# The Southern Africa Network for Immigrants and Refugees is calling on the Home Affairs Department to urgently resolve system disruptions and backlogs at all Refugee Reception Offices. The network’s spokesperson, Bernard Kayitare says the pattern of system outages has become a mechanism of exclusion, leaving thousands vulnerable to arrest and deportation due to expired documents beyond their control. […]
# The Western Cape Department of Infrastructure has modernised its road maintenance “yellow fleet,” reducing the average age of vehicles by over 20 years and increasing the fleet’s replacement value to two-point-eight-billion-rand. MEC of Infrastructure, Tertuis Simmers says investments include remote monitoring, solar-powered radio networks, and new machinery for graders, tractor-loader-backhoes, and water trucks:
# The Referendum Party has welcomed the Democratic Alliance’s Economic Inclusion for All Bill, saying it aligns with the RP’s own Non-Racialism Bill submitted in July. The party’s Phil Craig says the it criticises Black Economic Empowerment policies for entrenching inequality and argues that non-racialism is a constitutional imperative. Craig says the RP urges collaboration […]
# The deputy minister of Agriculture Rosemary Nokuzola Capa will lead an outreach programme with 200 women farmers at Ingquza Hill in the Eastern Cape tomorrow. The outreach aims to empower and support women farmers, recognising their pivotal role in agriculture, rural development, and food security. She says the initiative also aims to address high […]
# The Department of Higher Education and Training has introduced a Stabilisation and Governance Support Team at the College of Cape Town to bring the institution back on even keel. The department’s spokesperson, Lucky Masuku says the SGST was established by minister Buti Manamela, in terms of Section 46 of the Continuing Education and Training […]
# Die Rhodes-universiteit in die Oos-Kaap het sy 14de jaarlikse toekenningsgeleentheid vir gemeenskapsbetrokkenheid gevier. Dit fokus op vennootskappe, leierskap en liefde, en vereer studente, personeel en gemeenskapsvennote wat hulle tyd, energie en skeppendheid gebruik vir projekte wat lewens verander. Visekanselier Sizwe Mabizela sê gemeenskapsbetrokkenheid is nie ʼn eenmalige gebeurtenis nie, maar ʼn lewenswyse. Hy sê die […]
# Die Stad Johannesburg gaan informele handelaars tussen 50- en 100-rand huur vra om hul openbare fasiliteite te gebruik om hul produkte te verkoop. Dit is deel van die metro se pogings om informele handel te reguleer. Daar is tussen 20-duisend en 25-duisend informele handelaars reg oor die metro. Johannesburg se uitvoerende direkteur van Ekonomiese […]
# Action Society sê forensiese agterstande vertraag steeds geregtigheid vir slagoffers en families. Die langverwagte verhoor van Stephan Pretorius, wat beskuldig word van die moord op sy vrou, die 42-jarige Charlene, sou na verwagting Maandag in die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria begin. Die verrigtinge is egter uitgestel nadat die verdediging aangevoer het die toksikologieverslag is nie […]
# The Rhodes University has celebrated its 14th Annual Community Engagement Awards. The awards, guided by partnership, leadership, and love, honoured students, staff, and community partners who have given their time, energy, and creativity to projects that continue transforming lives. Vice-chancellor professor Sizwe Mabizela says community engagement is not a once-off act, but a way of life. He […]
