# Public Works and Infrastructure minister, Dean Macpherson, says the Adopt-A-Municipality initiative is an opportunity to improve the coalface of service delivery in South Africa. The initiative is in its pilot phase at three municipalities. It paves the way for Infrastructure South Africa to work with municipalities to introduce rapid infrastructure interventions and assist with […]
# Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, has paid tribute to actor Presley Chweneyagae, describing him as one of South Africa’s most powerful creative voices. The 40-year-old, who starred in the Oscar-winning South African film, Tsotsi, passed away on Tuesday morning. Presley is also known to audiences for his role as Cobra in the […]
# Die DA het ‘n beroep op die Parlement se Komitee vir Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling gedoen om SASSA dringend te ontbied om ‘n wintergereedheidsplan voor te lê. Alexandra Abrahams van die party sê duisende kwesbare Suid-Afrikaners trotseer erge toestande by SASSA-kantore weens mislukte e-dienste, swak bestuur van rye en beperkte toegang tot ondersteuning. Sy eis onmiddellike […]
# The DA has called on Parliament’s Social Development Committee to urgently summon SASSA to present a winter readiness plan. The party’s Alexandra Abrahams says thousands of vulnerable South Africans are braving harsh conditions at SASSA offices due to failed e-services, poor queue management, and limited access to support. She demands immediate interventions to ensure […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het homself daartoe verbind om hoë voedselpryse te beveg namate stygende armoede miljoene Suid-Afrikaners raak. In antwoord op mondelinge vrae in die Nasionale Vergadering het Ramaphosa maatreëls soos inflasieteikens, geen BTW op basiese voedselprodukte, verhoogde maatskaplike toelaes, en gratis basiese dienste vir meer as 11-miljoen huishoudings uitgelig. Hy het ook munisipaliteite […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has pledged to tackle high food prices as rising poverty continues to affect millions of South Africans. In his reply to the National Assembly’s oral questions, Ramaphosa highlighted measures such as inflation targeting, zero VAT on basic food items, increased social grants, and free basic services for over eleven-million households. He […]
# Reach For A Dream is calling on South Africans to wear slippers and buy a 200rand sticker for Slipper Day on Friday. The campaign supports children battling life-threatening illnesses by turning their dreams into reality. Funds raised help bring joy and hope to young patients. The organisation says each sticker is an investment in […]
# Kamfersdam noord van Kimberley in die Noord-Kaap, was eens ‘n belangrike broeiplek vir kleiner flaminke, maar hulle het die dam verlaat weens jare se besoedeling van rou riool. Bewaringsgesindes sê die giftige water het die flaminke verdryf en hulle teël sedert 2020 nie meer daar nie. Die dam was een van slegs vier broeiplekke […]
# The Kamfers Dam, north of Kimberley in the Northern Cape, once a key breeding site for lesser flamingos, has been abandoned by the birds due to years of raw sewage contamination. Conservationists say the toxic water has driven the flamingos away, with breeding halted since 2020. The dam was one of only four African […]
