# The City of Tshwane says it has fully endorsed The Bigg Pull 2026, a charity and community initiative that is organised by Gentle Giant Promotions. The Bigg Pull challenges 20 strength athletes, known as the Power Team, to haul a truck for one-thousand-650-kilometres from Pretoria to Cape Town over a period of 41 days. […]
# The MK Party Women’s League says it condemns the continued persecution, public humiliation and apparent targeting of former Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. She appeared before the Pretoria Regional Court yesterday in connection with a criminal case stemming from allegations relating to her handling of the controversial Absa/Bankorp matter during her tenure as Public Protector. […]
# The National Prosecuting Authority says it remains committed to prosecuting corruption, fraud, and crimes that undermine essential public infrastructure and service delivery. This follows the arrest of seven Emfuleni Municipality employees, who stand accused of running a cash‑for‑reconnection scheme. They allegedly netted 150-thousand-rand through fraud, theft, money laundering and tampering with essential infrastructure. NPA […]
# Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Blade Nzimande, says South Africa’s development ambitions cannot be achieved while women and girls remain excluded from opportunities in science, technology and innovation. There has been progress in improving women’s participation in science and research, with women now constituting 52-percent of the academic workforce and 47.7-percent of the […]
# Rwanda se president, Paul Kagame, verwerp die bewering dat sy land verantwoordelik is vir die huidige konflik in die ooste van die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo, en sê dis faksies in die DRK. Sy opmerkings volg ná herhaalde pogings, insluitend die Amerikaanse vredesooreenkoms, om die konflik te beëindig. Kagame sê sy land sal by […]
# Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean Macpherson says South Africa is stepping up the pace of infrastructure delivery, with 81 Strategic Integrated Projects comprising 263 individual projects. The projects’ estimated combined value is 1.9-trillion-rand. The minister says over the past 18 months, 37 projects, worth approximately 69-billion-rand, have been completed, while a further 82 […]
# City Power says it has made significant progress in restoring electricity to areas affected by the Fordsburg substation fire. An underground fire in tunnels containing high-voltage power cables led to the shutdown of the substation on Sunday evening, disrupting electricity supply. This loss of power also affected water supply. City Power spokesperson, Isaac Mangena, says […]
# Die Appèlhof in Bloemfontein hoor vandag die regering se appèl aan teen die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria se beslissing oor die maatskaplike noodverligtingstoelaag van 370-rand. Die Hooggeregshof het bevind talle van hierdie toelaag se regulasies is ongrondwetlik en ongeldig, insluitend dat aansoeke slegs aanlyn ingedien word. Burgerregtegroepe sê hierdie vereiste sluit sowat 14-persent kwalifiserende begunstigdes […]
# Die EFF het ‘n formele klag teen Mark Burke van die DA by die Parlement se Gesamentlike Komitee oor Etiek en Ledebelange ingedien. Dit volg na bewerings dat Kastelo, die maatskappy wat hy gestig het, deur die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank ondersoek is vir oënskynlike valutabeheer-oortredings in transaksies ter waarde van vier-miljard-rand. Die DA het Burke […]
