“I want to say to the people here, you are all Day Zero heroes,” Mmusi Maimane said at press briefing on Wednesday
Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane has just announced that Day Zero will not occur in 2018 if water conservation continues and there is regular rainfall in the coming months.
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The sight of pale-skinned, blonde children scavenging in a dumping site is not common in South Africa.
But at Klein Akker, it is part of the day-to-day struggle of 72 white people who call a small, run-down patch of land their home.
Situated on the outskirts of Kraaifontein, there is no running water and they have no electricity in their homes.
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Twenty-nine deaths have occurred in the province since early last year.
The provincial health department says that 88 of the cases were picked up in the Cape Town metro.
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Kom geniet `n buitelugkonsert in die pragtige Stellenbosse natuurskoon en kry iets te ete by die kosstalletjies. Bring net iets om op te sit en `n trui of baadjie om aan te trek. (Geen piekniekmandjies nie)
Datum:- 7 Maart 2018
Tyd:- From 18:30 until 19:40
Adres:- At Jan Marais Nature Reserve, Victoria St, Stellenbosch, Western Cape
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The LAST Tuesday of every month is Blue Tuesday!… a night dedicated to the true blue-blooded blues lover …and the music is the kind of stuff you will find in the back-streets of Chicago and New Orleans. South Africa is blessed with an almost unbelievable crop of world-class blues musicians, despite the fact that, in this country it is still very much alive.
Date:- 6 March 2018
Time:- From 18:30 until Late
Address:- At Chenoweth Straat 6, Durbanville
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Cape Town – The national government’s departmental “meltdowns” are having a bad effect on municipal budgets and normal services, mayoral committee member for safety, security and social services JP Smith said in Cape Town on Thursday.
“I must just say, for me, there is a pattern emerging,” he said.
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Die hele gesin welkom vir skoon, eerlike Pret! Come join us for a day of fun at our Family Festival!
Date:- 2 – 3 March 2018
Time:- From 16:00 until 23:00
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JOHANNESBURG – President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced his new Cabinet at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Monday night.
Deputy President:
David Mabuza
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Koos Kombuis op sy Beste!! – A legend in his own time
Date:- 25 February 2018
Time:- From 17:00 until 19:00
Address:-
At cnr. Helderberg Nature Reserve Road / Verster Avenue, Somerset West
Helderberg Nature Reserve Road / Verster Avenue, Somerset West
https://www.facebook.com/helderbergnaturereserve/
Price:-
R50 – R80 P.P.
ALL PROCEEDS from the #SunsetConcerts contribute to Conservation of the Helderberg Nature Reserve.
Opening Act: Parel Vallei High Show Band
Koos Kombuis is considered one of the best lyricists in South African music. One of his most popular hits is “Lisa se Klavier”, which has been covered by Laurika Rauch and The Parlotones and translated into Dutch, Portuguese and English. He has collaborated with the Belgian artist Stef Bos on two albums and Stef has recorded Koos’ song “Onder in My Whiskeyglas”.
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Minister of Science and Technology Naledi Pandor has welcomed the announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday to subject ministers and their deputies, including other senior government officials, to lifestyle audits to curb corruption in the public sector.
Pandor, who has been calling for lifestyle audits for some time now, said former president Jacob Zuma and his leadership collective in the ANC had failed to execute the governing party’s commitment in 2016 to implement lifestyle audits on its leaders.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to announce a Cabinet reshuffle by next Friday amid growing calls to fire ministers implicated in state capture.
The ministers seen as being compromised or underperforming are Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini, Water Affairs Minister Nomvula Mokonyane, Co-operative Governance Minister Des van Rooyen,
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Anti-terrorism cops and hostage negotiators are scrambling to piece together the last known movements of a missing Cape Town couple thought to have been abducted by acolytes of terror group Isis.
The couple left their last trace at a secluded bush lodge in the rolling hills of Zululand in northern KwaZulu-Natal. What befell them from the time their 4X4 made the arduous climb on a gravel road out of the valley is unknown.
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Cape Town – The Public Protector has found that Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown misled the National Assembly when she denied there were engagements between power utility Eskom and the Gupta-linked company Trillian Capital Partners.
This is according to a report issued by the Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane to the DA on Thursday.
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A woman was stabbed on Noordhoek Beach in the small town of Kommetjie in the Western Cape whilst taking a walk with her husband and daughter on Saturday morning. The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said the family was accosted by a man who robbed them of their personal belongings and stabbed the wife as they were walking along the beach at 08:00.
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A cabinet minister who wants to dodge Cape Town water restrictions has booked himself into an R7 000-a-night hotel. “The joke is he didn’t want to take a bucket bath in Cape Town”.
Instead of occupying his official state residence, State Security Minister Bongani Bongo checked into the five-star Taj hotel three weeks ago, complaining about the 90-second time limit he has to take showers.
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