# The High Court in Gqeberha has sentenced Mzwandile Mahambehlala to eight life terms for the 2023 mass shooting that claimed eight lives during a birthday celebration in KwaZakhele in the Eastern Cape. Acting Judge Samson Dunywa also imposed concurrent sentences for attempted murder and firearm offences. Mahambehlala was convicted on eleven charges, including eight […]
# SANParks says the suspension bridge at Storms River Mouth in the Tsitsikamma section of the Garden Route National Park remains open while refurbishment work continues. The project is improving the bridge’s safety and durability. Spokesperson JP Louw says persistent adverse weather has delayed construction, with completion now expected by the end of next month. […]
# Die minister van Openbare Werke en Infrastruktuur, Dean Macpherson, sê daar is meetbare vordering in optrede teen afpersing en intimidasie in die boubedryf. Volgens die bedryf word ongeveer 180 openbare infrastruktuurprojekte ter waarde van 63-miljard-rand weens afpersing, intimidasie of geweld vertraag. Die bou-mafia is veral bedrywig in KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng en die Oos-Kaap. Macpherson sê […]
# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake verwelkom Nasionale Tesourie se besluit om 69 munisipaliteite se fondse vir Julie voorlopig te weerhou. Dit sluit die Stad Johannesburg, Nelson Mandelabaai, Mangaung en Matjhabeng in. Tesourie sê die weerhouding van fondse moet fiskale dissipline vestig, seker maak staatsgeld word behoorlik bestuur en munisipaliteite dwing […]
# Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson, says there has been measurable progress in clamping down on extortion and intimidation in the construction industry. The industry estimates that 180 public infrastructure projects worth 63-billion-rand have been delayed as a result of extortion, intimidation, or violence. KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, and the Eastern Cape have been […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs has welcomed the intent behind the National Treasury’s decision to withhold the July equitable share transfers to 69 municipalities temporarily. The list includes the City of Johannesburg, Nelson Mandela Bay, Mangaung, and Matjhabeng. Treasury says the withholding of funds is aimed at instilling fiscal discipline, […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says years of poor planning, weak management and neglected maintenance have worsened the water crisis in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality in the Eastern Cape. According to the party, the recent floods exposed deeper problems, with several reservoirs empty or critically low, thousands of residents without water, and some receiving […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus sê jare van swak beplanning, swak bestuur en verwaarloosde instandhouding het die waterkrisis in die Nelson Mandelabaai-munisipaliteit in die Oos-Kaap vererger. Volgens die party het die onlangse vloede dieper probleme blootgelê, met verskeie reservoirs wat leeg of krities laag is, met duisende inwoners wat nie water het nie, en sommige wat […]
# Die Nasionale Kunstefees het aangekondig Palesa Kadi is vanaf volgende maand sy nuwe uitvoerende hoof. Die aankondiging is gedoen ná vanjaar se suksesvolle fees in Makhanda in die Oos-Kaap, wat oor elf dae groot gehore gelok het na ‘n propvol program met plaaslike en internasionale vertonings deur opkomende en gevestigde kunstenaars. Kadi sê die […]
