# The GOOD Party says it has written to the Stellenbosch Municipal Manager in the Western Cape, to urgently address critical infrastructure upgrades at the Jamestown Cemetery. The party recently conducted an oversight visit to the cemetery, where it found serious stormwater drainage issues. GOOD’s, Marius van Stade, says flooding caused by inadequate infrastructure is […]
# The City of Cape Town’s Community, Arts and Culture Development Department says it has assisted 170 early childhood development centres to improve safety and compliance. The department has also trained over 800 ECD staffers in disaster risk and mental health matters this year. Mayoral committee member for Community Services and Health, Francine Higham, says […]
# The DA in the Western Cape says it rejects the ANC’s latest attempt to politicise elderly care. The party’s, Wendy Kaizer-Philander, says it is astonishing that the ANC would presume to lecture on elderly care, given that during their tenure in the province, Social Development services collapsed. She says the ANC continues to fail the elderly in provinces […]
# Real Reform for ECD verwelkom die behoud van tien-miljard-rand in die begroting vir nuwe befondsing van vroeëkinderontwikkelingsprogramme. Die fonds sal na verwagting die subsidie van 17-rand per kind per dag tot 24-rand verhoog. Dit sal ook toegang tot die ontwikkelingsprgoramme vr nog 700-duisend kinders tot die ouderdom van vyf jaar ondersteun. Real Reform sê […]
# A total of 328 suspects were arrested for various criminal offences in Sinoville and Kameeldrift in Tshwane during Operation Shanela on Thursday. Police spokesperson, Johan van Dyk, says the suspects were arrested for crimes ranging from gender-based violence-related cases, murder, attempted murder, armed robbery, and rape. He says a roadblock in Kameeldrift led to […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says Africa Day commemorates the great expectations that the leaders of a new, free Africa cherished some 60-years ago. Africa Day this year is being marked under the African Union’s theme, Justice for Africans and People of African Descent Through Reparations. The FF Plus’ Wynand Boshoff says the Organisation of African […]
# The GOOD Party says the City of Cape Town is stripping struggling households of any meaningful ability to manage or reduce their utility costs. The party says in the 2024/2025 financial year, the metro is projecting a profit of R5.586-billion-rand from electricity sales. The GOOD Party’s, Anton Louw says now, the metro claims to […]
# Real Reform for ECD has welcomed the retention in the budget of ten-billion-rand in new funding to early childhood development programmes. The funds are expected to increase the ECD subsidy from 17-rand per child per day to 24-rand. It will also support increased access to ECD for 700-thousand more children, up to the age […]
# Die speaker van die Johannesburgse raad, Nobuhle Mthembu, het Gift of the Givers vergesel tydens die verpreiding van voedselpakkies en wintervoorrade aan gesinne in Wyk 123, New Doornfontein. Altesaam 150 pakkies was uitgedeel met mieliemeel, melk, babaformule, komberse en skoonmaakmiddels in. Mthembu het beklemtoon hoe belangrik solidariteit tydens swaarkrytye is en Gift of the […]
