# Business Leadership South Africa has expressed disappointment with Standard & Poor’s decision to downgrade Transnet’s credit rating. The ratings agency made its conclusion based on Transnet’s significant debt and negative operating cash flow. The organisation claims the rating is a result of years of weak leadership, union militancy, and government bailouts. CEO Busisiwe Mavuso […]
# The Gauteng Arts and Culture Department says the Mandela House Museum in Soweto will not face liquidation. This follows criticism from Soweto Tourism over delays in resolving the matter. The museum, a key heritage site, has faced liquidation threats for over five years. MEC Matome Chiloane told SABC News that talks with liquidators are […]
# Die Organisasie Teen Belastingmisbruik vra die minister van Vervoer, Barbara Creecy, om die geldigheid van alle rybewys-kaarte tot tien jaar te verleng. Die departement het tans ‘n agterstand van 690-duisend rybewyse nadat die land se enigste kaartdrukker vroeër die jaar gebreek het. OUTA wil ook hê die minister moet mense van boetes kwytskeld en […]
# Die Gautengse Onderwysdepartement het 2,9-miljard-rand van sy begroting van 68-miljard-rand vir die 2025/26-boekjaar aan die skepping van veiliger skole toegeken. Die departement se omvattende benadering tot die skepping van veilige skole sluit in die ontplooiing van sekerheidsdienste by meer as een-duisend-500 skole, en ingrypings vir armes wat verseker dat ekonomiese omstandighede nie hindernisse tot […]
# Die nuutverkose raadslid van die Stad Tshwane, Mickey van der Westhuizen, het beloof om voorkeur te gee aan gemeenskapsveiligheid en dienslewering in Clarina, Heatherdale, Klerksoord, Tileba, Winternest, Theresapark, Eldorette en Dorandia. Hy is verkies in verlede week se tussenverkiesing. Die wyk word geteister deur kwessies soos wateronderbrekings, swak infrastruktuur, onwettige storting en stukkende straatligte. […]
# The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse has urged Transport minister, Barbara Creecy, to consider extending the validity for all licence cards to 10 years. The department currently has a backlog of 690-thousand driving licence cards, arising from the breakdown earlier this year of the sole card-printing machine. OUTA also wants minister Creecy to waive fines […]
# The Gauteng Education Department has allocated 2.9-billion-rand of its 68-billion-rand budget for the 2025/2026 financial year towards creating safer schools. The department’s comprehensive approach to creating safe schools includes security deployment to over one-thousand-500 schools, and pro-poor interventions ensuring economic circumstances don’t become barriers to education. MEC Matome Chiloane says schools must be sanctuaries […]
# Newly elected City of Tshwane councillor, Mickey van der Westhuizen, has promised to prioritise community safety and service delivery in Clarina, Heatherdale, Klerksoord, Tileba, Winternest, Theresapark, Eldorette and Dorandia. He was elected following the municipal by-election last Wednesday. The ward has been plagued by issues such as water outages, poor infrastructure, illegal dumping, and dysfunctional streetlights. Van […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad sê hy beplan om nuwe markte te open met globale operateurs en die bemarking van toeristeaantreklikhede. In die 2023/2024-boekjaar is 27-miljard-rand in die plaaslike ekonomie bestee en 100-duisend werksgeleenthede is ondersteun. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Ekonomiese Groei, James Vos, sê Kaapstad werk saam met toerismevennote om die metro oop te stel vir […]
