# The Midvaal Local Municipality says the completed Savanna City Substation will increase electricity capacity and improve distribution. The construction of the 49-million-rand project included the development of key electrical infrastructure in accordance with Eskom standards and specifications. Mayor Peter Teixeira says the project contributed to the local economy, creating at least 25 jobs during […]
# Die taktiese reaksie-eenheid van Johannesburg se Metropolisiedepartement het gister ʼn hoëprofiel-verdagte in Lenasia-Suid gearresteer. Die eenheid se beamptes het inligting ontvang oor ʼn verdagte wat verbind word met onlangse bendegeweld, in besonder die naweek se skietvoorval in Westbury waarin vier mense dood is. Die departement se woordvoerder, Xolani Fihla, sê die verdagte het ʼn […]
# The DA in Tshwane has welcomed the investigation into a suspected meter-tampering syndicate. Two residents described to News24 almost identical approaches from a woman calling herself “Petunia”, who allegedly demanded 12-thousand-rand to make their 73-thousand-rand electricity tampering penalties disappear. The DA’s Jacqui Uys says they warned the metro five months ago, after residents approached […]
# Johannesburg se burgemeester, Dada Morero, vra groter samewerking tussen City Power en gemeenskappe om die voortslepende elektrisiteitsprobleme in Alexandra aan te spreek. City Power het 40-duisend geregistreerde klante in Alexandra, maar slegs sowat een-duisend-600 koop elektrisiteit. Morero sê die metro kan nie ʼn oorkoepelende of eenvormige tarief vir Alexandra instel nie, want huishoudings het […]
# The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department Tactical Response Unit arrested a high-profile male suspect in Lenasia South yesterday. TRU officers received credible information regarding a suspect linked to recent gang violence, specifically the shooting incident in Westbury over the past weekend that resulted in four fatalities. JMPD’s spokesperson Xolani Fihla says the suspect was found […]
# Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero has called for a stronger partnership between City Power and communities to address the persistent electricity challenges affecting Alexandra. City Power has 40-thousand registered electricity customers in Alexandra, but only around one-thousand-600 are actively purchasing electricity. Morero says the metro cannot introduce a blanket or flat electricity rate for Alexandra, […]
# Die DA-leier Geordin Hill-Lewis vra Tshwane-inwoners om die party ʼn volstrekte meerderheid te gee in die munisipale verkiesing in November. Hy sê koalisieregerings het versuim om bestendige en doeltreffende regering te bied. Spanning het uitgebreek tussen die metro se koalisievennote, met die ANC en EFF wat ActionSA en burgemeester Nasiphi Moya beskuldig dat sy […]
# Die Gautengse Onderwysdepartement het ‘n manlike onderwyser van Minerva Secondary School in Alexandra geskors na verskeie leerders se bewerings van seksuele wangedrag en teistering. Die bewerings hou verband met onbehoorlike kommunikasie tussen die leerkrag en leerders, wat na bewering in Junie begin het en deur WhatsApp en ander interaksies voortgeduur het. Die departement se […]
# DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis is urging Tshwane residents to give the party an outright victory in the November local government elections, arguing that coalition governments have failed to deliver stable and effective governance. Tensions have erupted between the metro’s coalition partners, with the ANC and EFF accusing ActionSA and mayor Nasiphi Moya of reneging […]
