# Die DA in die Wes-Kaap moedig alle padgebruikers aan om hierdie Paasnaweek ekstra waaksaam te wees op die paaie. In 2024 is 31 noodlottige botsings op die provinsie se paaie aangemeld, met 33 mense wat hul lewens oor die Paasvakansie verloor het. Nomafrench Mbombo van die DA sê voetgangers en bestuurders word aangeraai om […]
# The City of Tshwane says it has successfully concluded a pilot technical skills development programme for learners from special needs schools. This initiative, spearheaded by the Tshwane Leadership and Management Academy, forms part of the metro’s broader commitment to inclusive development and skills upliftment. The metro says in partnership with Mamelodi East School and […]
# The Institute of Race Relations says the ANC has estranged voters with its continued pursuit of unpopular socio-economic policies. For the first time in IRR’s opinion polling, the DA surpassed the ANC. The institute’s Hermann Pretorius says the potential emergence of a politics defined by socio-economic concerns rather than identity-based grievance is one of […]
# Government marked Indigenous Tree Day by planting over 100 indigenous trees across national botanical gardens. Last year, the inaugural Indigenous Tree Day saw thousands of participants gather at 26 sites across 12 African countries. Led by the South African National Biodiversity Institute, the initiative forms part of a continental-wide effort to conserve locally adapted, […]
# South African Olympic gold medallist, Caster Semenya, recently delivered a keynote address at Harvard Kennedy School’s Women in Power Conference in the United States. Under the theme, Reimagining Power: Building a New Legacy, she joined fellow Olympian American Lauren Scruggs for a powerful conversation on resilience, purpose, and identity. In her speech, Semenya spoke […]
# Een van KwaZulu-Natal se mees gesoekte verdagtes is gistermiddag in Midrand, Gauteng, gearresteer. Linda Hlongwa, ook bekend as “Mjinja” of “Putin”, was vyf jaar voortvlugtig nadat hy versuim het om in Julie 2020 in die hof te verskyn op aanklagte van besit van ʼn onwettige vuurwapen en ammunisie. KZN se polisiewoordvoerder, Robert Netshiunda, sê hulle […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus is bekommerd oor die ernstige tekortkominge en wanbestuur van die Timberlands-projek in Pretoria. Die projek is gemik op die verskaffing van 607 behuisingseenhede aan inwoners wat nie vir gesubsidieerde behuising kwalifiseer of genoeg verdien om vir huislenings in aanmerking te kom nie. Lenor Janse van Rensburg van die VF Plus sê […]
# The City of Cape Town says its first Advanced Water Reclamation Plant is on track with the civil works completed in December 2024. The state-of-the-art plant is a vital part of the metro’s groundwater action plan to secure alternative water supply sources. Mayoral committee member for Water and Sanitation, Zahid Badroodien, says groundwater is […]
# Johannesburg Development Agency has announced Lorenzo Nassimbeni as the winner of the Joburg City Library Public Art Competition. A South African architect, conceptual artist, and educator, Nassimbeni’s work explores ideas through drawing, which he regards as the primary language of design thinking. The City of Johannesburg’s spokesperson, Virgil James, says with a focus on […]
