ActionSA party members. 2 minutes The ActionSA says it is confident that its recently introduced Bill, which aims to reduce government waste by eliminating the lavish lifestyles of Cabinet members will gain support from different political parties. The Cut Cabinet Perks Bill comes in response to the Government of National Unity’s proposal for a VAT…
Illegal electricity connection cables. 2 minutes The SA Local Government Association (SALGA) has warned that the recently approved electricity tariff increases might lead to illegal connections in different communities. The National Energy Regulator (NERSA) has approved Eskom’s 12.74 % tariff increase for direct customers and 11.32% for municipalities. The increase for direct customers will take…
Gauteng Finance MEC Lebogang Maile addresses the business breakfast at the JSE. 2 minutes Gauteng residents have high expectations of the provincial budget speech. This is as Finance and Economic Development MEC Lebogang Maile is set to table the provincial budget and how it will be spent for this financial year. Gauteng residents have high expectations of…
1 minute The Joshlin Smith kidnapping trial continues in the High Court sitting at Saldanha on the Cape West Coast today. The child’s mother Kelly Smith, her boyfriend Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn are facing charges of kidnapping and human trafficking. This after the seven-year-old went missing a year ago. LIVE STREAM:
Transport Minister Barbara Creecy 3 minutes Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has announced interventions to stabilise and rebuild the Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) entity of the Department. She is briefing the media, alongside the Ministerial Intervention Team that was tasked to investigate the source of problems at the Air Traffic and Navigation Services Board…
Digital migration is the conversion of the existing analogue format to a digital signal while maintaining the content, context, and structure of the record. 3 minutes The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria will today hear a legal bid to invalidate and halt the analogue switch-off set for the end of the month. The applicants charge…
SAA plane at OR Tambo Airport 3 minutes The Board of Airline Representatives of South Africa (BARSA) and several stakeholders in the aviation sector have committed to grow and improve the industry in South Africa. This follows appeals from various industry leaders for the expedited digitalisation of regulations to ensure the smooth movement of both…
Ekurhuleni 1 minute The City of Ekurhuleni’s Disaster and Emergency Management Services firefighters on Gauteng’s East Rand have responded to a welding incident at a fuel truck company in Hillcrest, which caused two articulated trucks and one rigid truck to catch fire. According to reports one articulated truck was fully loaded with 40 000 litres…
1 minute A 24-year-old male suspect and a 35-year-old woman have been arrested in Cape Town in separate incidents for the alleged possession of illegal firearms and ammunition. Police spokesperson Joseph Swartbooi says police in the Manenberg area were conducting stop-and-search patrols when they spotted three men approaching. Swartbooi says officers followed them and located…
SASSA Black cards 1 minute Social grant recipients have been warned that the yellow SASSA cards will stop functioning after the March 20th deadline. Beneficiaries have until Thursday this week to swap their yellow SASSA cards with the new black Postbank cards. Postbank CEO Nikki Mbengashe says they will continue to issue the new black…
