# Die Gautengse Departement van Gemeenskapsveiligheid het wetstoepassers geloof vir hul harde werk om gemeenskappe te beveilig nadat meer as 330 verdagtes die afgelope naweek tydens misdaadoperasies in hegtenis geneem is. Die arrestasies was vir misdade soos dronkbestuur, dwelmbesit en die onwettige verkoop van drank. Nege-en-sestig mense is in Ekurhuleni in hegtenis geneem, 96 in […]
# Gauteng Education MEC, Matome Chiloane has condemned the brutal murder of 14-year-old Likhona Fose, a Grade 8 learner from Ikusasalethu Secondary School in Braamfischerville. Likhona’s mutilated body was found in Roodepoort yesterday after she was reported missing on Saturday. No arrests have been made. The department’s spokesperson Steve Mabona says trauma support has been […]
# Business Leadership South Africa sê daadwerklike ingryping is nodig om die finansiële krisis in munisipaliteite op te los. Die uitvoerende hoof, Busisiwe Mavuso, sê in haar weeklikse nuusbrief die ouditeur-generaal se jongste verslag toon dat metro’s nie hul finansies bestuur nie. Slegs Kaapstad het ‘n skoon oudit gekry, terwyl Johannesburg en Tshwane se oudits […]
# Die DA in Gauteng sê die ses week lange vertraging met die opening van volgende jaar se aanlyn-skooltoelatingstelsel sal onderrig ontwrig en veroorsaak dat baie leerders nie betyds geplaas word nie. Die party waarsku duisende Graad een- en graad agt-leerders is in vorige jare benadeel deur laat plasings en swak beplanning. Sergio Isa Dos […]
# Die minister van Water en Sanitasie, Pemmy Majodina, sê infrastruktuur word doelbewus beskadig om tenders te bekom. Haar uitspraak volg nadat Rand Water vandag beplande instandhoudingswerk in Gauteng afgehandel het. Die instandhouding is daarop gemik om langtermyn, ononderbroke watervoorsiening te verseker. Majodina sê haar departement is voortdurend in gesprek met munisipaliteite, en het opdrag […]
# The Gauteng Department of Community Safety has praised law enforcement officers for their hard work in keeping communities safe after more than 330 suspects were arrested during weekend operations. The arrests were for crimes such as drunk driving, drug possession, and selling liquor illegally. Ekurhuleni had 69 arrests, Tshwane 96, Sedibeng 80, West Rand […]
# Business Leadership South Africa says decisive intervention is needed to fix the financial crisis in municipalities. In her weekly newsletter, CEO Busisiwe Mavuso said the Auditor-General’s latest report shows metros are failing to manage their finances, with only Cape Town receiving a clean audit. Johannesburg and Tshwane have billions in unauthorised spending and poor […]
# The DA in Gauteng says a six-week delay in opening next year’s online school admissions will disrupt learning and leave many learners unplaced. The party warns that previous years have seen thousands of grade one and eight learners affected by late placements and poor planning. The DA’s Sergio Isa Dos Santos calls on Education […]
# Water and Sanitation minister Pemmy Majodina says infrastructure is being deliberately vandalised to secure tenders. This comes as Rand Water completes maintenance in Gauteng today. The planned maintenance is aimed at ensuring long-term, uninterrupted water supply. Majodina says discussions with municipalities are ongoing and has directed municipalities to insource water tankers for emergencies only, […]