# The DA says Johannesburg residents are paying the price for mismanaged infrastructure, as the Lilian Ngoyi Street upgrade remains incomplete. The project, initially budgeted at 172-million-rand, has now reached a cost of 215-million-rand, exceeding the budget by 40-million-rand. According to the party, only 1.8 kilometres of road have been delivered, costing nearly 100-million-rand per […]
# The DA in Tshwane will table a motion in Council to reopen municipal swimming pools, which have remained closed since 2024 despite water shortages easing. DA leader Cilliers Brink says no other metro has kept pools permanently closed, with residents, coaches, and schools deprived of access. He argues that a clear policy is needed […]
# ActionSA verwelkom die Openbare Beskermer se ondersoek na die KwaZulu-Natalse Jeugbemagtigingsfonds van 100-miljoen-rand. Die ondersoek volg nadat ActionSA gekla het oor onreëlmatighede, bedreigings en politieke inmenging oor die manier waarop fondse toegeken word. Die party se woordvoerder, Zwakele Mncwango, hoop die ondersoek sal alle misbruik van openbare hulpbronne blootlê en verseker jongmense in die […]
# ActionSA has welcomed the Public Protector’s investigation into the 100-million-rand KwaZulu-Natal youth empowerment fund. The probe follows ActionSA’s complaints about irregularities, coercion, and political interference in how the funds were awarded. The party’s Zwakele Mncwango hopes the investigation will expose any misuse of public resources and ensure that young people in the province benefit […]
# Die Stad Tshwane het vandag Boomplantmaand in Hammanskraal afgeskop, met Santam wat bome ter waarde van 250-duisend-rand skenk om die stad se stedelike vergroeningsprogram te ondersteun. Die projek is daarop gemik om 300-duisend-bome binne ‘n drie-jaar tydperk in townships en informele nedersettings te plant. Zintle Mahlati van die stad vra inwoners en organisasies om […]
# AfriForum sê slegs een uit elke vyf stortingsterreine in Suid-Afrika voldoen aan die basiese veiligheid- en omgewingstandaarde. Die organisasie se jongste oudit toon 131 uit 169 stortingsterreine wat nagegaan is, het nie daarin geslaag om gemeenskappe en die omgewing te beskerm nie. Gauteng en die Wes-Kaap het die beste gevaar, terwyl die Noord-Kaap die […]
# Die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag verwelkom die lewenslange vonnis vir die 25-jarige Mosambiekse burger, Phethe Simiao, vir die verkragting en moord op die sesjarige Amantle Samane in Johannesburg verlede jaar. Haar liggaam is in Simiao se plakkershut in Orlando-Oos onttdek. Die NVG se woordvoerder, Phindi Mjonondwane, sê Simiao het slegs selfbejammering getoon en geen berou nie. […]
# Die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen, sê die regering gryp in om die verwoestende bek-en-klouseer-uitbreking te bekamp. Hy het 274 onopgeloste gevalle in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, die Vrystaat, Noordwes en Mpumalanga bevestig. Steenhuisen sê ook die oorblywende 400-duisend entstofdosisse uit Botswana is ontvang, met 50-duisend wat reeds versprei is. Hy sê die oorblywende dosisse is […]
# AfriForum says only one in five landfill sites in South Africa meets basic safety and environmental standards. The organisation’s new audit shows that of the 169 sites checked, 131 failed to protect communities and the environment. Gauteng and the Western Cape performed best, while the Northern Cape scored lowest at just 13-percent. AfriForum’s Marais […]
