# Public Works and Infrastructure minister, Dean Macpherson, says the Adopt-A-Municipality initiative is an opportunity to improve the coalface of service delivery in South Africa. The initiative is in its pilot phase at three municipalities. It paves the way for Infrastructure South Africa to work with municipalities to introduce rapid infrastructure interventions and assist with […]
# Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, has paid tribute to actor Presley Chweneyagae, describing him as one of South Africa’s most powerful creative voices. The 40-year-old, who starred in the Oscar-winning South African film, Tsotsi, passed away on Tuesday morning. Presley is also known to audiences for his role as Cobra in the […]
# US president Donald Trump’s administration is reportedly set to order federal agencies to cancel all government contracts with Harvard University. The about 30 contracts are collectively worth 1.8-billion-rand. Since April, the administration has already frozen 57-billion-rand in research grants and attempted to ban the university from enrolling foreign students, a move temporarily blocked by […]
# Krieket: Die Protea Vroue se kaptein, Laura Wolvaardt, sal vir nog twee jaar beskikbaar wees vir Adelaide Strikers in Australië se Women’s Big Bash League. Sy het haar kontrak verleng na vyf seisoene waartydens sy een-duisend-726 lopies aangeteken het. Die 26-jarige Wolvaardt sê die span het haar tweede tuiste geword, en sy is opgewonde […]
# Cricket: Proteas Women captain Laura Wolvaardt will be available for Adelaide Strikers in Australia’s Women’s Big Bash League for another two years. She extended her contract after five seasons during which she scored one-thousand-726 runs. Twenty-six-year-old Wolvaardt says the team had become a second home to her, and she’s excited and determined to help […]
# Die DA het ‘n beroep op die Parlement se Komitee vir Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling gedoen om SASSA dringend te ontbied om ‘n wintergereedheidsplan voor te lê. Alexandra Abrahams van die party sê duisende kwesbare Suid-Afrikaners trotseer erge toestande by SASSA-kantore weens mislukte e-dienste, swak bestuur van rye en beperkte toegang tot ondersteuning. Sy eis onmiddellike […]
# The DA has called on Parliament’s Social Development Committee to urgently summon SASSA to present a winter readiness plan. The party’s Alexandra Abrahams says thousands of vulnerable South Africans are braving harsh conditions at SASSA offices due to failed e-services, poor queue management, and limited access to support. She demands immediate interventions to ensure […]
# The Water and Sanitation Department has reported significant progress in tackling sewage pollution in Emfuleni. The department says that since invoking Section 63 of the Water Services Act in 2021, Rand Water has led major upgrades, including refurbishing pump stations and replacing sewer lines. The Sebokeng and Rietspruit treatment plants are partially upgraded. With […]
# Die Departement van Water en Sanitasie het beduidende vordering gerapporteer met die bekamping van rioolbesoedeling in Emfuleni. Die departement sêdie inwerkingtreding van Artikel 63 van die Waterdienstewet in 2021 het Rand Water groot verbeterings aangepak, ondermeer die opknapping van pompstasies en die vervanging van rioolpype. Die Sebokeng- en Rietspruitsuiweringsaanlegte is gedeeltelik opgegradeer. Met 7,6-miljard […]
