# ActionSA versoek maatreëls om toekomstige onderbrekings van die polisie se een-nul-trippel-een-noodlyn in Kaapstad te voorkom. Provinsiale kommissaris Sizakhele Dyantyi het onthul daar is vanaf gistermiddag ‘n tegniese fout sonder ‘n herstel-tydlyn. Dereleen James van ActionSA noem dit onaanvaarbaar, met een-duisend-71 moorde in die Wes-Kaap in die eerste kwartaal. Sy het die polisie versoek om […]
# The Electoral Commission says 546 political parties will contest the 4 November local government elections, representing 75-percent of all registered parties. Two-hundred-and-27 national parties, 33 provincial parties, 49 metropolitan parties and 237 district-level parties have nominated candidates. Briefing the media, IEC chairperson Mosotho Moepya said the high level of political participation reflects strong interest […]
# The Electoral Commission says more than 142-thousand candidates have been nominated to contest ten-thousand-526 seats in this year’s local government elections. This is a 43-percent increase from the 2021 elections, when about 99-thousand nominations were received. Men make up nearly two-thirds of the candidates, while women account for about 38-percent. IEC Chairperson Mosotho Moepya […]
# Dis Toerismemaand en Stad Kaapstad sê slimmer bemarking en verbinding sal toerisme aandryf. Die burgemeesterkomiteelid vir Ekonomiese Groei, James Vos, het aan Meta gesê bemarking moet belangstelling in besprekings omskep. Hy sê die Dit is Kaapstad-veldtog het die Moederstad in 55 stede wêreldwyd bemark en sowat 250-miljoen mense bereik. Vos sê toerisme het verlede […]
# Die DA sê staatskole in Gauteng skuld munisipaliteite 17,2-miljoen-rand, wat die gevaar van water- en elektrisiteitsafsluitings verhoog. Die LUR vir Onderwys, Lebogang Maile, het die syfer in die wetgewer bekend gemaak. DA-woordvoerder Michael Waters vra ‘n ondersoek na skole se munisipale koste, en ‘n verduideliking hoe die skuld vereffen gaan word sonder om leerprogramme […]
# Die minister van Elektrisiteit en Energie, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, besoek tans Eskom se navorsing-, toetsing- en ontwikkelingsentrum in Rosherville, Johannesburg, om groen waterstof-tegnologie en skoon energie-navorsing bekend te stel. Dit word gedoen met die oog op die Afrika-groen waterstofberaad later die maand in Kaapstad. Die regering sê die besoek fokus op tegnologie wat ontkoling, ekonomiese […]
# Die DA-leier en burgemeester van Kaapstad, Geordin Hill-Lewis, het strenger optrede teen onwettige storting en rommelstrooiery beloof as die party weer ‘n meerderheid kry in 4 November se plaaslike regeringsverkiesing. Hy het die DA se derde veldtog-belofte by Prinsesvlei bekend gestel en groter skoonmaakdienste beloof, veral in informele nedersettings, en steeds parke, strande en […]
# Estonia’s Parliament has elected constitutional lawyer and human rights ombud Ülle Madise as the country’s next president. The 51-year-old ran unopposed after no other candidate secured enough parliamentary support to stand. Madise has been Estonia’s human rights ombud since 2015 and will serve a five-year term, succeeding Alar Karis, who did not seek a […]
# The man accused of killing US conservative activist Charlie Kirk has pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder and six other charges. A Utah judge has ruled that prosecutors can pursue a death-penalty trial if Tyler Robinson is convicted. Prosecutors presented evidence they say links the 23-year-old to the shooting at a university event last […]
