# Eskom verwelkom die Presidensie se verslag oor die eerste fase van die elektrisiteitshervorming en steun ook die plan om ‘n onafhanklike staatsbeheerde transmissiestelsel-operateur tot stand te bring. Die kragvoorsiener verwelkom pogings om munisipale skuld, wat tans 119-miljard-rand beloop, te verminder en beskryf dit as noodsaaklik vir sy langtermyn finansiële volhoubaarheid en die land se […]
# Die ANC-Jeugliga in Gauteng vra premier Panyaza Lesufi om die finale ondersoekverslag oor die Gauteng City Region Academy bekend te maak en sê die publiek verdien volle deursigtigheid. Woordvoerder Mpume Sangweni sê hul het reeds in Maart verlede jaar bestuursbekommernisse by die Openbare Beskermer aangemeld en verwelkom die skorsing van die akademie se uitvoerende […]
# Die ACDP vra die Stad Ekurhuleni om jaarlikse kuberveiligheidsoudits uit te voer om sy inligtingstelsels te beveilig en toekomstige kuberaanvalle af te weer. Woordvoerder Palesa Yates sê die vervanging van die IT-stelsel vir finansiële bestuur is nie genoeg nie ná die onlangse kuberaanval wat Ekurhuleni na bewering byna twee-miljard-rand gekos het. Sy sê veilige […]
# Around 60-thousand people have been ordered to evacuate as wildfires threaten the city of Spokane in Washington state, in the United States. Local officials said the fires in the region had destroyed 600 buildings, including homes and businesses. The fires had burned close to two-thousand-200-hectares by yesterday. Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown called it the […]
# Eskom has welcomed the Presidency’s first-phase electricity reform report and supports plans for an independent state-owned transmission system operator. The power utility has also welcomed efforts to reduce municipal debt, now standing at 119-billion-rand, describing it as vital to the utility’s long-term financial sustainability and energy security. Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says the reforms […]
# Agriculture body TLU SA Limpopo welcomes a Howick Magistrate’s Court judgment convicting four people of illegal hunting under the KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Ordinance. The organisation’s Floris Booysen says the ruling confirms that authorities can act before wildlife is killed to prevent crime. He says illegal hunting is often linked to trespassing, property damage, and […]
# Cape Town Tourism will launch a series of Destination Intelligence workshops to help tourism and hospitality businesses make better use of the data they already collect. The initiative follows a member engagement session highlighting that many businesses analyse only a fraction of their information. Chief Executive Officer Enver Duminy says the workshops will equip […]
# United Africans Transformation vra dringende ingryping om die stygende misdaad in Tshwane aan te pak en sê gemeenskappe leef daagliks in vrees. Rani Mammushi van die party noem hoë vlakke van geweldsmisdaad, kapings, rooftogte, kabeldiefstal en dwelmsmokkelary in verskeie gebiede. Hy vra die ontplooiing van meer polisielede, die instelling van spesialis-misdaadbestrydingseenhede en verbeterde toesigstelsels. […]
# Soccer: European governing body UEFA is threatening legal action against FIFA unless president Gianni Infantino withdraws plans to sell off stakes in the world body to private investors. England is reportedly also withdrawing support for the plan, while North and Central America and the Caribbean also publicly criticised the plan. Wales has today become […]
