GNT bus at a depot. The DA in Limpopo, is calling for full investigations into the factors contributing to the collapse of the government bus company, Great North Transport (GNT). The party blames the ongoing dysfunction and corruption within the entity at the provincial government and the governing party, the ANC. The provincial government and…
Minister of CoGTA Velenkosini Hlabisa Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Velenkosini Hlabisa has called for more visibility of young women in the local government space. Hlabisa was speaking at the dialogue on the White Paper Review on Local Government (WPLG) at Birchwood Conference Centre, Ekurhuleni, today. The White Paper Review was launched…
Minister of Cogta, Velenkosini Hlabisa encourages young women to join local government. Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta), Velenkosini Hlabisa, has called for more visibility of young women in the local government space. Hlabisa was speaking at the dialogue on the White Paper Review on Local Government (WPLG) at Birchwood Conference Centre, Ekurhuleni,…
MEC Wessels Morweng The North West Department of Community Safety and Transport Management has put aside more than R1 billion for transport operations. When presenting the R2.4 billion budget for the 2025/2026 financial year at the provincial legislature in Mahikeng, MEC Wessels Morweng said half of that budget will be allocated to transport operations. This…
Miners seen in as shaft Former mineworkers around Ekurhuleni can now go to the Far East Rand Hospital to register for their social security benefits. The Gauteng Health Department is currently embarking on a drive to have former mineworkers register for compensation due to mining related illnesses such as Tuberculosis and Silicosis. Four other registration…
VIP protection vehicle blue lights. The Democratic Alliance (DA) says their Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) application into the disciplinary case involving Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s VIP protection unit exposes a breakdown in accountability in the police service and a cover up. The eight officers were filmed assaulting passengers and the driver of…
Kaizer Chiefs vs Asante Kotoko Kaizer Chiefs has lost the annual Toyota Cup, for the second season in a row. After Penalties’| #KC 0 (2) : 0 (3) #AK Full time score: Kaizer Chiefs 0 (2) : 0 (3) Asante Kotoko SC Toyota Man of the Match: Nkosingiphile Ngcobo#ToyotaCup #Amakhosi4Life #KCToyota pic.twitter.com/PNROF4BHnF — Kaizer Chiefs…
NSRI search and rescue respond to a distress call. The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) says it attended to four successful rescue operations over the weekend. NSRI spokesperson Craig Lambinon says the rescue missions included a fishing craft, a sailing yacht and a kite boarder. Lambinon says the NSRI crew was activated offshore in Strand…
EPWP workers on site Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) says the decision to suspend the funding of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) for the Matjhabeng Local Municipality in the Free State must be reconsidered. This comes after the Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson halted the funding…
Twelve learners have sustained serious injuries after a minibus they were travelling in overturned in Montgomery Park, north of Johannesburg, on Monday. All the injured have been taken to various hospitals. Johannesburg Metro Police (JMPD) spokesperson Xolani Fihla says the minibus, operating as a scholar transport vehicle, crashed on Westpark Drive. “A white minibus Toyota…
