels says eligible applicants aged 18 to 30 years can receive […]
# The Gauteng Liquor Traders Association is calling for stronger cooperation between police, communities and businesses to prevent mass shootings. Following the killing of 18 people in Wedela on the West Rand, the association wants authorities to improve intelligence sharing, increase visible policing and coordinate efforts to tackle organised crime in high-risk areas. The organisation’s […]
# Kouga Municipality in the Eastern Cape has launched South Africa’s first municipal Battery Energy Storage System. Mayor Hattingh Bornman says the project will reduce electricity costs and strengthen energy resilience. The battery will charge during off-peak hours and supply electricity during expensive peak periods, saving the municipality significantly. The nearly 20-million-rand project will initially […]
# Professor Sue Harrison, ‘n emeritus-professor van die Universiteit van Kaapstad, is verkies tot Internasionale Genoot van die Royal Academy of Engineering ter erkenning van haar bydrae tot ingenieursnavorsing, innovasie en kapasiteitsontwikkeling. Harrison, tans adjunk-visekanselier vir Navorsing en Innovasie aan die Universiteit van Queensland in Australië, was 30 jaar lank werksaam by Universiteit van Kaapstad, […]
# Die premier van die Wes-Kaap, Alan Winde, sê ekonomiese groei en die skep van werksgeleenthede was die hooffokus van sy onlangse besoek aan die VSA. Hy het samesprekings met Amerikaanse regerings- en sakeleiers gevoer om bande op die gebied van handel, belegging en toerisme te versterk. Die premier het ook die provinsie se planne […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse regering bied befondsde opleiding en vakleerlingskappe aan vir werklose jongmense in al ses streke van die provinsie. Die programme sluit loodgieters en elektriese werk in, asook opleiding in konstruksie, gesondheid en veiligheid, opmeting en bouwerk. Dirk Wessels van die DA sê aansoekers tussen die ouderdomme van 18 en 30 wat kwalifiseer kan […]
