# The DA says the blacklisting application against businessman Edwin Sodi and Blackhead Consulting is still not lodged with National Treasury, despite evidence of misconduct in the Rooiwal waste water treatment plant tender. According to the party, the application, aimed at stopping Sodi and his associates from doing business with the government, stalled under Tshwane’s […]
# Die Departement van Menslike Nedersettings in Gauteng het erken dat die behuisingsagterstand steeds ‘n dringende probleem is, met meer as 750-duisend goedgekeurde begunstigdes in Gauteng wat steeds vir toewysigings wag. ‘n Woordvoerder vir die departement, Tahir Sema, sê meer as sewe-duisend-200 wooneenhede is in die laaste finansiële jaar toegeken. Hy sê vyf-miljard-rand is in […]
# Science, Technology and Innovation minister Blade Nzimande says technology has far-reaching impacts, from the internet and smartphones to electric vehicles and artificial intelligence. Speaking at GovTech 2025 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, Nzimande noted innovations like Wi-Fi and GPS stemmed from astronomy, stressing the importance of digital sovereignty and collaboration. While praising AI’s potential to solve […]
# Church Defenders slam CRL Chair’s comment that people hearing from God need psychiatric care sê miljoene mense dwarsoor die wêreld het nog steeds nie toegang tot basiese lees- en skryfvaardighede nie. Vandag is Internasionale Geletterdheidsdag, wat lig werp en fokus op die geletterdheidsbehoeftes van volwassenes, en individue en gemeenskappe as ‘n geheel. Die voorsitter van […]
# The South African Church Defenders have voiced concern after Cultural, Religious And Linguistic Communities Rights Commission chair, Thoko Mkhwanazi-Xaluva, suggested that people who claim to hear from God should be referred to psychiatric care. Her remark have been condemned by religious groups as a dangerous denial of spiritual reality. Mkhwanazi-Xaluva defended her stance, citing […]
# KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Thulasizwe Buthelezi, says cable theft is economic sabotage that disrupts services and businesses. Buthelezi welcomed the arrest of eight people in Mid-Illovo yesterday for copper cables worth about two-million-rand, stolen from Transnet, the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa, and the eThekwini Metro. The department’s Senzelwe […]
# Die DA sê hy het aan die minister van Vervoer, Barbara Creecy, geskryf en haar gevra om dringend te kyk na ‘n oplossing vir groeiende probleem van swaar vragmotors wat verwoesting saai in Nxuba, in die Oos-Kaap. Die DA-lid, Heinrich Müller, sê Nxuba langs die N10-korridor, word jare lank deur swaar vragmotors deurkruis en […]
# Vyf verdagtes is vanoggend doodgeskiet in ‘n skietery met die polisie by die Pump House informele nedersetting in Chatsworth, KwaZulu-Natal. Die polisie het, met behulp van inligting, die groep opgespoor wat gesoek word vir moord, roof, afpersing en onwettige vuurwapens in die Mpumalanga-township, Mariannhill, KwaNdengezi en Umsunduzi. ‘n Polisiewoordvoerder, Robert Netshiunda, sê daar is […]
# The Gauteng Department of Human Settlements has recognised that the housing backlog remains a pressing issue, with over 750-thousand approved beneficiaries in Gauteng still awaiting allocation. The department’s spokesperson, Tahir Sema says over seven-thousand-200 RDP units were delivered in the last financial year. He says in the current 2025/2026 financial year, 5-billion-rand has been […]
