# The Department of Social Development is warning about the growing number of unregistered treatment centres operating across the country. This follows allegations of abuse and degrading treatment of people at a suspected illegal treatment centre in Waterval B, Siyabuswa, in Mpumalanga. The department’s spokesperson Sandy Godlwana says people seeking help for substance use disorders […]
# The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport is seeking additional funding from the provincial Treasury to rehabilitate sinkholes affecting the R500 and R563 roads near Krugersdorp. Preliminary assessments indicated that over 80-percent of the road surface had caved in along the section of the R500, making it extremely unsafe. The department’s spokesperson, Lesiba Mpya, says the funding […]
# Die vakverbond SAFTU is sterk gekant teen die Stad Ekurhuleni se plan om krag by onafhanklike kragverskaffers aan te koop en beskou dit as ʼn vorm van energie-privatisering wat Eskom ondermyn. Die metro het toestemming gekry om twee-duisend-400 megawatt elektrisiteit van onafhanklike kragverskaffers te koop, wat hom oor 20 jaar 36-miljard-rand kan bespaar. SAFTU […]
# ‘n Hewige storm het Maandag groot skade in dele van Soweto veroorsaak, met die dak van die bekende Regina Mundi-kerk wat afgewaai het. Die woordvoerder vir nooddienste in die Stad Johannesburg, Robert Mulaudzi, sê brandbestryders het op twee stormverwante voorvalle in Soweto en die omliggende gebiede reageer. Die tweede voorval was by die Rutlwile […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad het roekelose bestuur en onwettige wedrenne veroordeel ná ʼn wetstoepassingsoperasie in Seepunt. Die metro se Spookeenheid het die operasie in Strandweg uitgevoer ná klagtes van tollende wiele, roekelose bestuur en wedrenne na sononder. Een verdagte is gearresteer en drie voertuie is geskut. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Veiligheid en Sekuriteit, JP Smith, sê […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions is strongly opposed to the City of Ekurhuleni’s independent power producer procurement plan, saying it views this as a form of “energy privatisation” that undermines Eskom. The metro has been given the green light to procure two-thousand-400 megawatts of electricity from independent power producers, a move expected […]
# A severe storm tore through parts of Soweto on Monday, leaving a trail of destruction, including the roof of the prominent Regina Mundi Church being blown away. City of Johannesburg Emergency Services spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi says firefighters responded to two storm-related incidents in Soweto and surrounding areas, with the second incident reported at Rutlwile Secondary School […]
# Kaapstad se burgemeester, Geordin Hill-Lewis, het by gesinne in Protea Village aangesluit om die begin van bouwerk aan 86 vergoedings-wonings in Bishopscourt te vier. Dit volg nadat die metro sy grootmaat dienste-infrastruktuur van 83-miljoen-rand afgehandel het. Die gesinne is deel van ʼn groep van ongeveer 200 gesinne wat tydens apartheid ingevolge die Groepsgebiedewet uit […]
# The City of Cape Town has condemned reckless driving and illegal racing following a law enforcement operation in Sea Point. The metro’s Ghost Squad conducted the operation along Beach Road after complaints of wheel spinning, reckless driving and racing during sunset park-off events. One suspect was arrested, and three vehicles were impounded. Mayoral committee […]
