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  1. It is currently clear in #Tshwane, with a temperature of 14°C (Feels like 12°C).

    Over the next 8 hours, the forecast is for a minimum of 11°C, with a 0% chance of precipitation.

    #Gauteng #SouthAfrica #Weather

    * Data provided by @openmeteo

  2. It is currently clear in #Tshwane, with a temperature of 17°C (Feels like 16°C).

    Over the next 8 hours, the forecast is for a minimum of 12°C, with a 0% chance of precipitation.

    #Gauteng #SouthAfrica #Weather

    * Data provided by @openmeteo

  3. It is currently clear in #Tshwane, with a temperature of 21°C (Feels like 20°C).

    Over the next 8 hours, the forecast is for a minimum of 12°C, with a 0% chance of precipitation.

    #Gauteng #SouthAfrica #Weather

    * Data provided by @openmeteo

  4. 「‘Not very pleasing’ – #Ramaphosa’s tough talk to #Gauteng ahead of #G20 Summit

    [...]

    “This year, we have the opportunity to host the G20. It will manifest itself in about 130 meetings. Some of these meetings will happen here in Gauteng,” said Ramaphosa.

    “As these meetings happen, it is the opportunity for Gauteng to gear up, to demonstrate that we did not make a mistake by choosing Gauteng to host the G20 meeting.

    “We were correct in choosing Gauteng, #Johannesburg, to be the host of the G20. Gauteng must showcase itself to the world. It must be at its best in terms of the physical presentation and environment. Let us make our metros presentable.”

    Ramaphosa also talked tough with the executive when he expressed his disappointment with the environment, which he said was not pleasing.

    “Sometimes it’s good to be direct and say it as it is; I should say that one or two meetings of the G20 that I attended here were not very pleasing.

    “The environment that one observed was not a pleasing environment. I say this so that we can improve immensely,” said Ramaphosa.

    He called on the executive to address the governance failures, financial #mismanagement, crumbling infrastructure, #crime, lawlessness and unreliable #ServiceDelivery that are destroying Johannesburg.
    G20 routes

    Last week, Joburg mayor Dada #Morero faced backlash for saying the city’s clean-up campaign would prioritise G20 routes.

    The mayor said: “We have prioritised certain routes within Johannesburg, which are G20 routes, to ensure that at least we can make them at the standard at which they should be. No #potholes, no traffic signals that are not working.”」

    citizen.co.za/news/ramaphosa-g

  5. Nice video about taking one of the new #PRASA #Metrorail trains in #Joburg from #ParkStation in the CBD to #Soweto.

    You can watch the refurbished stations and some of the upgrades that are still ongoing.

    youtube.com/watch?v=iwla3zPSDe

    #SouthAfrica #Johannesburg #Railways #Gauteng

  6. 「Research organisation #GoodGovernanceAfrica has published its latest analysis of the best and worst-performing #municipalities for 2024 – and the results throw up an interesting fact: #coalitions don’t necessarily result in catastrophe.
    In no fewer than 10 of the 20 best-performing municipalities, no single party had an outright majority.

    […]

    But the number of successful #coalition administrations is surprising, considering the awful mess that the #Gauteng municipalities have got themselves into with their attempts.
    Desai has some interesting ideas about the differences between municipalities that have performed well under coalitions and those that have not, but the results are important considering the possibility – or perhaps likelihood – that SA’s next national government may be a coalition.
    It’s crucial to be aware that these results are not survey-based; they are drawn from as many factual sources as Good Governance Africa could dig up.
    The organisation generates what it describes as a Governance Performance Index for each #municipality, including the metros, based on publicly available assessments. These include reports by the #AuditorGeneral, National Treasury, the Department of Water and Sanitation’s #BlueDrop, #GreenDrop and No Drop reports, and research measuring residents’ satisfaction with their municipality. 」

    dailymaverick.co.za/article/20

    #SouthAfrica #Governance

  7. So #eTolls are officially being switched off at 23:59 SAST on 11 April 2024.

    techcentral.co.za/e-tolls-scra

    I must say, I'm kind of sad at what a mammoth disaster this whole thing turned out to be. I remember thinking when it started that it was a fine, perfectly fair and equitable way of paying for the road improvements. If you use the highway, you pay. If you don't use the highway, you don't pay. Plus, we always assumed there'd be a certain amount of people who weren't prepared to pay, but the understanding was that those people would find alternative routes, which would ease the traffic on the highways. Win-win-win. I never really understood why people hated the idea so much.

    And in the beginning, they made it painstakingly clear how easy it was to get an exemption. Taxis and busses and other companies providing transportation to people could get exemptions. Those earning below a certain threshold could get exemption... Hell, anyone giving me a lift could've gotten an exemption, on account of my visual impairment.

    But no, that wasn't good enough for people. The amount of resistance this thing got... crazy. It was doomed from the start.

    People rather wanted it to come out of the fuel levy. But how is THAT fair? The more you drive, the more fuel you use, the more you pay... whether you physically use the roads that e-tolls were meant to pay for or not.

    #Gauteng #Traffic #SANRAL #SouthAfrica

  8. Following reports of #gauteng workers who have been #robbed assaulted, or killed in #public healthcare facilities in #Gauteng, the province’s health department announced that healthcare workers will now be trained to handle #patients who become violent. Thabo Molelekwa looked at what these safety plans entail and asked health worker organisations for their views.

    spotlightnsp.co.za/2023/08/01/