# The latest household affordability index has revealed that prices of basic tax-free food items are rising, with zero-rated foods up by 4.1-percent over the past year. According to the report the cost of a household food basket rose from two-thousand-775-rand to two-thousand-889-rand. Staple items like maize meal, rice, and cooking oil are among those […]
# Die Stad Tshwane se burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Gemeenskapsveiligheid, Hannes Coetzee, het die oorhandiging van elf nuwe motorfietse aan die stad se metropolisie verwelkom. Hy sê dit sal ontplooi word as deel van uitgebreide pogings om veiligheid in die voorste linies te verbeter, veral in gebiede met hoë risiko’s en druk verkeer waar vinnige reaksie en […]
# Die DA sê hy is bekommerd oor die skokkende toestande van die Ezibeleni-skool vir fisiek gestremdes in Katlehong, Gauteng. Die party sê kinders moet by die klaskamers inkruip omdat daar nie rolstoeltoegang is nie. Bronwynn Engelbrecht van die DA vra dringende optrede, insluitend dat die skool hervestig en kritieke poste gevul word. Sy vra […]
# Tshwane se Toerismevereniging het ʼn nuwe kunsmatige intelligensie-gedrewe WhatsApp-geselsbot bekendgestel om kontak met gaste te bevorder en kommunikasie in die gasvryheidsbedryf te vereenvoudig. Voorsitter Susan Marais beskryf dit as ʼn vriendelike, 24/7-platform om gaste se ervarings te verbeter. Planne sluit in om volgende jaar township-toerisme uit te brei, ʼn erfenisroete bekend te stel, vervoerskakels […]
# The DA spokesperson Jack Bloom says the DA demands that the Gauteng Health Department stop buying from companies linked to the Tembisa Hospital contracts that lead to the murder of whistleblower Babita Deokaran. He says it is outrageous that ANC Ekurhuleni Treasurer-General Sello Sekhokho got 55 contracts worth 14.5-million-rand from Tembisa Hospital. Bloom says […]
# Business Leadership South Africa has praised the improvement in the relationship between government and the private sector. According to the organisation, the relationship has moved from complaints and promises to tangible outcomes. BLSA highlights the elimination of the country’s visa backlog among the government’s achievements. It has also praised Transnet for inviting private businesses […]
# Minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube says many schools do not have the resources needed to roll out coding and robotics as subjects. She says the Department of Basic Education will not make coding and robotics a mandatory subject in schools. The department issued its Annual Performance Plan for the 2025/2026 financial year. According […]
# The City of Cape Town says ahead of the new tariffs and rates that come into effect from Tuesday, households are reminded that there is some room to reduce monthly municipal service costs. In winter, households typically use more electricity due to factors such as space heating and water heating through geysers. Mayoral committee […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad sê die onwettige handel in skrootmetaal bly ‘n reuse-uitdaging. Die stad het die nuus verwelkom dat ‘n kabeldief wat twee jaar gelede deur die metro se eenheid teen metaaldiefstal aangekeer is, tot 15 jaar tronkstraf gevonnis is. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Veiligheid en Sekerheid, JP Smith, sê Kaapstad benodig groter ingryping op […]