# Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero says informal traders with valid permits are operating using smart cards with QR codes for verification. This follows a postponed court hearing between the city and traders represented by the Socio-Economic Rights Institute. The parties failed to agree on temporary remedies. The mayor says authorised traders are back in business […]
# Civil rights group WaterCAN will protest outside the Johannesburg Council Chambers today, demanding urgent, transparent, and accountable action on the city’s worsening water crisis. The group says the situation has become a human rights and economic emergency, crippling hospitals, schools, and small businesses. WaterCAN calls for ringfenced funding, restored budgets, transparent infrastructure repairs, and […]
# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile het die regering se verbintenis tot hervormende beleide soos breedgebaseerde swart ekonomiese bemagtiging herbevestig. Mashatile het by die eerste Jeug-beleggingsindaba in Johannesburg werkloosheid onder die jeug uitgelig en entrepreneurship as oplossing genoem. Hy het ʼn Transformasiefonds van 100-miljard-rand en die Nasionale Jeugfonds bekendgestel om swart sakeondernemings en jeug-geleide ondernemings te ondersteun. […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to transformative policies, including Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment. Speaking at the inaugural Youth Investment Indaba in Johannesburg, Mashatile highlighted youth unemployment and stressed entrepreneurship as a solution. Mashatile unveiled a 100-billion-rand Transformation Fund and endorsed the National Youth Fund to support Black-owned businesses and youth-led […]
# Die Parlement se Portefeuljekomitee oor Vervoer het PRASA versoek om ‘n meganisme te skep vir geskilbeslegtings vir ondernemings na kommer oor wanbetaling deur hoofkontrakteurs wat klein besighede dwing om te sluit. Die komitee het die Oos-Rand-korridor besoek en die Daveyton-stasie, Brakpan-substasie en Germiston-brug inspekteer. Hulle wil binne drie weke ‘n verslag sien met oplossings […]
# Die DA in Tshwane versoek dringende ingryping na ‘n toename in tifusgevalle in Hammanskraal. Die DA-burgemeesterskandidaat, Cilliers Brink, sê die uitbreking moet versigtig bestuur word om ‘n tragedie te vermy. Brink blameer skoon waterprojekte wat tot stilstand gekom het en swak kommunikasie deur burgemeester Nasiphi Moya vir die krisis wat vererger. Hy doen ‘n […]
# Die DA in Tshwane beweer die metro se inkomste-invordering van 93-persent in September 2024 het ‘n jaar later onder die ANC/EFF/ActionSA-koalisie tot 81-persent gedaal. DA-burgemeesterskandidaat Cilliers Brink sê die daling van 12-persentasiepunte, wat in die jongste begrotingsverslag onthul is, bedreig Tshwane se finansiële bestendigheid en sy vermoë om Eskom te betaal. Hy sê die […]
# The Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Transport has called on PRASA to establish a dispute resolution mechanism for businesses, following non-payment concerns by main contractors forcing small businesses to close. The committee visited the East Rand corridor, inspecting the Daveyton station, Brakpan sub-station, and Germiston bridge. They requested a report within three weeks on resolving […]
# The DA in Tshwane has called for urgent intervention following a surge in typhoid cases in Hammanskraal. DA mayoral candidate Cilliers Brink says the outbreak must be managed carefully to avoid tragedy. Brink blames stalled clean water projects and poor communication from mayor Nasiphi Moya for worsening the crisis. He urges the City to […]
