# The Freedom Front Plus is calling on Western Cape MEC for Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning, Anton Bredell, to urgently approach the High Court with an application. This is to review and set aside the Knysna municipal Council’s unlawful decision to extend Manqoba Ngubo’s appointment as acting Municipal Manager by a further […]
# Gautrain takes all reports concerning passenger safety seriously and remains committed to providing a safe and secure environment across its network. This after a passenger admitted on social media that a reported robbery did not occur on the Gautrain network, after CCTV footage showed no evidence of a robbery. Gautrain spokesperson, Aibi Modise says […]
# Gautrein neem alle verslae oor passasiersveiligheid ernstig op en bly daartoe verbind om ‘n veilige omgewing regoor die netwerk te bied. Dit volg nadat ‘n passasier op sosiale media erken het dat ‘n aangemelde rooftog nie op die Gautrein-netwerk plaasgevind het nie. CCTV-beeldmateriaal het geen bewyse van ‘n rooftog getoon nie. Gautrain-woordvoerder, Aibi Modise, […]
# Human Settlements minister, Thembi Simelane says government plans to introduce a policy declaration to expand priority access to subsidised housing for survivors of gender-based violence and femicide. Simelane was speaking at the Women of Human Settlements Ministerial Leadership Engagement at Freedom Park in Pretoria. She says the recommendation will integrate GBV prevention into housing […]
# Education activist Hendrick Makaneta is calling on the National Student Financial Aid Scheme board not to invalidate the good work done by the administrator, Hlengani Mathebulain, in an effort to resolve the challenges faced by the scheme. The Pretoria High Court on Friday suspended the appointment of Mathebula and reinstated the disbanded NSFAS board. […]
# Eskom sê hy handhaaf steeds bykomende kapasiteit op die kragnetwerk, met drie-duisend-363 megawatt in reserwe weens ‘n oormaat opwekkingskapasiteit, wat verder verseker dat die kragstelsel aan die vraag kan voldoen. Die woordvoerder, Daphne Mokwena, sê die gemiddelde vlak van onbeplande onderbrekings het verlede week tot ses-duisend-653-megawatt afgeneem, vergeleke met elf-duisend-982-megawatt in die ooreenstemmende tydperk […]
# Eskom says it continues to maintain additional system capacity, with three-thousand-363-megawatts in cold reserve due to excess capacity, providing further assurance of system adequacy. The power utility spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena says last week, average unplanned outages declined to six-thousand-653-megawatts from eleven-thousand-982-megawatts in the corresponding period last year, a reduction of five-thousand-329-megawatts. She says this […]
# Die African Unite Borders Bus Trucks Association doen ‘n beroep op Afrika-leiers om in te gryp na die Karibameer-veerboottragedie in Zimbabwe. Vier-en-veertig mense is dood toe ‘n oorlaaide veerboot Dinsdag naby Long Island omgeslaan het, met baie mense wat steeds vermis word. Die voorsitter van die vereniging, Mukhwathi Phumudzo, sê dit was ‘n ou […]
# Reddingspanne soek na oorlewendes nadat ‘n kragtige aardbewing van 7,7 Indonesië se eiland Flores getref het, met minstens 51 mense dood. Die aardbewing het vroeg gisteroggend voorgekom en is gevolg deur tientalle naskokke. Honderde geboue is erg beskadig, met Manggarai wat die ergste deurgeloop het. Indonesië se rampagentskap sê hulp word na rampgeteisterde gemeenskappe […]
