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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

CAPE TOWN

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South Africa

Cape Town Mayor Calls for Collaboration with National Government to Accelerate Passenger Rail Devolution

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has expressed the city's readiness to collaborate with the national government in expediting the devolution of passenger rail services. Mayor Hill-Lewis highlighted President Cyril Ramaphosa's previous commitment to releasing the Rail Devolution Strategy last year, expressing concern about the delay. The mayor pointed out that the city's rail feasibility study indicates potential annual savings of 932 million rand for lower-income families through the implementation of […]

todayFebruary 8, 2024 11

Namibia

Solar Century Africa and SolNam Energy Secure License for 60 MWp Solar Project

Solar Century Africa Limited and SolNam Energy have received their updated generation license from the Electricity Control Board for the SolNam 60 MWp solar project near Keetmanshoop. The joint development agreement, signed early last year, has progressed with secured land, environmental clearance, and a target financial close in 2024. Pinehas Mutota, the General Manager of Economic Regulations at ECB, provides insights on the license.  

todayFebruary 8, 2024 36

Business / Economics

Cape Town to mint 6,100 new millionaires in projected wealth boom

  By Seth Onyango, via bird story agency   Cape Town is forecast to become the fourth fastest-growing wealth hub per capita among the BRICS states, according to new insights from Henley & Partners (H&P). The picturesque city is forecast to add 6,100 millionaires over the next ten years, over and above the current 7,400, representing an 85% jump. "It is currently benefiting from the ongoing ‘semigration’ of large numbers […]

todayFebruary 1, 2024 30

South Africa

Cape Town Container Terminal Achieves Record Productivity at 17 Moves per Hour

Transnet Port Terminals proudly announces that the Cape Town Container Terminal achieved an impressive milestone, achieving a high productivity rate of 17 moves per hour in a single shift last week. Oscar Borchards, the Acting Western Cape Managing Executive of Transnet Port Terminals, expressed the commitment to ensuring continuous improvement over an extended period.Borchards also revealed ongoing training for lifting equipment operators on new gantry cranes. This initiative aims to […]

todayFebruary 1, 2024 6

South Africa

Garbage piling up in Cape Town townships as extortion gangs drive out City contractors

Samora Machel residents say they have been using this part of Oliver Tambo Drive as a dumping site because their rubbish bins has not been collected for months. Photos: Sandiso Phaliso By Sandiso Phaliso via GroundUp On almost every corner in Samora Machel, Philippi East and Browns Farm in Cape Town, rubbish is piling up. There is so much rubbish that some streets, such as Hart Lane and Oliver Tambo […]

todayFebruary 1, 2024 37

South Africa

FOLLOW UP: Uncontrolled Fires Persist in Breede Valley and Witzenberg, Cape Winelands; Night Conditions Offer Some Respite

In a follow-up to our previous report, wildfires in Breede Valley and Witzenberg within the Cape Winelands district continue to rage uncontrollably. However, more favorable outcomes have been observed due to cooler night temperatures and reduced wind speeds. Jo-Anne Otto, spokesperson for the Cape Winelands District Municipality, notes that the combination of hot, dry weather and available fuel, such as aged fynbos and alien vegetation, remains conducive to the fires. […]

todayJanuary 29, 2024 15

South Africa

SA’s National Police commissioner presided over the destruction of drugs worth 90-million-rand in Cape Town

SA's National Police commissioner Fannie Masemola presided over the destruction of drugs worth 90-million-rand in Cape Town today. The drugs, including tik, cocaine and mandrax, were seized during operations in the Western and Eastern Cape. This marks the fourth drug destruction this financial year, totalling close to a billion-rand. Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says notable cases include the seizure of ten-million-rand’s worth of mandrax in Vredenburg, resulting in four arrests, […]

todayJanuary 26, 2024 67

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