# The DA in Tshwane has welcomed the investigation into a suspected meter-tampering syndicate. Two residents described to News24 almost identical approaches from a woman calling herself “Petunia”, who allegedly demanded 12-thousand-rand to make their 73-thousand-rand electricity tampering penalties disappear. The DA’s Jacqui Uys says they warned the metro five months ago, after residents approached […]
# Johannesburg se burgemeester, Dada Morero, vra groter samewerking tussen City Power en gemeenskappe om die voortslepende elektrisiteitsprobleme in Alexandra aan te spreek. City Power het 40-duisend geregistreerde klante in Alexandra, maar slegs sowat een-duisend-600 koop elektrisiteit. Morero sê die metro kan nie ʼn oorkoepelende of eenvormige tarief vir Alexandra instel nie, want huishoudings het […]
# Die vakverbond Cosatu sê hy ondersteun die Wetsontwerp op die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Petroleummaatskappy omdat dit werk kan skep in die gas-, petroleum- en energie-sektore. Die wetsontwerp maak dit moontlik om ʼn maatskappy in staatsbesit te skep en gee uitvoering aan die Kabinet se besluit op 10 Junie 2020 om PetroSA, die Suid-Afrikaanse Gasontwikkelingsmaatskappy en […]
# The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department Tactical Response Unit arrested a high-profile male suspect in Lenasia South yesterday. TRU officers received credible information regarding a suspect linked to recent gang violence, specifically the shooting incident in Westbury over the past weekend that resulted in four fatalities. JMPD’s spokesperson Xolani Fihla says the suspect was found […]
# Tennis: Die wêreld-nommer-een Aryna Sabalenka van Belarus het slegs 54 minute nodig gehad om Wang Xinyu van China te verslaan vir ‘n plek in die laaste 16 by die Cincinnati Ope . Die 2023-kampioen Coco Gauff het haar plek in die vierde ronde verseker ná ‘n oorwinning in twee stelle oor haar landgenoot Ann […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Higher Education and Training says the damning Public Protector report on the National Student Financial Aid Scheme is not entirely surprising, given the persistent governance, administrative and system challenges. According to the report, approximately 40-thousand students across 76 higher education institutions were found to have been improperly funded to the […]
# Die minister van Hoër Onderwys, Buti Manamela, verwelkom die Openbare Beskermer se bevindings oor sistemiese ondoeltreffendheid by die Nasionale Finansiële Hulpskema vir Studente. Volgens die Openbare Beskermer, Kholeka Gcaleka, se verdoemende verslag is 40-duisend kwalifiserende studente nie befonds nie, ten spyte van drie-miljard-rand wat tussen 2024 en 2027 vir die sogenaamde vermiste middelgroep bedoel […]
# The City of Cape Town has added 418-thousand jobs over the current local government term, more than the next four largest metros combined: Johannesburg, eThekwini, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni. This is according to Statistics South Africa’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey data from quarter one 2022 to the latest quarter two 2026. Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says […]
# Union federation Cosatu says it supports the South African National Petroleum Company Bill as it could help unlock jobs in the gas, petroleum and energy sectors. The bill provides for the establishment of a state-owned company, giving effect to the Cabinet decision of 10 June 2020 to merge PetroSA, South African Gas Development Company […]
