# The US Department of Justice announced that TikTok and China’s ByteDance have agreed to pay 6.4-billion-rand to settle claims that the social media platform violated U.S. children’s online privacy laws. The agency sued TikTok in 2024, alleging that it violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act by collecting and retaining data from its young users […]
# Die African Independent Congress het Margaret Arnolds aangekondig as hul burgemeesterskandidaat vir die Stad Johannesburg in die plaaslike regeringsverkiesings op 4 November. Arnolds is die huidige Speaker van die Johannesburgse Raad, nadat sy in Julie 2025 met 137 stemme herkies is. Die AIC-raadslid dien al etlike jare in Johannesburg se politieke leierskap, insluitend vorige […]
# Eskom sê sy ommeswaai kry momentum, met die energiebeskikbaarheidsfaktor wat 72,56-persent vir die afgelope week en 67,79-persent op ‘n jaargrondslag bereik het, die hoogste vlak sedert 2020. Eskom-woordvoerder Daphne Mokwena sê onbeplande onderbrekings het met 39,2-persent vir die jaar gedaal. Sewe provinsies is ook van die lasverminderingskedule verwyder, wat ongeveer 1,2-miljoen kliënte bevoordeel. Sy […]
# Activists and demonstrators are taking part in the annual remembrance walk for Uyinene Mrwetyana, saying the initiative honours her life while keeping her memory alive. Mrwetyana was raped and murdered in August 2019 at the Clareinch Post Office in Claremont. The walk, along Main Road between Claremont and the University of Cape Town, also […]
# Die Gauteng Gesondheidsdepartement sê beplande herstelwerk aan elektriese infrastruktuur Steve Biko Akademiese Hospitaal sal tot 1-uur vanmiddag plaasvind. Dit raak verloskunde, neonatale en pediatriese dienste, asook ses teaters en kritieke sorgeenhede, raak. Die hospitaal het hoërisiko-pasiënte verskuif en 33 elektiewe operasies herskeduleer. Noodprosedures sal voortgaan in die onaangeraakte teaters. Woordvoerder Steve Mabona sê noodmaatreëls […]
# Die vakbond Solidariteit sê gebrekkige bevorderingsprosesse het ‘n chroniese probleem binne die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens geword. Dit volg na ‘n uitspraak deur die Kommissie vir Versoening, Bemiddeling en Arbitrasie wat bevind het SAPD Kaptein Christiaan du Plessis is onregverdig ‘n stasiebevelvoerderpos in Moorreesburg, Wes-Kaap, geweier en het hom vergoeding gelykstaande aan tien maande se salaris […]
# Trade union Solidarity says flawed promotion processes have become a chronic problem within the South African Police Service. This follows a Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration ruling that found SAPS unfairly denied Captain Christiaan du Plessis a station commander post in Moorreesburg, Western Cape, and awarded him compensation equivalent to ten months’ salary. […]
# Die DA sê die Wes-Kaap berei voor vir ‘n baie langer en meer ernstige brandseisoen as gevolg van El Niño en klimaatsverandering. Die provinsie se hoërisiko-brandperiode sal na verwagting van Oktober tot Mei duur. Opleiding van brandbestryders is vervroeg, terwyl owerhede indringerplantegroei skoonmaak en helikopters en waterbomme voorberei. Dave Bryant van die party sê […]
# The DA says the Western Cape is preparing for a much longer and more severe fire season due to El Niño and climate change. The province’s high-risk fire period is expected to run from October to May. Firefighter training has been brought forward, while authorities are clearing invasive vegetation and preparing helicopters and water […]
