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1 month ago | 
citizen.co.za | itumeleng Innocent Mokoena
Police, with the help of a private security company, have arrested three suspects found travelling in a car flagged to have been used in the commission of a crime in Potchefstroom. The arrest occurred on Wednesday afternoon on the intersection of Delmas Road and the N1 Highway on-ramp south direction. According to Bull Security spokesperson French Jooste, tactical members were doing a routine patrol and received a license plate registration trigger on a black Volkswagen.
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1 month ago | 
citizen.co.za | itumeleng Innocent Mokoena
The Pretoria East Cemetery may finally get a boundary wall on its western side, but residents will have to wait until the 2028/29 fiscal year, pending budget approval. The cemetery on Matt Street in Pretorius Park has been without a boundary wall for years, allowing easy access to the site for dwellers of the nearby Cemetery View informal settlement.
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1 month ago | 
citizen.co.za | itumeleng Innocent Mokoena
The Public Protector’s office will look into Tshwane DA complaint that Tshwane Deputy Mayor Eugene Modise is financially benefitting from Triotic Protection Services. The DA requested that the Public Protector launches an investigation into the alleged tax delinquent company to establish if Modise was benefitting from the company while serving as a public servant. The complaint is currently being processed, according to Khulu Phasiwe, spokesperson for the Public Protector.
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1 month ago | 
citizen.co.za | itumeleng Innocent Mokoena
Tshwane has suspended a Finance Department employee flagged for involvement in swindling the municipality out of over R10-million in eight months. An internal investigation identified the employee, along with two colleagues, as allegedly being involved in the fraudulent activities. The investigation uncovered more than 200 transfers amounting to more than R10-million from various municipal user [customer] accounts into a ghost municipal account.
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1 month ago | 
citizen.co.za | itumeleng Innocent Mokoena
Residents in the east of Pretoria are warned to be cautious as a spate of break-ins and attempted break-ins hit the area recently. Thursday, March 20, was a chaotic night for residents of Lynnwood Ridge, Murrayfield, Die Wilgers, and nearby areas. Between midnight and 05:00 am, multiple break-ins, attempted break-ins, and a violent robbery occurred, according to Aris Ruyter of the Alpha Security Forum and the Garsfontein CPF.
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1 month ago | 
citizen.co.za | itumeleng Innocent Mokoena
Tshwane has attributed delays in maintenance tasks such as grass cutting and tree pruning in Murrayfield and La Montagne to limited human resources and persistent rainfall. However, a local business has stepped in to fill the gap, funding grass cutting operations in the area, ensuring the surroundings remain well-maintained. Ward 41 councillor Ben Chapman said the private contractors who helped with grass cutting and maintenance of sidewalks were all paid by a local business.
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1 month ago | 
citizen.co.za | itumeleng Innocent Mokoena
Tshwane’s regional maintenance and water and sanitation departments are developing a plan to construct a temporary support structure for a sewage pipe that has been releasing raw sewage into the Moreleta Spruit for several months. The pipe, located near Murrayfield in the east of Pretoria, was washed away during the rainy season, resulting in the ongoing environmental issue.
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1 month ago | 
citizen.co.za | itumeleng Innocent Mokoena
Constant power outages in parts of the east of Pretoria have become frightening for residents who rely on electrical oxygen machines to breathe. A Garsfontein resident who is dependent on an oxygen machine is concerned about her life as the area she resides is being frustrated by constant power outages. The resident says it has been a battle since the start of the year. Residents in Garsfontein and surrounds often have to experience 60-70 hours of no power a week.
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1 month ago | 
citizen.co.za | itumeleng Innocent Mokoena
A University of Pretoria professor has been appointed Hub Chair to the United Nations Academic Impact Sustainable Development Goal 3 (UNAI SDG 3) – Good Health and Well-Being. Professor Hettie Schönfeldt is chair of the South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) in Nutrition and Food Security at UP and professor at the Natural and Agricultural Sciences, and Health Sciences faculties.
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1 month ago | 
citizen.co.za | itumeleng Innocent Mokoena
Residents of Silverton, Murrayfield, Meyerspark, and La Montagne are demanding that the Tshwane metro clean up the mess it has left behind after pipe repairs. Despite completing the repairs, technicians failed to fill in trenches and holes, leaving streets in Ward 41 in a mess. As a result, the areas are now muddy, and water fills the trenches which worsens with each rainfall. Ward 41 councillor Ben Chapman also called on the municipality to work efficiently on the response time to water leaks.
