# The City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Directorate says it has provided 709 new taps and five-thousand-873 toilets to informal settlements during the 2024/2025 financial year. This forms part of the metro’s ongoing commitment to expand access to basic services, particularly clean water and safe sanitation. Mayoral committee member for Water and Sanitation, […]
# The South African Social Security Agency has disqualified 69 grant beneficiaries in Mahikeng, in the North West, after reviews revealed they have additional income. This as the agency has stepped up its verification processes to maintain the integrity of social grants, which provide essential support to millions of vulnerable citizens. SASSA CEO Themba Matlou told […]
# The DA in Gauteng says the provincial Department of Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation has spent over 8.4-million-rand on questionable contracts. The contracts were awarded to 24 companies owned by military veterans between the 2022 and 2025 financial years. The DA’s Kingsol Chabalala says a closer inspection of the entities reveals a disturbing pattern of […]
# A DA delegation, including a member of Parliament, Thami Mabhena, was blocked from conducting an oversight inspection at the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa’s Braamfontein yard and train carriage store. This yard is at the centre of a 7.5-billion-rand train refurbishment scandal. Mabhena says the Auditor-General has raised concerns about the handling of […]
# The Midvaal Local Municipality in Gauteng has completed the electrification of over one-thousand-200 households in Sicelo, at a cost of more than 18-million-rand. This multi-year and phased project began in 2023 and was completed in June this year. Mayor Peter Teixeira says the electrification project is a testament to their commitment to improving infrastructure […]
# Die Departement van Vervoer en Gemeenskapsveiligheid in Limpopo versoek motoriste om uiters versigtig te bestuur op die N1-suid naby Mokopane, waar swaar reën en hael gevaarlike padtoestande veroorsaak. Bestuurders word aangeraai om spoed te verminder en ‘n veilige volgafstand te handhaaf. Tidimalo Chuene van die departement sê verskeie voertuie het reeds afgetrek weens swak […]
# The Limpopo Department of Transport and Community Safety urges motorists to drive with extreme caution on the N1 south near Mokopane, where heavy rain and hail have created hazardous road conditions. Drivers are advised to reduce speed and maintain a safe following distance. The department’s Tidimalo Chuene says several vehicles have pulled off the […]
# Die DA in die Wes-Kaap is bekommerd oor die toenemende geweld in die e-taxi bedryf nadat ‘n e-taxi bestuurder Disdag aangeval, gesteek en beroof is, wat veiligheidskwessies aan die lig bring. Die DA-lid, Nomafrench Mbombo, vra dringende optrede om bestuurders en pendelaars te beskerm. Die huidige pogings sluit veiligheidsopleiding en regulatoriese gesprekke in, maar […]
# Die Kabinet het die vordering voor die eerste Nasionale Dialoogkonvensie geëvalueer wat vanaf 15 tot 17 Augustus 2025 by UNISA in Pretoria plaasvind. Die Minister in die Presidensie, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, sê die geleentheid mik om konsensus te bereik oor Suid-Afrika se 30-jaar visie, met insette van mense op alle lewensterreine. Sy het bevestig dat […]
