# The Soil of Africa Civic Movement is calling on government to implement practical measures that cushion vulnerable households from the impact of rising living costs. This is as consumer inflation accelerated to five-percent year-on-year in June, up from 4.5-percent in May, reaching its highest level in two years. The movement’s spokesperson, Luzuko Sofute, says […]
# Tshwane police arrested 358 suspects during a multidisciplinary crime prevention operation in Mabopane and Loate yesterday. The suspects were apprehended for various criminal offences including murder, attempted murder and armed robbery. Police spokesperson Johan van Dyk says 108 National Road Traffic Act infringement notices to the value of 82-thousand-100-rand were issued, and 12 taxis […]
# The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department says it has launched an investigation into its officers caught on video assaulting a motorist. The recorded dashcam footage shows officers pulling a driver over before one of them wrapped his hands around him and started choking him. JMPD spokesperson Xolani Fihla says they condemn any abuse of power, misconduct, […]
# Die ANC in Ekurhuleni verwelkom die metro se 56 nuwe operasionele voertuie om noodsaaklike dienste te versterk, afhanklikheid van kontrakteurs te verminder en plaaslike regering te herstel. Die voertuie sal ontplooi word in diensleweringsdepartemente soos Water en Sanitasie, Energie, en Vervoer-bestuur. Die ANC-streeksekretaris, Jongizizwe Dlabathi, sê hierdie belegging toon die metro se toewyding om belangrike […]
# The GOOD Party has criticised the City of Cape Town’s six-billion-rand electricity investment, arguing the projected figure distorts actual spending and neglects low-income communities. Secretary-general Brett Herron rejects the commitment to shield Capetonians from Eskom price increases by implementing tariff increases lower than those permitted by the National Energy Regulator. He says this excludes […]
# Die Forum for South Africa verwelkom die besluit van die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank se Monetêre Beleidskomitee om rentekoerse onveranderd te laat. Die terugkoopkoers bly op 7,5-persent en die prima uitleenkoers op 10,50-persent. FOSA-leier Tebogo Mashilompane sê egter die besluit bied min onmiddellike verligting aan miljoene Suid-Afrikaners wat steeds sukkel met stygende lewenskoste, hoë werkloosheidsvlakke en […]
# The ANC in Ekurhuleni has welcomed the metro’s investment in 56 new operational vehicles to strengthen frontline services, reduce reliance on contractors, and fix local government. The vehicles will be deployed across key service delivery departments including Water and Sanitation, Energy and Transport Management. ANC Regional Secretary, Jongizizwe Dlabathi, says this investment demonstrates the metro’s […]
# The Forum for South Africa has welcomed the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee’s decision to keep the repo rate unchanged. The repo rate remains at seven-percent and the prime lending rate at 10.50-percent. FOSA leader, Tebogo Mashilompane, says, however, this decision offers little immediate relief to millions of South Africans who continue […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse LUR vir Mobiliteit, Isaac Sileku, het die uitspraak van die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof verwelkom wat die Kaapse Organisasie vir die Demokratiese Taxivereniging, die Khayelitsha Somerset-Wes Plaaslike Taxivereniging en 23 individue aan minagting skuldig bevind het. Dit volg na ‘n tussentydse bevel wat die betrokke taxiverenigings en hul lede verbied het om met openbare […]
