# Western Cape premier Alan Winde says extortion has delayed 400-million-rand in public infrastructure projects across the province. A high-level Anti-Extortion Summit was held in Cape Town earlier this week. Winde says extortion syndicates are paralysing infrastructure projects, intimidating communities, and undermining job creation. MEC for Police Oversight and Community Safety, Anroux Marais, says extortion […]
# Die Stad Johannesburg sê hy tree beslissend op om die publiek toegang te gee tot noodsaaklike bouplanne en rekords van stadsbeplanning. Dit volg na die sluiting van die Metrosentrum nadat strukturele foute in ʼn tegniese verslag uitgewys is. Woordvoerder Nthatisi Modingoane sê die metro werk saam met Nasionale Tesourie om ʼn oorgangsraadgewer aan te […]
# The DA in the Western Cape says the provincial Health and Wellness Department’s Emergency First Aid Responders programme has been a huge success. Over ten-thousand first aid responders have been trained over ten-years. The DA’s, Memory Booysen says this programme forms part of a broader effort to improve access to emergency care in areas […]
# UK Foreign secretary David Lammy is set to meet with his French and German counterparts, as well as Iranian Foreign minister Abbas Araghchi, in Switzerland today. The talks are aimed at creating a pathway back to diplomacy over Iran’s contested nuclear programme. European Union Foreign Policy chief Kaja Kallas is also expected to attend. […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad sê onderhoud aan straatligte reg oor die metro kry daagliks voorkeur. In Mei alleen is meer as 10-duisend reggemaak in gebiede soos Kensington, Mitchells Plain en Lavender Hill. Die metro is verantwoordelik vir meer as 245-duisend straatligte. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Energie, Xanthea Limberg, sê die verskerpte pogings is om tydens die […]
# Drie eiendomme wat aan die Gupta-familie behoort, insluitend die omstrede Saxonwold-kompleks in Johannesburg, word volgende maand opgeveil. Die eiendomme is van ‘n Gupta-maatskappy wat onder sakeredding is, Confident Concept. Bieërs sal groot deposito’s van tussen 250-duisend-rand en 500-duisend-rand moet betaal. Dit volg nadat die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag aangedui het hy sal nog ʼn aansoek indien […]
# The City of Johannesburg says it is taking decisive action to enhance public access to essential building plans and town planning records. This follows the closure of the Metro Centre due to structural defects identified in a technical report. Spokesperson Nthatisi Modingoane says the metro is working with National Treasury to appoint a transactional advisor […]
# Die Tshwane polisie sê hy sal voortgaan met hoë-effek misdaadbestrydingsoperasies in die metro onder die vaandel van Operasie Shanela. ‘n Multi-dissiplinêre operasie wat gister in Sinoville en Villieria uitgevoer is, het gelei tot die arrestasie van 261 verdagtes vir verskeie misdade. Die polisie se woordvoerder, Johan van Dyk, sê 63 ongedokumenteerde buitelanders is ook […]
# The City of Cape Town says streetlight maintenance is a daily priority across the metro. In May alone, more than ten-thousand faulty streetlights were repaired in areas including Kensington, Mitchells Plain and Lavender Hill. The metro manages more than 245-thousand streetlights. Mayoral committee member for Energy, Xanthea Limberg, says this intensified effort aims to […]
