# The National Student Financial Aid Scheme has come under scrutiny for spending 18.6-million-rand over five-years to lease 140 parking bays at The Halyard building in Cape Town. This expenditure, according to News24, is averaging 3.72-million-rand annually. This has raised concerns amid ongoing student funding challenges. The Special Investigating Unit intends to apply to the […]
# The DA in the Western Cape has written to the provincial Police Commissioner, Thembisile Patekile, demanding a clear timeline and operational plan promised by Police minister, Senzo Mchunu, to combat gang violence on the Cape Flats. The party’s, Nicholas Gotsell, says the timeline must include concrete answers on when the Anti-Gang Unit will finally […]
# The City of Cape Town has officially opened applications for seasonal lifeguard positions. Applicants have to meet a set of criteria, including lifeguarding and First Aid qualifications, criminal and substance use checks, an interview, where applicable, and they have to successfully complete a swim and rescue test. Mayoral committee member for Community Services and […]
# The Humanity Foundation, in collaboration with Rise Against Hunger, have celebrated the packaging and distribution of over 27-thousand meals. The meals were donated to residents in need in Boksburg, Gauteng. The event at Hoërskool Voortrekker exceeded its target of 26-thousand meals, with 97 volunteers helping. The foundation supports Rise Against Hunger’s ECD Connect programme […]
# Tshwane’s Section 79 Oversight Committee is calling for improved cemetery security following a rise in vandalism. Committee chairperson, Hluphi Gafane, has criticised the metro’s reliance on contracted security and urged the installation of surveillance systems and smart technology. The committee also raised concerns about the exclusion of people with disabilities, the lack of public […]
# Tshwane University of Technology’s Andile Wiseman Nkalanga has been honoured with the prestigious Chancellor’s Award. This is for outstanding academic achievement in the Faculty of Information and Communication Technology. His journey through the Diploma in Computer Science culminated in 16 distinctions. Nkalanga has admitted that the journey was not easy, but says his determination […]
# Die Stad Tshwane se Energie- en Elektrisiteitsafdeling begin vandag met herstelwerk aan die Waltloo/Njala-kraglyne. Die herstelwerk sal na verwagting teen vyfuur vanmiddag afgehandel wees. Die metro se woordvoerder, Lindela Mashigo, sê motoriste, fietsryers en voetgangers wat die Bronkhorstspruitpad gebruik, moet waaksaam wees, aangesien die werk ook aan kraglyne bo-oor die pad gedoen word:
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Kernenergiekorporasie beplan om die land se heel eerste kernreaktorprojek wat in 2010 gestaak is, te laat herleef en Eskom se kuratorskap oor te neem. Volgens News24 wil Necsa die modulêre korrelbedreaktor gebruik om kernbrandstof en kernkrag te vervaardig. Necsa se uitvoerende hoof, Sengiphile Simelane, sê hulle sal die kernbrandstof by die Pelindaba-aanleg […]
# Ses lede van een gesin, insluitend kinders, is vanoggend dood in ‘n brand in ‘n hut in die Marikana-informele nedersetting in Kwa Thema aan die Gautengse Oos-Rand. Sewe mense het geslaap toe die brand uitgebreek en hulle oorval het. Die woordvoerder van Ekurhuleni se Nooddienste, William Ntladi, sê toe hulle op die toneel aankom, […]
