# Die Stad Ekurhuleni in Gauteng hou hierdie week openbare vergaderings oor sy planne om met onafhanklike kragprodusente saam te werk om aan elektrisiteitsbehoeftes te voldoen. Die metro beplan om talle onafhanklike produsente van verskeie elektrisiteitstegnologieë aan te stel wat een-duisend-500 megawatt krag kan opwek. Die kontrakte sal vir 20 jaar geldig wees. Die vergaderings […]
# The ANC has welcomed the unwavering solidarity demonstrated by progressive members of Parliament from across the world, united under the banner of Progressive International. More than 100 members of Parliament and legislative bodies globally have endorsed South Africa’s independence and have urged US president Donald Trump to revoke his February 7 executive order suspending […]
# Die DA in Gauteng sê die sekerheidskoste vanprovinsiale hospitale het verdubbel, maar pasiënte gaan gebuk onder personeeltekorte omdat poste gevries is. Volgens ʼn amptelike antwoord op die DA se vrae in die wetgewer, word 72-miljoen-rand per jaar net by die Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburgse Hospitaal aan sekerheidsmaatreëls bestee. Jack Bloom van die DA sê die […]
# Die DA in die Wes-Kaap sê tronke in dié provinsie is nie veilige rehabilitasiesentrums nie, maar eerder bevelsentrums vir bendegeweld en afpersing. Die inspekterende regter vir gevangenisse, Edwin Cameron, het onlangs bevraagteken of die Regterlike Inspektoraat vir Korrektiewe Dienste genoeg doen om toestande in tronke te verander. Nicholas Gotsell van die DA sê die […]
# The City of Ekurhuleni will be holding public participation meetings this week over its plans to partner with independent power producers, in a bid to address electricity generation needs. The metro is planning to appoint multiple IPPs for various electricity generation technologies to a capacity of one-thousand-500-megawatts. The appointed IPPs will be awarded 20-year […]
# The DA in Gauteng says the security costs at provincial hospitals have doubled, even though patients are suffering from a hiring freeze at short-staffed hospitals. According to an official reply to DA questions in the Legislature, 72-million-rand a year is spent on security at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital alone. The DA’s Jack Bloom says […]
# Die vise-kansellier en rektor van die Universiteit van die Witwatersrand, professor Zeblon Vilikazi, sê hy is geëerd om steeds die instelling – ‘n nasionale skat – te lei en werklik ‘n verskil in die samelewing te maak. Die Wits-raad het Vilakazi vir ‘n tweede en laaste termyn verkies wat strek van Januarie 2026 tot […]
# Die Gautengse provinsiale wetgewer se komitee oor Gesondheid en Welstand is daartoe verbind om tuberkulose as topprioriteit te beskou. Dis vandag Wêreld Tuberkulose-dag dit beklemtoon die stryd teen tuberkulose, een van die wêreld se dodelikste aansteeklike siektes. Volgens die Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie eis tuberkulose jaarliks meer as 1,5-miljoen lewens. Die voorsitter, Ezra Letsoalo, sê almal moet […]
# The DA in the Western Cape says instead of acting as secure rehabilitation centres, prisons in the province have effectively become command centres for gang violence and extortion. The Inspecting Judge of Prisons, Judge Edwin Cameron, recently questioned whether the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services does enough to change the conditions in correctional facilities. […]
