# The Gauteng Environment Department, led by MEC Ewan Botha, has dismantled an illegal tyre burning and waste storage site in Ward 82, Geluksdal, Brakpan. Over 400 tyres were being burned to extract metal for scrap without authorisation. Authorities confiscated the tyres and impounded a delivery truck. Botha also found an abandoned business park with […]
# Die Padvragvereniging ondersteun die voorgestelde 50-miljard-rand binnelandse hawe vir Gauteng om Suid-Afrika se logistieke netwerk te vernuwe. Die vereniging sê die projek kan die druk op Durban se hawe verlig en pad-spoor-integrasie verbeter. Die vereniging sê sukses sal afhang van werklike deelname deur die privaatsektor. Hy ondersteun planne vir slim vragmotors en multimodale spilpunte […]
# The Road Freight Association has endorsed the proposed 50-billion-rand Port of Gauteng project to revitalise South Africa’s logistics network. The association says the project could ease pressure on Durban’s congested port and improve road–rail integration but warns success depends on real private-sector participation. It supports plans for smart trucks and multimodal hubs while urging […]
# Die Lughawensmaatskappy van Suid-Afrika het bevestig dat OR Tambo Internasionale Lughawe in Ekurhuleni langer verwerkingstye by paspoortbeheer ervaar, wat beide aankomste en vertrekkende passasiers raak. Terwyl geen amptelike rede vir die vertraging verskaf is nie, moedig ACSA internasionale reisigers aan om ten minste drie ure voor hulle vertrektyd by die lughawe aan te kom […]
# The Airports Company South Africa has confirmed that OR Tambo International Airport in Ekurhuleni is experiencing longer processing times at passport control, affecting both arriving and departing passengers. While no official reasons have been provided for the delays, ACSA is advising international travellers to arrive at least three hours before departure to allow time […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens het bevestig daar was gister ‘n swak tornado naby die Randse Lughawe in Germiston. Geen strukturele skade is ná grondassesserings gevind nie, slegs takke wat afgebreek het en plasse water weens swaar reën. Die woordvoerder, Lehlohonolo Thobela, sê die tornado het windsnelhede van 105 tot 137 kilometer per uur bereik. Hy […]
# Die nasionale polisiekommissaris, Fannie Masemola, sê daar is op die oomblik geen doeltreffende meganisme om fluitjieblasers in Suid-Afrika te beskerm nie. Hy getuig voor die Parlement se ad hoc-komitee wat polisiekorrupsie ondersoek. Masemola het vrae beantwoord oor Babita Deokaran, wat in 2021 vermoor is nadat sy onreëlmatighede by die Tembisa-hospitaal in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, blootgelê […]
# The South African Weather Service has confirmed that a weak tornado occurred near Rand Airport in Germiston yesterday. Following ground assessments, no structural damage was found, only broken branches and puddles from heavy rainfall. Spokesperson Lehlohonolo Thobela says the tornado had wind speeds of 105 to 137-kilometres-per-hour. He however cautions that while minor, tornadoes […]
# National police commissioner Fannie Masemola says there is currently no effective mechanism to protect whistleblowers in South Africa. Testifying before Parliament’s ad hoc committee investigating police corruption, Masemola addressed questions about whistleblower Babita Deokaran, who was killed in 2021 after exposing irregularities at Tembisa Hospital in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. He said he only learned of […]
