# City Power says it is stepping up the fight against criminals sabotaging essential infrastructure and crippling the electricity supply to residents. Six suspects were recently arrested for cable theft and tampering with electricity infrastructure in three separate incidents in the Johannesburg CBD, Bramley View, and Alexandra. City Power’s spokesperson, Isaac Mangena, says cable theft and […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says Ekurhuleni mayoral committee member for Finance, Jongizizwe Dlabathi, has acknowledged that a notice for a planned public participation meeting about municipal tariffs on 13 September was mistakenly sent out. This means that the meeting cannot be considered a lawful public participation process. FF Plus Jennifer Glovers says without a […]
# The Tshwane University of Technology’s Solar Car Project Team has been awarded the prestigious International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences Communication Prize for 2025 in Australia. The university’s entry titled, Sustainable Automotive Technologies: a TUT Case Study, beat finalists from China, India, the US, the Netherlands, the UK, Australia, Poland, Mexico […]
# Build One South Africa says it supports the Immigration Amendment Bill, as the integrity and sovereignty of the nation’s borders must be respected. The National Assembly passed the Bill yesterday, which revises provisions relating to the arrest and detention of illegal foreigners for purposes of deportation. BOSA leader Mmusi Maimane says if the government […]
# Die minister van Justisie en Grondwetlike Ontwikkeling, Mmamoloko Kubayi, het die regterpresident van die Oos-Kaapse afdeling van die Hooggeregshof versoek om ‘n regter aan te stel om die heropening van die Steve Biko-doodsondersoek te lei. Die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag sal die ondersoek vandag in die Hooggeregshof in Gqeberha heropen. Kubayi se woordvoerder, Terrence Manase, sê […]
# Die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen, sê die G20 se klem op wetenskaplik-gegronde maatreëls, deursigtigheid en samewerking oor standaarde is goeie nuus vir uitvoerders, van vrugte en wyn tot diereprodukte. Hy het gister in Kaapstad aan die FNB-rondetafel deelgeneem waar hy verduidelik het hoe vanjaar se G20 kan help om tasbare voordele vir plaaslike […]
# The EFF has welcomed minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau’s decision to withdraw the controversial draft amendments to the National Credit Act of 2005. The amendments proposed listing educational institutions as originators of credit information, which could have allowed unpaid student fees to be reported to credit bureaus. The EFF says this […]
# Eastern Cape premier, Oscar Mabuyane, has hailed the province’s positive 2024/2025 audit outcomes as a step towards cleaner governance. The Auditor-General of South Africa’s Provincial Financial Management Act audit outcomes show all 12 provincial departments achieved unqualified audit opinions for the first time. Six departments even earned clean audits. Mabuyane says this achievement reflects better […]
# Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis welcomes acting national Police minister Firoz Cachalia’s willingness to consider the extension of investigative powers to metro police and law enforcement. The metro has been fighting to assume a degree of control over the police directly, with enhanced abilities to shape policy and accountability. Hill-Lewis says with the call for […]
