AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoElection Safety: With local polls due on 4 November, reports of 43 political killings have prompted President Cyril Ramaphosa to demand arrests. Cape Town and the Western Cape are also stepping up efforts to curb taxi violence ahead of voting. Local Services: The Automobile Association wants municipalities to publish repair dates for broken traffic lights, warning that dark intersections put drivers and pedestrians at risk. In Johannesburg, the water utility has urged residents to cut use by 15% as outages deepen. Cape Town Land: The City says it will fight a SAHRC bid to block the release of 49 municipal land sites, setting up a dispute over public property. Economy: Stats SA’s rebasing puts South Africa’s economy 5.3% larger than previously estimated, at R8.044-trillion—an overhaul that reshapes the picture of the country’s economic scale.
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