# The state has rejected EFF leader Julius Malema’s bid to overturn his firearm conviction, calling his appeal without merit. The red berets leader is appealing his five-year sentence for charges linked to a 2018 incident where he was filmed allegedly firing a gun at a rally in Mdantsane in the Eastern Cape. Malema maintains […]
# Die Oos-Kaapse premier, Oscar Mabuyane, sê die versoekskrif wat hy van die teen-immigrasiegroep March and March ontvang het sal deur die tersaaklike regeringskanale oorweeg word. Die betoging in KuGompo City was deel van die groep se nasionale veldtog oor immigrasie-verwante kwessies. Mabuyane het hulle verbintenis herbevestig om na almal se bekommernisse te luister, maar […]
# Eastern Cape premier, Oscar Mabuyane, says the memorandum of demands he has received from anti-immigration civic group March and March Movement, will be processed through the appropriate channels. The group staged a protest in KuGompo City as part of its national campaign on immigration-related matters. Mabuyane has reaffirmed their commitment to listening to citizens’ concerns […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Menseregtekommissie het aanbeveel dat die Makana plaaslike munisipaliteit in die Oos-Kaap se raad ontbind en ʼn regsgeding ingestel word teen burgemeester Yandiswa Vara en haar leierskap. Dit volg nadat die kommissie ʼn verdoemende verslag vrygestel het oor die munisipaliteit se water- en sanitasiekrisis. Hy sê sistemiese en strukturele mislukkings skend inwoners se […]
# The South African Human Rights Commission has recommended that the council of Makana Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape be dissolved, and legal action be taken against mayor Yandiswa Vara and her leadership. This comes as the commission has released a scathing report on the municipality’s water and sanitation crisis, citing systemic and structural […]
# A joint agricultural project involving AfriForum, Saai, Nkosi Zweloxolo Stokwe’s office and the Adopt-A-Village initiative has achieved a milestone after successfully planting vegetable seedlings in the Mtingwevu community in the Eastern Cape. After initial training last year, the community faced challenges like water and crop problems, but improved their methods and achieved success. AfriForum’s […]
# Nelson Mandelabaai se Sakekamer is sterk gekant teen die metro se voorgestelde gemiddelde kragtarief-verhoging van elf-persent. Uitvoerende hoof Denise van Huyssteen sê ondernemings is reeds onder druk weens stygende brandstofkoste, duur logistiek en onbetroubare munisipale infrastruktuur. Sy meen die verhoging weerspieël nie die werklike koste nie en sal mededingendheid en werkskepping verder benadeel. Van […]
# ’n Gesamentlike landbouprojek waarby AfriForum, Saai, Nkosi Zweloxolo Stokwe se kantoor en die Adopt-A-Village-inisiatief betrokke is, het ’n mylpaal bereik nadat groentesaailinge suksesvol in die Mtingwevu-gemeenskap in die Oos-Kaap geplant is. Na aanvanklike opleiding verlede jaar is die gemeenskap onderwerp aan uitdagings soos water- en gewasprobleme, maar hulle het hul metodes verbeter en sukses […]
# The Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber has voiced strong opposition to the metro’s proposed average eleven-percent electricity tariff increase. The chamber’s CEO Denise van Huyssteen says businesses are already under pressure from rising fuel costs, expensive logistics and unreliable municipal infrastructure. She argues the increase is not cost-reflective and will further undermine competitiveness and […]
