# ActionSA has urged Transport minister Barbara Creecy to fire the entire Road Accident Fund Board, citing serious allegations of corruption and mismanagement. This follows a meeting of Parliament’s standing committee on Public Accounts, where the RAF was accused of obstructing investigations and misusing funds. ActionSA’s Alan Beesley says the recent suspension of RAF CEO […]
# The City of Tshwane is urging residents in Regions 2, 3 and 6 to reduce water usage as reservoir levels drop. Rand Water will perform maintenance on the Mapleton System, halting pumping until Monday while a ten-hour shutdown of the Klipriviersberg Reservoir is also set for Tuesday next week. The city’s spokesperson Selby Bokaba […]
# Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says cabinet is happy to mark the first anniversary of the government of national unity as a major milestone in South Africa’s democracy. She says the ten-party coalition, formed just 14 days after last year’s elections, has shown a strong commitment to unity, stability, and inclusive governance. Ntshavheni […]
# The Independent Power Producer office will issue a request for qualification in July, ahead of a November tender for the first phase of Independent Transmission Projects. This phase involves one-thousand-164-kilometres of transmission lines and transformers across three provinces. Successful bidders will design, finance, build, and operate facilities before transferring ownership to the National Transmission […]
# The DA has slammed the ANC’s proposed 100-billion-rand transformation fund, calling it a looting fund. The DA’s Trade and Industry spokesperson, Toby Chance, says the fund benefits a select few and undermines true transformation. Chance calls for quality education, less red tape, and stronger export markets to empower entrepreneurs, create jobs, and fight poverty. […]
# Die popster Dua Lipa het saam met sowat 300 Britse bekendes ‘n ope brief onderteken waarin die regering versoek word om wapenverkope aan Israel te staak. Dit volg op soortgelyke pleidooie van prokureurs en skrywers. Akteurs, musikante, aktiviste en ander openbare figure vra premier Keir Starmer in die brief om Brittanje se medepligtigheid te […]
# Die DA in die Wes-Kaap vra ‘n hernude fokus om die veiligheid van kinders by skole regoor die provinsie te verseker. Die DA-lid, Leon van Wyk, sê die polisie het tussen Januarie en Februarie vanjaar altesaam 16 veiligheidsverwante voorvalle aangemeld. Hy sê dit sluit twee ernstige gevalle in; die beweerde afpersing van onderwysers in […]
# Pop star Dua Lipa joined some 300 UK celebrities in signing an open letter urging Britain to halt arms sales to Israel, after similar pleas from lawyers and writers. Actors, musicians, activists and other public figures wrote the letter calling on prime minister Keir Starmer to end the UK’s complicity in, what they call, […]
# A retired Russian commander who led air strikes on the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol died in a blast in Stavropol in southern Russia. Thirty-four-year-old Zaur Gurtsiev received several medals for participating in Russia’s assaults on the cities of Mariupol and Avdiivka. Authorities did not say what caused the explosion, but also did not […]
