Author: Kgaogelo Magolego
The Gauteng provincial government says it is accelerating provision of housing to millions of citizens and will be rapidly handing over RDP houses and serviced stands over the coming months. Human Settlements MEC Lebogang Maile on Thursday handed over two hundred such stands and some four hundred and thirty-four RDP houses at Wilbotsdal Extension 7 in the West Rand. Maile said the stands are meant to benefit strictly people who do not qualify for RDP houses as they’re working and are not financed by lending institutions as they earn too little. “It’s for the missing middle. All these beneficiaries are…
In Diepsloot, residents are again on the verge of protesting rising crime that they accuse law enforcement authorities of not dealing with. Residents from Randburg and surrounding areas flocked to the Randburg Magistrate’s Court to watch five of their fellow residents face murder charges, among others, for the weekend mob killings. “The people of Diepsloot are very much tired. As you know we’re a community that has been on the streets for the past three years pleading with the government to intervene to stop the high rate of crime. Over the past weeks people were being killed like animals day…
The government has vowed to spare no money effort in its commitment to bring home a handful of South Africans who remain trapped in the besieged Gaza Strip. International Relations and Cooperation Director General Zane Dangor made the promise at the OR Tambo International Airport moments after welcoming a group of 19 patriots who had been stuck in the enclave amid indiscriminate bombardment by Israeli forces purportedly in pursuit of resistance movement Hamas. “We are happy that you are home and aware that a few of your loved ones are ones remain in the remain there and we are are…
The group of South Africans who were evacuated from the Gaza Strip where they had been stuck since the beginning of Isreal’s siege on the enclave have given rather horrifying accounts of the situation there. Nineteen of them arrived in South Africa on Tuesday on board an Ethiopian Airlines plane and were received by emotional loved ones and officials from the Department of International Relations including Director General Zane Dengo. “Its a total ethnic cleansing that is going on there. Each time we found a hideout the Israeli aircrafts would start hovering above warning us the building is was about…
The Gauteng provincial government has tasked City Power with leading efforts to rid the province of load shedding. Provincial treasury has allocated over a billion rand to the utility with a little over R 400 million to be transferred immediately to finance its power generation ventures which include refurbishing existing infrastructure to increase generation capacity. Finance MEC Jacob Mamabolo and his local government counterpart Mzi Khumalo on Thursday visited the projects that the money is earmarked for an urge City Power officials to fulfill their promise of bringing an additional fifty megawatts of electricity into the grid as part of…
The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) has launched a crackdown on employers it believes defrauded it by using employee details to make Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) claims but failed to pay the monies to the workers. The fund is enlisting the help of organised labour and on Wednesday met with Cosatu’s Gauteng chapter to find ways of holding culprits accountable. UIF Commissioner Teboho Maruping says the institution is not acting on the basis of mere suspicion. “We have reason to believe that such fraud has taken place but also we have evidence that has shown overtime that a number is of…
Ahead of the pause in the armed conflict between Israel and Hamas, the liberation movement has warned that the situation in Gaza is beyond desperate. The two agreed to a four day break from fighting in talks conducted through Qatar and was scheduled to kick in on Friday. On Thursday Hamas, in its daily updates painted a grim picture of what remains of the Gaza Strip on the 48th day of indiscriminate bombardment by Israel. “The healthcare crisis in Gaza has reached a critical juncture, as incessant attacks on medical facilities and personnel intensify an already dire humanitarian predicament”, said…
Ordinary South Africans and analysts have taken to social media to demand accountability against the country’s banks for having manipulated the value of the rand in order to gain. The banks are estimated to have collectively gained up to a trillion rand by colluding to have the value of the currency drop significantly over a ten-year period. Among those accused of a cover up is Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago and his predecessor Tito Mboweni who went on to serve as Finance Minister as well. Mboweni who is yet to comment on the banking sector’s admission, led the charge in…
The Israel embassy in Pretoria may soon be closed. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government announced it had recalled its ambassador to South Africa, Eliav Belotserkovsky “for consultations”. The recall comes on the back of a series of tough moves by South Africa against Israel including: With the ruling party’s already confirmed backing of an EFF motion calling for the expulsion of the Israel ambassador, Jerusalem sought to minimise embarrassment by recalling its ambassador ahead of the parliamentary vote. The hard talking South African government is also pursuing criminal charges against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other key decision makers of…
Young people and women dominated during voter registration weekend that took place on Saturday and Sunday. The Independent Electoral Commission on Monday announced that just under 3 million people turned out to either register or verify their particulars and that majority of those were youth and women. “Young persons in the age category 16-29 account for 445 000 or 78.31 of the new registrations. In other words, a substantial majority of the new voters who came for the first time onto the voters’ roll are young persons”, said Chief Electoral Officer Si Mamabolo during a media briefing on Monday. Mamabolo…