# Beaufort West Municipality in the Western Cape has adopted a funded budget for the first time in six years, marking progress in its financial recovery. The municipality was placed under a financial intervention in 2022 after struggling to pay its bills and staff. Since then, it has improved its audit results and qualified for […]
# Bontebok National Park in the Western Cape has reopened to the public after suffering major damage in floods in May. The floods damaged chalets, the picnic site and the main access road, with repairs expected to cost about 12-million-rand. Repairs to the remaining facilities and trails are still underway. Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment […]
# ActionSA has referred eThekwini city manager Musa Mbhele to the National Prosecuting Authority over alleged corruption linked to the Phoenix housing project. This after the Special Investigating Unit found evidence of corruption and recommended that several companies and individuals be blacklisted. ActionSA’s Alan Beesley says some of the companies continued to be used by […]
# The DA in Limpopo is calling for urgent repairs to the D447 road between Kgapane and Tzaneen, posing a danger to road users. The party states a 19-million-rand rehabilitation project was supposed to be completed by August last year, but the road remains in poor condition. The DA’s Marie Helm says parts of the […]
# Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the city’s new policing nerve centre in Goodwood will improve the response to crime. The eight-thousand-square-metre joint public safety operations centre will bring together policing resources and technology, including drones, body cameras, CCTV, number-plate cameras and artificial intelligence. Hill-Lewis added the city now has more than three-thousand-800 officers, […]
# CapeNature will introduce new fees for commercial filming at reserves across the Western Cape from the first of next month. The new tariff structure will charge productions according to their crew size, with a new category for major productions with more than 100 people. Fees will also increase for permits, base camps and environmental […]
# Cricket: Young Proteas fast bowler Kwena Maphaka believes he will be able to fill Kagiso Rabada’s role in this month’s home one-day series against Australia. Rabada is sidelined with injury and won’t return before next month’s Test series against the Aussies. Twenty-year-old Maphaka says he is confident in his abilities after leading the bowling […]
# Cricket: Former England captain Ben Stokes will play for Adelaide Strikers in Australia’s Big Bash League, starting in December. He retired from the international game in June. Stokes is reportedly set to become one of the most expensive players in the T20 league at a cost of 5.76-million-rand. Adelaide is being coached by former […]
# FNB has won four Africa-level awards at the 2026 Global Finance World’s Best Consumer Digital Bank Awards. The bank was named Africa’s Best Mobile Banking App, Best User Experience Design, Best in Transformation, and Best Information Security and Fraud Management. It also received several South African awards and will now be considered for the […]
