Police say three men have been gunned down in Nyanga on the Cape Flats. Police spokesperson FC Van Wyk says the three bodies were located at three scenes that were just metres apart. Two men were wounded in the attack and have been hospitalised. Van Wyk says no arrests have been made as yet. “The…
For more than six weeks the Unemployment Insurance Fund online service has been down. Image: GroundUp For more than six weeks the Unemployment Insurance Fund online service has been down. The UIF online portal has been down for six weeks, including uFiling, Unstructured Supplementary Service Data and Virtual Office. This comes after a court interdict…
EFF leader Julius Malema 2 minutes Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema says South Africa’s youth have no reason to support the Government of National Unity – given the country’s unemployment rate. The EFF leader further accused the GNU of preserving poverty among black people. Malema was addressing an EFF rally in Sharpeville, Gauteng…
A sewerage treatment plant. 2 minutes Access to water and sanitation is recognised as a fundamental human right, essential for health, dignity and prosperity, according to the United Nations (UN) Water. But for many in South Africa, this is not the case, as communities endure the daily inconvenience and health hazards of sewage spills. In…
The logo of state power utility Eskom is seen outside Cape Town’s Koeberg nuclear power plant. 1 minute Eskom leadership says the ever-increasing municipal debt is a risk to the entity’s financial sustainability. Municipal debt owed to the power utility is around R10 billion per year. Eskom’s leadership and the board appeared before Parliament’s Committee on…
[File Image] Ekurhuleni Mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza delivering the State of the City Address. Ekurhuleni Mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza has arrived in Thembisa to address protesting residents. The residents are protesting against electricity tariff hikes. Disgruntled community members went on the rampage, barricading roads with rocks and burning tyres. In April, Eskom increased its electricity tariffs by…
A woman carries buckets to a public water distribution. 1 minute The eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal has confirmed that it is implementing water rationing. The Metro says this is because demand continues to outstrip supply. In October, uMngeni-uThukela Water implemented its water curtailment, reducing its bulk supply. A spokesperson for the eThekwini Municipality, Gugu…
FILE | Flooded area in Eastern Cape The amount of money required to fix infrastructure damage caused by recent floods in the Eastern Cape is estimated at R5.1 billion. This was revealed by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) in its briefing to Parliament on the Eastern Cape floods and the state…
The G20 Social Summit taking place in Boksburg. Musicians participating at the G20 Social Summit at Birchwood in Boksburg are excited to be a part of the G20 Social Summit as it is important platform for the world to come to the country. They echo that the Social Summit shows the importance of raising issues…
A host of Highlanders fans decided to stay away from the match in protest over a PSL decision to fine the club US$6 000 for crowd trouble in a Chibuku Super Cup fixture that was abandoned at Wadzanayi Stadium on September 22. HIGHLANDERS. . . . . . . . . . . . ….
