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Jodi Scholtz will take over as Commissioner of the National Lotteries Commission next year. Photo: DTIC website GroundUp has learnt that Jodi Scholtz will take over as Commissioner of the National Lotteries Commission early next year. Her current title is chief operating officer of the Department of Trade, Industry and Commerce. She has been lead administrator since February … [Read more...] about New full-time Lotteries boss to be appointed early next year

Activists from the Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT) at a march for sex workers’ rights in September 2021. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks Cabinet has released a bill that would decriminalise sex work for public comment. Sex workers and activists have been calling for decriminalisation for year. Sex workers say that decriminalisation will help to protect … [Read more...] about Sex workers welcome government’s decriminalisation plans

Walker Station in Sunnyside, Pretoria, has been repaired and freshly painted. Photos: Ezekiel Kekana A number of PRASA train stations in Pretoria vandalised during lockdown have been repaired. Trains on the Pretoria-Pienaarspoort line now stop again at Mears, Devenish, Walker, Loftus and Rissik stations. PRASA has spent R40-million repairing stations in Pretoria. About 400 … [Read more...] about Pretoria train stations brought back to life after years of closure

Residents of Eerste Fabriek informal settlement in Mamelodi say their homes have been badly damaged by flooding a number of times since December 2019. Just two weeks ago more structures were damaged and waterlogged. Photo: Warren Mabona Families at Eerste Fabriek informal settlement in Mamelodi want the City of Tshwane to relocate them before their homes flood yet … [Read more...] about Mamelodi residents left to the mercy of flood waters

The ayes have it. Saldanha residents voiced their support for the Karpowership deal. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks Many residents and fishers of Saldanha Bay voiced their support for the Karpowership deal, saying it will ease the burden of load shedding and create jobs. Karpowership’s first application was refused by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) … [Read more...] about Saldanha Bay residents voice support for Karpowership