# Die Stad Kaapstad se Omgewingsgesondheidspraktisyns het ‘n toename van 57-persent in geraasklagtes in die afgelope twee jaar aangeteken. Die hoofbronne van geraasklagtes in Kaapstad is plekke van laatnagvermaak, geleenthede met versterkte klank en woongebied sake-/werkswinkelgeraas. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Gemeenskapsdienste en Gesondheid, Francine Higham, sê in die 2023/2024-boekjaar het geraasklagtes van een-duisend-216 tot een-duisend-905 toegeneem:
# City Power sê hy is bekommerd oor die toename in kabeldiefstal in Johannesburg, waar die Observatory-area hierdie week die ergste deurgeloop het. Die dienskabels wat nou in misdadigers se visier is, verbind huise en sakeondernemings met City Power se infrastruktuur. City Power se woordvoerder, Isaac Mangena, sê hierdie kabels is noodsaaklik omdat dit regstreeks […]
# Cosatu sê Nasionale Tesourie moet die emosionele en nuttelose versoeking weerstaan om belangrike toewysings in die begroting te besnoei. Dit sluit in die bevriesing van die brandstofbelasting, die uitbreiding van kossoorte wat van BTW uitgesluit is, en maatskaplike toelaes bo inflasie. Dit volg nadat die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof die BTW-verhoging van 0,5-persent opgeskort het. Cosatu-woordvoerder, […]
# ActionSA in Gauteng se Vroueforum het die stigting van ‘n Snelreaksietaakspan vir Geslagsgeweld in Tshwane verwelkom. Die taakspan sal onder andere ondersteuning bied aan slagoffers van geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord, en verseker dat gepaste maatreëls getref word om verdere geweld te ondersoek en te voorkom. Ntsako Mashaba van ActionSA sê hierdie inisiatief is ‘n reusestap […]
# A recent study has highlighted that domestic workers in some affluent Johannesburg suburbs endure cramped living spaces and strict household rules. Many are confined to small rooms with limited privacy and face restrictions on movement and communication. The study by researcher Annabel Fenton seeks to put a spotlight on the persistent inequalities and challenges […]
# The City of Cape Town says the construction work related to the roll-out of the MyCiTi bus service to Claremont is progressing to the intersection of Stanhope and Imam Haron Roads. As of today, one lane on Imam Haron Road will be closed to traffic between the intersections with Stanhope Road and First Avenue […]
# City Power has temporarily suspended all electricity restoration work in Vezinyawo, Alexandra, after residents allegedly held the utility’s technicians hostage on Monday. City Power’s spokesperson, Isaac Mangena, says that during the operation, several individuals approached and seized the keys to three contractor vehicles, demanding that power be restored before the keys would be returned. […]
# The City of Cape Town’s Environmental Health Practitioners have recorded a 57-percent increase in noise complaints in the past two years. The top sources of noise complaints in Cape Town are places of late-night entertainment, events with amplified sound and residential business/workshop noise. Mayoral committee member for Community Services and Health, Francine Higham, says […]
# City Power says it is concerned by the surge in service cable theft across Johannesburg, with the Observatory area being particularly hard hit this week. The service cable links homes and businesses to City Power infrastructure, which criminals have begun targeting. City Power’s spokesperson, Isaac Mangena, says this cable is vital as it delivers […]
