By: Loushe Jordaan Gilbert Thousands of taxi commuters were left stranded on Monday morning as taxi operators parked at various public transport interchanges while other taxi ranks were left empty after the SA National Taxi Council (Santaco) announced a stay away. Santaco First Deputy Chairperson Gershon Geyer said that the taxi industry had no choice but to down tools, in an attempt to get local government to take them seriously. […]
LOCAL The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) is writing to schools in the province regarding their bank charges. This as Education MEC David Maynier revealed that more than R36 million was spent on bank charges last year. This averages at over R23 500 per school, while 40 schools reported paying in excess of R100k and the top ten highest payers have a combined total of over R1.5 million. Meanwhile, TPN […]
The Western Cape government has launched a business relief fund through which it will be committing R27 million (about US$1.6 million) to small businesses in the formal and informal sectors that have been harshly affected by the coronavirus. In a statement released on Tuesday, MEC of Finance and Economic Opportunities David Maynier said that times have been tough for businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic and that his department had been […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
