# Five Emfuleni Local Municipality employees have been arrested for allegedly running an illegal electricity reconnection scheme in Vanderbijlpark. Police say the suspects, from the Revenue and Electrical Departments, allegedly targeted customers whose electricity had been disconnected and demanded cash payments into their personal bank accounts. The power was then allegedly reconnected without municipal approval. […]
# The Gauteng Department of Health says power has been fully restored at Steve Biko Academic Hospital following planned electrical infrastructure repairs. The temporary interruption was affecting Levels 8 and 9. The department spokesperson Steve Mabona says contingency measures ensured essential and emergency services continued during the work. He confirmed that patients are now being […]
# Build One South Africa leader Mmusi Maimane has named Martha Moshiga as the party’s mayoral candidate for the City of Tshwane ahead of the local government elections. Moshiga, BOSA’s Tshwane regional leader, says effective service delivery, ethical and accountable leadership to restore confidence in the capital is her top priority. . She says that […]
# Die Gautengse Gesondheidsdepartement sê die provinsialisering van Noodmediese Dienste in vyf munisipaliteite is nodig ingevolge die Nasionale Gesondheidswet, om ambulansdienste in lyn te bring met ‘n enkel-owerheid-model. Die departement sê hy monitor reaksietye terwyl koördinering, personeel- en versendingstelsels versterk word. Intussen sê die departement se woordvoerder, Steve Mabona, die Stad Johannesburg se hersiene aansoek […]
# The Gauteng Health Department says provincialising Emergency Medical Services in five municipalities are required under the National Health Act, as to align ambulance services with a single-authority model. The department says it is monitoring response times while strengthening coordination, staffing and dispatch systems. Meanwhile, the department’s spokesperson Steve Mabona says the City of Johannesburg’s […]
# The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department has announced the temporary closure of Porcupine Avenue in Riverside, Diepsloot, for the ANC Manifesto Launch today. The road will be closed between Natal Sand Street and Pelargonium Drive from 7am until 7pm. Motorists travelling from the south use Natal Sand Street, Pioneer Street and Pelargonium Drive, those from […]
# Die Johannesburg Metropolisie het die tydelike sluiting van Porcupinelaan in Riverside, Diepsloot, aangekondig vir die bekendstelling van die ANC-manifes vandag. Die pad tussen Natal Sandstraat en Pelargoniumrylaan is vanoggend om 7-uur gesluit en sal tot vanaand 7-uur toe bly. Motoriste wat van die suide af reis, word versoek om Natal Sandstraat, Pioneerstraat en Pelargoniumrylaan […]
# Die African Independent Congress het Margaret Arnolds aangekondig as hul burgemeesterskandidaat vir die Stad Johannesburg in die plaaslike regeringsverkiesings op 4 November. Arnolds is die huidige Speaker van die Johannesburgse Raad, nadat sy in Julie 2025 met 137 stemme herkies is. Die AIC-raadslid dien al etlike jare in Johannesburg se politieke leierskap, insluitend vorige […]
# Die Gauteng Gesondheidsdepartement sê beplande herstelwerk aan elektriese infrastruktuur Steve Biko Akademiese Hospitaal sal tot 1-uur vanmiddag plaasvind. Dit raak verloskunde, neonatale en pediatriese dienste, asook ses teaters en kritieke sorgeenhede, raak. Die hospitaal het hoërisiko-pasiënte verskuif en 33 elektiewe operasies herskeduleer. Noodprosedures sal voortgaan in die onaangeraakte teaters. Woordvoerder Steve Mabona sê noodmaatreëls […]
