By Daanyaal Matthews Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana | Source: GovernmentZA via Flickr A Government Gazette has sparked discontent across the Republic as Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, has exempted Eskom from reporting any irregular expenditure, and fruitless and wasteful expenditure, that occurs from now until the financial year of[…]
by Daanyaal Matthews Source: Pixabay Mayor of Cape Town, Geordin Hill-Lewis, has tabled the Budget for the year 2023/2024 titled: “A Budget for Building Hope”. The budget aims to address the needs of the vulnerable whilst planning for the future of the Mother City and catering for the desires of[…]
Fire authorities in Cape Town, with the assistance of contracted fire fighters, are carrying out a controlled biodiversity burn on the slopes of Table Mountain below Tafelberg Road today. Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) fire management has alerted Capetonians of the necessity of this as a precautionary measure to lesson[…]
Cape Town’s General Valuations Roll 2022 is open electronically for public inspection until April 30 electronically (email or e-services) and until March 31 at 30 inspections venues across the metro, the city said on Saturday. “The city encourages residents to make use of this opportunity and to access our new and[…]
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has announced a series of celebrations to mark the centenary of the establishment of Langa township. Plans include the restoration of historical monuments, precinct improvements and public participation in new heroes’ memorials. Official celebrations will commence on the first of next month and continue until[…]
Cape Town safety and security MMC JP Smith on Friday said city officials have removed more than 300 EFF posters advertising the EFF’s planned national shutdown protest. The posters were mounted on street poles across the city. Smith indicated on his social media accounts that the party would be charged[…]
By Lee-Yandra Paulsen Two people died in a fire on Friday night, in Tafelsig. City of Cape Town Fire and Rescue were alerted about the fire just before midnight. According to firefighters, when they arrived on the scene two residential places were alight and several people were suffering from smoke[…]
A Cape Town woman is accused of hiring a hitman to murder her policeman brother-in-law. The Hawks arrested Babalwa Rulwa-Mnatwana, 49, on Friday in connection with the murder of Sgt Sithembiso Mnatwana. The police officer, who was attached to the Cape Town Central police station, was shot dead on September[…]
The Johannesburg high court has revoked Gerhard Ackerman’s bail and ordered that he be placed in custody under supervision by correctional services. Ackerman is set to remain in prison until the end of his trial. The court held an inquiry after Ackerman failed to show up in court on Thursday[…]
Convicted child rapist and murderer Moyhdian Pangkaeker — who violated the corpse of an eight-year-old victim by sawing off her hand — deserves at least nine life sentences. That was the nub of the argument in aggravation of sentence put forward by the state at the high court in Cape[…]
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