# City Power has cut off the electricity supply to the entire Riverpark area in Alexandra. This as the power utility’s crackdown on illegal electricity connections in Riverpark, which turned into a community protest as residents blocked the entrance of the Alexandra Service Delivery Centre earlier this week. City Power’s spokesperson, Isaac Mangena, says they […]
# City Power sê die heffing van 280-rand aan deeltitelhouers wat in sommige van sy openbare dokumente, insluitend die sakeplan en die tariefverslag verskyn, was ‘n administratiewe fout en sal nie ingestel word nie. Die bedrag was in voorstelle ingesluit wat tydens die openbare betrokkenheidsproses van die Geïntegreerde Ontwikkelingsplan voorgelê is en was net vir […]
# Die eThekwini-munisipaliteit het die metro se begroting van 70,9-miljard-rand vir die 2025/2026-boekjaar aanvaar. Die begroting gee voorkeur aan die herstel van infrastruktuur en ekonomiese ontwikkeling. Burgemeester Cyril Xaba sê die aangepaste tariefverhogings is ʼn hoogtepunt in die begroting. Hy sê dit sluit in ʼn 12,72-persent verhoging in die elektrisiteitstarief volgens die Nasionale Energiereguleerder se […]
# The Tshwane City Council has approved the establishment of a 3.9-percent Economic Growth Advisory Committee. This is to provide expert guidance and support in implementing the Tshwane Economic Revitalisation Strategy. Mayor Nasiphi Moya’s spokesperson, Zintle Mahlati, says the TERS, adopted earlier this year, sets an ambitious target to drive average economic growth of 3.9-percent […]
# The City of Tshwane says it has transferred a two-hectare parcel of land adjacent to Jubilee Hospital to the Gauteng Department of Health. Vehicles visiting the hospital were often left exposed to theft, vandalism, and damage due to the lack of secure, designated parking. Mayoral committee member for Corporate and Shared Services, Kholofelo Morodi, this […]
# Die DA in die Wes-Kaap het die bekendmaking van die Ouditeur-generaal se 2023/2024-verslag oor plaaslike regering verwelkom. Van die 41 munisipaliteite landwyd wat skoon oudits gekry het, was 20 in dié provinsie, wat neerkom op 49-persent van die skoon oudits. Slegs 12-persent of 30 van die land se 257 munisipaliteite is in die Wes-Kaap. Peter Johnson […]
# City Power says the 280-rand charge to sectional property title holders reflected in some of its public documents, including the business plan and the tariff report, was a slight administrative error and will not be implemented. The amount was part of the proposals tabled during the Integrated Development Plan public engagement process, specifically intended for sectional title property […]
# The eThekwini Municipality council has adopted the metro’s 70.9-billion-rand budget for the 2025/2026 financial year. The budget prioritises infrastructure rehabilitation and economic development. Mayor Cyril Xaba says a major highlight of the budget is the adjusted tariff increases. He says these include a 12.72-percent increase in the electricity tariff as guided by the National […]
# The DA in the Western Cape has welcomed the release of the Auditor-General’s 2023/2024 Local Government Audit outcomes. Out of 41 clean municipal audits nationally, 20 were achieved by municipalities in the province, accounting for 49-percent of total clean audits. This is despite the province only being home to 12-percent of municipalities in the country, with 30 out of 257 nationwide. The DA’s, […]
