# Die Stad Kaapstad raai alle herwinnings-terugkoopsentrums aan om voor 31 Julie vir akkreditasie te registreer om boetes te vermy. Dit is ondernemings wat herwinbare materiaal van afvalversamelaars en herwinningsdiensverskaffers koop. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Stedelike Afvalbestuur, Grant Twigg, sê herwinningsentrums speel ‘n belangrike rol in Kaapstad se sirkulêre ekonomie:
# Die Inkatha Vryheidsparty het skok en kommer uitgespreek oor die KwaZulu-Natalse polisiekommissaris, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, se bewerings. Hy beskuldig die minister van Polisie, Senzo Mchunu, van sameswering en inmengery by hoëprofiel-ondersoeke. Mkhwanazi beweer ook die ontbinding van die taakspan vir politieke moorde is ʼn poging om belangrike ondersoeke te ondermyn. Die IVP sê Mchunu moet […]
# Die Stad Tshwane sê hy gaan voort met optrede teen onwettige grondgebruik. Altesaam 713 eiendomseienaars sal na verwagting hoë boetes opgelê word vir die oortreding van soneringswette. Eiendomme wat vir ongeoorloofde doeleindes gebruik word, sal herkategoriseer word, wat die maandelikse tariewe aansienlik sal verhoog. Tariewe op ‘n wooneiendom van een-miljoen-rand kan styg van eenduisend-en-16- […]
# Eastern Cape Social Development MEC, Bukiwe Fanta, joined the Mxolisi Hoboyi Foundation on Sunday to launch its winter relief campaign. The initiative aims to support the elderly in rural communities. Over 400 senior citizens in Mbutho Village, Tsolo, received blankets to help them stay warm during the harsh winter months. Speaking to the SABC, Fanta […]
# The GOOD Party says over the past decade, the Western Cape government has spent more than nine-million-rand in public funds on the Tafelberg site in Sea Point. Of this, 7.5-million-rand was spent fighting litigation brought by civil society organisations demanding that the site be used for affordable housing. GOOD’s secretary general, Brett Herron, says a […]
# Die nasionale polisiekommissaris, Fannie Masemola, sal na verwagting hierdie week bywerking verskaf oor die voortsetting van polisiebedrywighede wat misdaadvoorkoming en -bestryding betref. Hy sal ook ‘n aankondiging doen oor ‘n waarnemende afdelingskommissaris vir Misdaadintelligensie. Die polisie se nasionale woordvoerder, Athlenda Mathe, sê die land kan verseker wees dat daaglikse misdaadbestrydingsoperasies en normale wetstoepassings-take by […]
# The City of Cape Town is advising all recycling buyback centres to register for accreditation before the 31st of July to avoid a fine. These are the businesses that buy recyclables from waste-pickers and recycling service providers. Mayoral committee member for Urban Waste Management, Grant Twigg, says recycling buyback centres play a vital role […]
# The IFP has expressed shock and concern at the wide-ranging allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. He has accused Police minister Senzo Mchunu of collusion and interference in high-profile cases that are being investigated. Mkhwanazi also claims the disbandment of the political killings task team was an attempt to derail key investigations. […]
# The City of Tshwane says it is continuing with its crackdown on illegal land use. A total of 713 property owners are set to face steep penalty rates for contravening zoning laws. Properties used for unpermitted purposes will be recategorised, significantly increasing monthly rates. Rates on a one-million-rand residential property could jump from one-thousand-and-16-rand […]
