# Public Works and Infrastructure deputy minister Sihle Zikalala has urged communities to protect infrastructure and pay for services. This as government continues to partner with the private sector to drive infrastructure development. Speaking on the sidelines of the Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium in Cape Town, Zikalala told the SABC that shared services under the […]
# The DA calls for a broader investigation into corruption in Emfuleni Municipality after five employees were arrested over allegations of fraud, theft and tampering with essential infrastructure. The DA’s Kingsol Chabalala says police allege the suspects posed as officials to reconnect electricity, then pocketed the fees. He called for full accountability:
# Die Chinese Ministerie van Buitelandse Sake sê sanksies en ander vorms van druk los nie internasionale geskille op nie. Amerika het nuwe ekonomiese sanksies teen Iran ingestel, geteiken op digitale bates, tegnologie, goud, die lugvaartbedryf en skeepsvaart. Washington waarsku enige land wat finansieel saamwerk met Teheran kan uitgesluit word. Iran se grootste handelsvennote sluit […]
# Several Johannesburg suburbs face dry taps after a power failure at Rand Water’s Eikenhof pump station. Joburg Water says pumping was restored yesterday, but is not yet at full capacity. Suburbs affected include Randburg, Roodepoort and Crown Gardens, and the Commando system serving Brixton, Hursthill and Crosby. The utility says customers will experience poor […]
# The Citrus Growers’ Association of Southern Africa has lowered its 2026 orange export forecasts, citing severe weather, geopolitical tensions, market disruptions and logistics challenges. Valencia orange estimates have been cut by eight-percent to 58-million cartons, while Navel oranges are down 19-percent to 24-point-three-million cartons. Total citrus exports are now expected at 197-point-nine-million 15-kilogram cartons. […]
# Two suspects have been arrested after officers of the Johannesburg Metro Police’s Tactical Response Unit intercepted illegal firearms in Lufhereng, Gauteng yesterday. Spokesperson Xolani Fihla says they acted on information about a firearm deal spotted involving a vehicle and performed a tactical stop. Inside the vehicle, police found a rifle with magazine, a pistol […]
# Die rand het vanoggend die eerste keer in byna ses maande tot die belangrike vlak van onder 16-rand teenoor die Amerikaanse dollar versterk. Ontleders skryf dit toe aan ‘n swakker Amerikaanse dollar, stygende goud- en platinumpryse, asook sterk buitelandse belangstelling in Suid-Afrikaanse staatseffekte. Volgens Investec is sowat 63,7-miljard-rand vanjaar gebruik vir die plaaslike skuldmark, […]
# The Public Servants Association welcomes the recently signed framework and Memorandum of Understanding between the governments of South Africa and Zimbabwe aimed at strengthening cooperation in justice and correctional services. Current prison population figures indicate that South Africa’s correctional facilities house more than 170-thousand inmates, including a significant number of foreign nationals. PSA spokesperson, […]
# Die Posbank het bykans 80-duisend begunstigdes van maatskaplike toelaes gevra om betyds oor te skakel van SASSA se gouekaarte na die Posbank se swartkaarte. Die sperdatum is Maandag. Meer as 1,8-miljoen begunstigdes het reeds oorgeskakel sedert die proses verlede jaar begin het. Woordvoerder Bongani Diako sê bykomende bedryfs-maatreëls is ingestel by kaartvervangingspunte om die […]
