# The City of Tshwane says it is continuing to shut down non-compliant spaza shops, including food-handling businesses, as part of a broader crackdown on unsafe and illegal establishments in Gauteng. Over the weekend, the metro conducted a by-law enforcement operation in Hammanskraal, where officials closed down a tuck shop that did not have building plans, and was […]
# Award-winning veteran journalist Neels Jackson has been honoured by the University of Pretoria for his lifelong commitment to telling the evolving story of church and faith in South Africa. The 64-year-old, who worked at the newspaper Beeld for more than 23 years, was recently awarded the Chancellor’s Medal. The university says throughout his career, Jackson has been […]
# The City of Tshwane says the Montana Reservoir will undergo full cleaning maintenance from today until Wednesday, which will affect the water supply. This follows reports of water discolouration and is part of the metro’s regular maintenance programme. The metro’s spokesperson, Lindela Mashigo, says during this time, water will be supplied to residents in […]
# A total of 325 suspects were arrested for various offences in Hercules and Pretoria West during Operation Shanela over the weekend. Police spokesperson, Johan van Dyk, says the suspects were arrested for crimes ranging from murder, rape, assault, armed robbery and gender-based violence-related offences. He says a roadblock held in Hercules resulted in the […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus in Tshwane het die Arbeidshof se uitspraak verwelkom dat die Bedingingsraad vir Plaaslike Regering onbillik opgetree het toe hy die metro se aansoeke in 2021 en 2022 om vrystelling van loonverhogings verwerp het. Die hof het beslis ‘n salarisverhoging vir 2023 vir munisipale werkers moet nie voortgaan nie, maar dat die […]
# The Freedom Front Plus in Tshwane has welcomed the Labour Court’s ruling that the South African Local Government Bargaining Council acted unfairly by rejecting the metro’s applications for exemption from the 2021 and 2022 wage increases. The court ruled against implementing a 2023 salary increase for municipal workers, but ordered that stalled 2021 wage […]
# Die Polisie- en Gevangenisse se Burgerregte-unie sê polisie-opleidingsinstellings moet veilige ruimtes wees waar dissipline, etiek en professionaliteit gekweek word. ‘n Polisie-instrukteur is in hegtenis geneem en uit die SAPD-opleidingsakademie in Tshwane verwyder na die beweerde verkragting van ‘n vroulike student. POPCRU-woordvoerder, Richard Mamabolo, sê daar is vele toegewyde, gedissiplineerde instrukteurs regoor die land wat […]
# The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union says police training institutions must be safe spaces where discipline, ethics, and professionalism are instilled. A police trainer was arrested and removed from the SAPS Training Academy in Tshwane following the alleged rape of a female trainee. POPCRU spokesperson, Richard Mamabolo, says there are countless committed, disciplined […]
# Die Stad Tshwane het sy saak in die Arbeidshof oor die 2023-salarisvrystellings gewen. Cilliers Brink van die DA sê die raad se besluit om aansoek te doen vir vrystelling was baie moeilik, en is nie geneem om werknemers te tart of te straf nie. Hy sê die DA en sy koalisievennote was onder groot […]
