# The City of Cape Town is urging residents to comment on the metro’s draft 2025/2026 budget before the 2nd of May. Mayoral committee member for Finance, Siseko Mbandezi, says the budget brings important changes to the tariff structure to ensure that the metro can perform its service delivery functions sustainably. He says they are […]
# Cosatu says the inaugural National Police Summit comes at a time when the country is in urgent need of viable interventions to address the high levels of crime. The three-day event is currently taking place in Johannesburg under the theme, Efficiency in Action: Optimising South Africa’s Policing Potential. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Zanele Sabela, says they are hopeful […]
# Water and Sanitation minister, Pemmy Majodina together with her deputy David Mahlobo, will visit the Vaal Dam today. This is to assess the water resource infrastructure amid heavy inflows into the dam as a result of ongoing rainfall in the Vaal River Catchment. In Orkney, a town near Klerksdorp in the North West, about 12 homes […]
# ActionSA in KwaZulu-Natal says it notes the false and desperate claims being spread by the DA’s provincial chairperson, Dean Macpherson, alleging that it is contesting the upcoming by-election in Ward 110 of the eThekwini Municipality. ActionSA’s, Zwakele Mncwango, says this claim by Macpherson is a blatant lie intended to mislead the public and distract […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies se Konferensie oor Handel en Ontwikkeling waarsku nuwe tariewe wat deur groot ekonomieë ingestel word, kan globale groei benadeel en kwesbare lande raak. Die groep se sekretaris-generaal, Rebeca Grynspan, het beklemtoon handel behoort nie nog ‘n bron van onbestendigheid te word nie, dit moet globale groei en ontwikkeling aanmoedig. Die organisasie […]
# Die ANC vra vir fiskale dissipline in die bestuur van die begroting en die beskerming van maatskaplike sekerheidsprogramme soos gestremdheids- en kinderondersteuningstoelaes. Die party beklemtoon die belangrikheid van die balans tussen ekonomiese groei en die bestuur van staatskuld, terwyl maatskaplike sekerheidsmatreëls wat kwesbare burgers ondersteun, beskerm word. Sekretaris-generaal van die ANC, Fikile Mbalula, sê […]
# Build One South Africa-leier, Mmusi Maimane, vra sterk leierskap om die begrotingskrisis aan te pak, en dring aan die fokus moet op oplossings rondom die politieke chaos wees. Maimane sê die land se fiskale probleme gaan nie net oor die voorgestelde BTW-verhoging nie, maar spruit uit ‘n regering wat nie daartoe in staat is […]
# Die DA-leier John Steenhuisen sê die ANC moet nou bewys hy is ernstig oor magsdeling in die regering van nasionale eenheid. Hy waarsku die era van enkelparty-heerskappy is iets van die verlede. Steenhuisen voeg by die DA het praktiese hervormingsvoorstelle aan president Cyril Ramaphosa gegee om groei en werksgeleenthede te bevorder en is gereed […]
# DA leader John Steenhuisen says the ANC must now prove it’s serious about power sharing in the government of national unity. He warns the era of single-party rule is over. Steenhuisen added the DA has given president Cyril Ramaphosa practical reform proposals to boost growth and jobs and is ready to implement them. Steenhuisen […]
