# The DA says the Western Cape’s Department of Social Development community nutrition and development centres are not just tackling hunger, but also building stronger, self-reliant communities. The centres provide around 22-thousand meals a month, create 266 work opportunities, mainly for women, while offering skills training, household food gardens, and small income projects. The DA’s […]
# Municipal union, Samwu, says it has been vindicated after the City of Tshwane’s application to avoid paying the 2021/2022 salary increases was dismissed. The South African Local Government Bargaining Council ordered the city to implement the 3.5-percent pay adjustment, including back pay, within six months. Samwu’s Dumisane Magagula is also calling for the reinstatement […]
# The GOOD Party in the Western Cape says urgent action is needed in Khayelitsha’s SST section, where failing sewer infrastructure is causing homes to collapse. At least eight sinkholes have appeared, forcing families to leave and creating serious health and safety risks. The party calls on the City of Cape Town to provide temporary […]
# Joburg Market Chief Executive Officer Sello Makhubela will represent South Africa at the World Union of Wholesale Markets 2025 Conference in Brussels, Europe, from 5 to 7 November. Speaking to over 300 delegates from 48 countries, he will present transitioning into the Smart Market across the Value Chain, highlighting Joburg Market’s digital transformation, sustainability, […]
# Hawks officer Sabelo Nkosi says he was forced to abandon a major operation in the North West to verify the arrest of alleged ‘Big Five’ crime boss Katiso “KT” Molefe in Sandton last December. Testifying before the Madlanga commission, Nkosi said he was instructed by his superior, Hawks brigadier Lesiba Mokoena, to confirm whether […]
# The Gauteng Health Department is intensifying efforts to curb sexually transmitted infections through screenings at men’s clinics, workplaces, campuses, and male circumcision sites. MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko highlighted rising Male Urethritis Syndrome cases from 55-thousand-783 in 2020 to over 80-thousand in 2024. Expanded community outreach, condom distribution, and the 1.1-million antiretroviral therapy campaign aim to […]
# Die Hooggeregshof het beslis dat die Stad Johannesburg die bevestiging en registrasie van informele handelaars moet versnel. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Instituut vir Maatskaplik-Ekonomiese Regte het die saak aanhangig gemaak nadat handelaars uit onwettige of ongedefinieerde gebiede verwyder is, en betoog dat hul regte om ‘n bestaan te maak, geskend is. Regter Brad Wanless het die […]
# Die GOOD-party sê geweldsmisdaad en die roekelose gebruik van vuurwapens is ‘n ondraaglike werklikheid vir baie gemeenskappe. Dit volg ná die dodelike verbyry-skietery in Reigerpark in Boksburg aan die Gautengse Oos-Rand waartydens ses mense dood en drie gewond is. Matthew Cook van GOOD het die polisie versoek om vinnig op te tree en alle […]
# Die Valke se afdelingskommissaris, Dumisani Mbotho, sê hy was by die eenheid se toekenningseremonie in Pretoria toe die sakeman Katiso “KT” Molefe in Desember verlede jaar in hegtenis geneem is. Hy is vandag die derde getuie voor die Madlanga-kommissie. Mbotho is voorheen in omstredenheid gedompel oor onvanpaste WhatsApp-plasings en ‘n ontmoeting met die vermeende […]
