The North West Department of Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs has announced a major shift in its housing delivery strategy, allocating 80% of its 2026/27 housing budget to completing unfinished housing projects before launching new developments. MEC Gaoage Oageng Molapisi unveiled the new approach on Thursday while introducing the contractor appointed to deliver the 216-unit Ditshilong housing project in the Greater Taung Local Municipality. Molapisi said the decision was driven by the growing number of incomplete housing projects…

Residents in parts of Gauteng, Mpumalanga and the North West may experience low or intermittent water supply this weekend as Rand Water and Eskom undertake Phase Two of planned infrastructure maintenance from Friday to Sunday, between 7:00 am and 7:00 pm. The work follows Phase One of the maintenance programme, which was carried out between May and June this year. According to Rand Water, Phase Two will include Eskom’s maintenance of the electrical infrastructure at the Zuikerbosch Water Purification Plant,…

President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Friday co-chair the fourth South Africa–Namibia Binational Commission (BNC) with Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah in Pretoria, in a meeting expected to strengthen political, economic and trade relations between the two neighbouring countries. The Presidency said the BNC forms part of a structured bilateral mechanism that has guided relations between South Africa and Namibia since its establishment in 2013, with three sessions having been held to date. The high-level meeting will be preceded by a Council…