# AfriForum has criticised minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa’s comments that smaller, failed municipalities should merge with larger municipalities. This comes as the minister has launched a major review of the 1998 White Paper on Local Government. The review will examine the funding model of municipalities and could lead to the […]
# Die minister van Sport, Kuns en Kultuur, Gayton McKenzie, het hulde gebring aan die akteur Presley Chweneyagae en hom beskryf as een van Suid-Afrika se kragtigste kreatiewe stemme. Die 40-jarige, wat in die Oscar-bekroonde Suid-Afrikaanse film, Tsotsi, gespeel het, is Dinsdagoggend oorlede. Presley is ook aan gehore bekend vir sy rol as Cobra in […]
# Eskom CEO Dan Marokane says their aim remains to ultimately reduce the power utility’s reliance on government support by driving the company toward financial sustainability. The state-owned entity is in the last year of a three-year debt relief programme, in which the government has assisted it with a 254-billion-rand debt relief package. Marokane says […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het ʼn spesiale amptelike kategorie-een-begrafnis aangekondig vir die ANC-veteraan, wyle Gertrude Shope. Sy is verlede Donderdag op 99-jarige leeftyd dood. Sy het as 29-jarige by die ANC aangesluit en was ook die party se Vroueliga-president. Haar begrafnis vind Saterdag plaas en die seremonie sal militêre eerbewyse insluit. Ramaphosa het opdrag gegee […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a Special Official Funeral Category One for the late ANC stalwart and struggle veteran, Gertrude Shope. She passed away at the age of 99 last Thursday. She joined the ANC at the age of 29 and also served as the party’s Women’s League president. Her funeral will be held […]
# 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 […]
