# Many South African businesses are reportedly scrambling to reverse costly value-added tax system changes. This is after the government scrapped the 0.5-percent VAT hike. The reversal followed political backlash and coalition disputes, leaving firms that had invested heavily in compliance upgrades facing wasted expenses. News24 reports that small businesses, in particular, are hardest hit by the […]
# SANParke het veiligheid in die Tafelberg Nasionale Park verskerp deur ‘n helikopter van die Krugerwildtuin te ontplooi. Die lug-ondersteuning is deel van SANParke se veiligheid- en sekerheidstrategie wat see-, lug- en bergspanne insluit. JP Louw van SANParks sê die helikopter dien as sigbare afskrikmiddel en verseker vinnige reaksie op moontlike bedreigings. Hy sê dis […]
# Die Tshwane-stadsraad het die Ontwerpbeleid oor Telekommunikasiemas-infrastruktuur goedgekeur wat vir openbare kommentaar vrygestel gaan word. Die konsepbeleid verskaf riglyne om die aansoekproses vir noodsaaklike telekommunikasie-infrastruktuur meer deursigtig te maak. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Ekonomiese Ontwikkeling en Ruimtelike Beplanning, Sarah Mabotsa, sê dit is ook om die visuele uitwerking van mas-infrastruktuur in die metro tot die […]
# The Agricultural Food and Allied Democratic Workers Union is calling on all its members to unite with the working class in commemorating Workers’ Day across the country next week Thursday. Every year on the first of May, South Africa stands still to honour the indomitable spirit of its working-class men and women. The union’s spokesperson, Khayelihle Khumalo, […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad se Water- en Sanitasiedirektoraat sê werk aan sy pypvervangingsprogram vorder vinnig met verskeie riool- en waterpypvervangingsprojekte wat aan die gang is. Een van die projekte wat in Januarie begin het is die rehabilitasie van die rioolstelsel in Uitsig. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid Zahid Badroodien, sê die metro het sy pypvervangingsprogram uitgebrei deur 523-miljoen-rand […]
# The DA says it has submitted a Promotion of Access to Information Act application to the National Treasury. This is to determine which enforcement recommendations of the Mpati Commission into the Public Investment Corporation are being implemented. A 2020 Commission of Inquiry led by Justice Lex Mpati exposed significant governance, operational, and ethical failures […]
# The South African National Parks has enhanced safety at Table Mountain National Park by deploying a helicopter from Kruger National Park. This aerial support is part of SANParks’ safety and security strategy, which includes the sea, air, and mountain teams. SANParks’ JP Louw says the helicopter serves as a visible deterrent and ensures a rapid response […]
# The City of Tshwane Council has approved the draft Telecommunication Mast Infrastructure Policy to be released for public comment. The draft policy seeks to provide guidelines to make the application process for essential telecommunications infrastructure more transparent. Mayoral committee member for Economic Development and Spatial Planning, Sarah Mabotsa, says this is also to minimise […]
# The City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Directorate says work on its pipe replacement programme is accelerating, with several sewer and water pipe replacement projects underway. One of the projects, which kicked off in January, is the much-needed rehabilitation of the sewers in Uitsig. Mayoral committee member for Water and Sanitation, Zahid Badroodien, […]
