# The Western Cape Department of Mobility has no backlog in public transport operating licence applications. The Provincial Regulatory Entity takes just more than a month to process applications, within the legal limit of 60 days. Operators can apply online and receive SMS updates on progress. Vehicles are checked for safety before licences are issued. […]
# Die ANC verwelkom die Verkiesingskommissie se bevestiging dat 181 kandidate wat vroeër uitgesluit is, op stembriewe geplaas is in ses munisipaliteite in die Oos-Kaap, KwaZulu-Natal en die Vrystaat. Dit volg nadat die Konstitusionele Hof die ANC se appèlaansoek gehandhaaf het teen ‘n Kieshof-beslissing wat die kandidate uitgesluit het. Die uitsluiting het gevolg nadat die […]
# Electricity and Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says Ekurhuleni’s approved Ministerial Determination on electricity could significantly reduce its reliance on Eskom. Ramokgopa says diversifying energy sources is key to improving energy security and making electricity more affordable. He says the shift towards renewables, supported by reliable power generation, could also strengthen the competitiveness of Ekurhuleni’s […]
# Ekurhuleni mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza says the city’s independent power producer programme could attract 6.2-billion-rand in investment and generate 36-billion-rand in bulk electricity savings over 20 years. Xhakaza says the City’s application for a Ministerial Determination of the Electricity Regulation Act provides regulatory certainty for producers to secure funding moving towards construction. The Determination allows […]
# The DA in Gauteng says teaching and learning are being disrupted at Franklin D Roosevelt Primary in Randburg, Gauteng, due to unresolved allegations of financial mismanagement, intimidation and administrative failures involving the principal and the school’s governing body. The DA’s Sergio Isa Dos Santos calls on Education MEC Lebogang Maile to commission an independent […]
# Die DA versoek werkers om inligting te verskaf oor munisipaliteite wat versuim om pensioenbydraes oor te betaal. Inligting aan die Parlement toon 16 munisipaliteite in die Vrystaat, die Oos-Kaap, die Noord-Kaap en Noordwes het versuim om 1,79-miljard-rand se agterstallige pensioengeld te betaal, 80-persent daarvan in die Vrystaat en Noordwes. Die DA-lid, Marina van Zyl, […]
# Owerhede in KwaZulu-Natal is op soek na die bestuurder en eienaar van ‘n wegholvragmotor wat in sewe huise vasgejaag het in Umlazi, suid van Durban. Die vragmotor, sonder ‘n bestuurder, het gisteraand teen die Prince Mcwayizeni-pad in die V-afdeling afgetuimel en ‘n spoor van verwoesting gesaai. Die provinsiale Departement van Vervoer se woordvoerder, Ndabezinhle […]
# Nasionale polisiekommissaris Fannie Masemola sê sy terugkeer na diens dui op ‘n hernude verbintenis tot eenheid, aanspreeklikheid, hervorming en beter wetstoepassing. Hy het ‘n nuuskonferensie gehou in die Polisie-opleidingsakademie in Pretoria met sy terugkeer nadat president Cyril Ramaphosa verlede week sy skorsing opgehef het. Masemola sê die Polisiediens is groter as enige individu en […]
# The DA claims whistleblower tests have detected cholera bacteria at the Bronkhorstspruit wastewater treatment works. The party’s Cilliers Brink calls on Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya to release water-quality results, saying residents have a right to know if water is safe. More than 160 people have reportedly been hospitalised. Brink says the city failed to […]
