DA blames Tshwane Metro for failing to remove illegal structures

The Democratic Alliance party flag can be seen in the above illustration. The Democratic Alliance in Tshwane says the Metro has failed to remove illegal structures or address relocation. This is despite Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber’s law enforcement operation in Plastic View and Cemetery View informal settlements in Pretoria East earlier this year. Residents…

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City Power recovers 150 kgs of stolen aluminium cables

Picture of aluminum cables. City Power has revealed that it recently recovered about 150 kilograms of aluminium cables that are normally used in their streetlight infrastructure, worth R250 000. The cables were found and confiscated during the power utility’s cut-off operation with law enforcement authorities, in Kya Sands, north of Johannesburg. City Power says in an…

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Portfolio Committee welcomes Nkabane’s sacking

Former Minister of Higher Education and Training Dr Nobuhle Nkabane Higher Education Portfolio Committee Chairperson Tebogo Letsie has welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to axe Dr. Nobuhle Nkabane as minister. The Democratic Alliance (DA) alleges that Nkabane helped engineer the appointment of African National Congress (ANC)-connected individuals to the boards of skills development organisations and…

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‘AFASA’s Sikhakhane was committed to aiding small-scale farmers’

FILE| Mbongeni Skhakhane at the AFASA Leadership & Strategic Partnership Conference on November 26, 2025. The late Mbongeni Sikhakhane, KwaZulu-Natal chairperson of the African Farmers’ Association of South Africa (AFASA) who was gunned down on his farm near Pietermaritzburg last week, was committed to helping small-scale farmers succeed, according to Secretary-General of the Association Donatus…

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