# The City of Cape Town says the rollout of refurbishment and upgrades of high-mast streetlights in Khayelitsha is progressing well. The project will see the refurbishment of public lighting infrastructure in the area, including the retrofitting of Light-Emitting Diode lamps. Mayoral committee member for Energy, Xanthea Limberg, says they are excited with the work […]
# The DA has expressed concern at South Africa’s child hunger crisis, saying this is a national tragedy. In 2024 alone, 766 children under five-years-old died from malnutrition-related causes in public hospitals across the country. Since May this year, 45 children have died from malnutrition in the Eastern Cape alone. The DA’s Bridget Masango says […]
# Die Tshwane Universiteit vir Tegnologie se Departement van Uitvoerende Kunste se senior dosent en bekroonde jazz-pianis, Roland Moses, is uitgenooi na die Villa-Lobos Instituut by die Federale Universiteit van die Staat van Rio de Janeiro. Hy sal meesterklasse, slypskole, gemeenskapsprojekte en ʼn konsert aanbied. TUT sê die meestersklasse sal handel oor Suid-Afrika se musiekerfenis, […]
# Drie bewaringbestuur-studente van die Nelson Mandela Universiteit se George-kampus het by die Suid-Afrikaanse Natuurlewe-bestuursvereniging, SAWMA, se konferensie erkenning gekry. Elizabeth Kennedy Overton is vereer vir die beste PhD Speed Presentation vir: Spoorsny jagluiperds: kwantifiseer jagsukses deur ʼn oeroue spoorsnymetode. Die beste MSc Full Talk-toekenning is toegeken aan Yasmin Markides vir: Modelleer funksionele verspreidingsroetes na […]
# The City of Cape Town says the collapsed sewer pipeline in Tambotie Street, Delft South, has been successfully repaired at a cost of 1.44-million-rand. The collapsed fibre cement pipeline was located 4.2-metres deep underground. Mayoral committee member for Water and Sanitation, Zahid Badroodien, says services have now been fully restored for more than five-thousand […]
# Justin Bieber, Sabrina Carpenter en Karol G is die hoofkunstenaars by die 2026 Coachella Valley-musiek- en Kunstefees by die Empire Polo Club in Indio. Dit is die eerste optrede vir al drie kunstenaars in die Kaliforniese woestyn. Carpenter sal Vrydag die verhoog betree, met Bieber en Karol G wat onderskeidelik Saterdag en Sondag as […]
# Die Vereniging vir Staatsamptenare stem saam met die minister van die Staatsdiens en Administrasie, Mzamo Buthelezi, dat Suid-Afrika se staatsamptenare onderbetaal, oorwerk en afgestomp is. Die land het ongeveer 1,7-miljoen staatsamptenare. Claude Naicker van die vakbond sê die onlangse salarisverhoging van 5,5-persent vir staatsamptenare, hoewel dit bo inflasie is, vergoed nie voldoende vir jare […]
# AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit has accused the Department of Higher Education and Training of ignoring widespread corruption at the University of SA while acting swiftly at Cape Town College. The unit is representing Unisa’s acting Chief Financial Officer, doctor Reshma Mathura, who was suspended in April last year following allegations of corruption. The unit’s Barry […]
# International Energy Agency says the average rate at which oil and gas fields’ output declines over time has significantly accelerated globally. This is largely due to higher reliance on shale and deep offshore resources. The new IEA report states that the average global rates for annual post-peak decline are 5.6-percent for oil output and […]
