# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding sê die Openbare Beskermer se verdoemende verslag oor die Nasionale Finansiële Hulpskema vir Studente is nie ʼn verrassing nie, gegewe die voortslepende bestuurs-, administratiewe en stelselprobleme. Volgens die verslag is sowat 40-duisend studente by 76 hoëronderwys-instellings onbehoorlik befonds teen ʼn koste van 5,1-miljard-rand. Die komiteevoorsitter, Tebogo […]
# The GOOD Party in the Western Cape has welcomed the arrest of four suspects allegedly linked to an extortion ring, targeting more than 50 Somalian and Ethiopian business owners in Kayamandi and the broader Stellenbosch area. The four comprise three family members from Nyanga, a father and two sons, one of whom is a […]
# Die taktiese reaksie-eenheid van Johannesburg se Metropolisiedepartement het gister ʼn hoëprofiel-verdagte in Lenasia-Suid gearresteer. Die eenheid se beamptes het inligting ontvang oor ʼn verdagte wat verbind word met onlangse bendegeweld, in besonder die naweek se skietvoorval in Westbury waarin vier mense dood is. Die departement se woordvoerder, Xolani Fihla, sê die verdagte het ʼn […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad het in die huidige plaaslike regeringstermyn 418-duisend werksgeleenthede bygevoeg, meer as die gesamentlike totaal vir die volgende vier grootste metro’s, naamlik Johannesburg, eThekwini, Tshwane en Ekurhuleni. Dit is volgens inligting in Statistiek Suid-Afrika se Kwartaallikse Arbeidsmagopname van die eerste kwartaal in 2022 tot die tweede kwartaal in 2026. Burgemeester Geordin Hill-Lewis […]
# The DA in Tshwane has welcomed the investigation into a suspected meter-tampering syndicate. Two residents described to News24 almost identical approaches from a woman calling herself “Petunia”, who allegedly demanded 12-thousand-rand to make their 73-thousand-rand electricity tampering penalties disappear. The DA’s Jacqui Uys says they warned the metro five months ago, after residents approached […]
# Johannesburg se burgemeester, Dada Morero, vra groter samewerking tussen City Power en gemeenskappe om die voortslepende elektrisiteitsprobleme in Alexandra aan te spreek. City Power het 40-duisend geregistreerde klante in Alexandra, maar slegs sowat een-duisend-600 koop elektrisiteit. Morero sê die metro kan nie ʼn oorkoepelende of eenvormige tarief vir Alexandra instel nie, want huishoudings het […]
# The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department Tactical Response Unit arrested a high-profile male suspect in Lenasia South yesterday. TRU officers received credible information regarding a suspect linked to recent gang violence, specifically the shooting incident in Westbury over the past weekend that resulted in four fatalities. JMPD’s spokesperson Xolani Fihla says the suspect was found […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Higher Education and Training says the damning Public Protector report on the National Student Financial Aid Scheme is not entirely surprising, given the persistent governance, administrative and system challenges. According to the report, approximately 40-thousand students across 76 higher education institutions were found to have been improperly funded to the […]
# The City of Cape Town has added 418-thousand jobs over the current local government term, more than the next four largest metros combined: Johannesburg, eThekwini, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni. This is according to Statistics South Africa’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey data from quarter one 2022 to the latest quarter two 2026. Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says […]
